Rodney P. Frelinghuysen

★ U.S. Representative

Born: April 29, 1946
Current age: 80
Home state: New Jersey
Party: Republican
On the ballot: 1994–2016

Career timeline

1994Rep 1996Rep 1998Rep 2000Rep 2002Rep 2004Rep

2006Rep 2008Rep 2010Rep 2012Rep 2014Rep 2016Rep

12-0

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Frelinghuysen1.8M

Opponents1.0M

Elections run

Between 1994 and 2016, Rodney P. Frelinghuysen ran in 12 U.S. House elections, winning all 12. Frelinghuysen's biggest single-election total was 200,915 votes, in the 2004 U.S. House election in New Jersey's District 11. Frelinghuysen's closest win came in the 2014 U.S. House election in New Jersey's District 11, decided by 43,978 votes.

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How many votes has Rodney P. Frelinghuysen received?

Rodney P. Frelinghuysen has received 1,841,783 popular votes across 12 U.S. elections, with a career record of 12–0.

Election history

Rodney P. Frelinghuysen’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
2016	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	194,29958%	Joseph M. Wenzel Thomas DePasquale Jeff Hetrick
2014	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	109,45562.57%	Mark Dunec
2012	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	182,23758.81%	John Arvanites Barry Berlin
2010	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	122,14967.19%	Douglas Herbert James Gawron
2008	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	189,69661.84%	Tom Wyka (head-to-head) Chandler Tedholm
2006	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	126,08562.09%	Tom Wyka (head-to-head) Richard S. Roth (head-to-head) John Mele (head-to-head)
2004	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	200,91567.88%	James W. Buell John Mele (head-to-head) Austin S. Lett (head-to-head)
2002	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	132,93872.38%	Vij Pawar Richard S. Roth (head-to-head)
2000	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	186,14067.97%	John P. Scollo (head-to-head) John Pickarski James E. Spinosa
1998	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	100,91067.74%	John P. Scollo (head-to-head) Austin S. Lett (head-to-head) Agnes A. James Stephen A. Bauer
1996	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	169,09166.27%	Chris Evangel Ed DeMott Austin S. Lett (head-to-head) Victoria S. Spruiell
1994	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	127,86871.2%	Frank Herbet Mary Freuholz Stuart Bacha

Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (F000372) and Wikidata (Q338190). Election results come from official certified totals and the MIT Election Data and Science Lab; see methodology.

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Compiled by PolitiFinder. Election results from official certified sources and the MIT Election Lab. See Data & sources and methodology. Data last verified July 28, 2026.