New Jersey General Assembly seat · lines in effect since 2023

New Jersey Legislative District 17

A district of about 236,000 people, 29% Hispanic and 21% Asian, 45% of adults with a bachelor's degree. It votes D+36.7 relative to the nation for president.

2025 election

Nov 4, 2025
  1. Kevin Egan (D) · won38.4%
  2. Joe Danielsen (D) · won37.8%
  3. Patricia Badovinac (R)12.0%
  4. Susan Hucko (R)11.9%

Full results →

Source: New Jersey Division of ElectionsUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 1:01 PM ET

Where it sits among all 40 seats

Every New Jersey General Assembly seat by partisan lean, from most Democratic to most Republican. Lean is the seat's presidential vote on current lines, relative to the nation.

D+36.76th most
Democratic
Most DemocraticMost Republican21st seat · the majority lineDistrict 17

Source: 99chambers: 2024 and 2020 presidential results on current lines, relative to the nation (2024 weighted 3:1)Updated Oct 16, 2026, 5:19 AM ET

Every election for this seat

27 races since 1973. District numbers are redrawn after each census: each group is one set of lines.

YearWinnerRunner-upWon by
Lines first used in 2023
2025Kevin Egan · Joe Danielsen (D)Patricia Badovinac (R)25.8
2023Kevin Egan · Joe Danielsen (D)Susan Hucko (R)22.2
Lines first used in 2012
2021Joseph V. Egan · Joe Danielsen (D)Catherine Barrier (R)18.5
2019Joseph V. Egan · Joe Danielsen (D)Patricia Badovinac (R)22.7
2017Joseph V. Egan · Joe Danielsen (D)Robert A. Quinn (R)21.1
2015Joseph V. Egan · Joe Danielsen (D)Robert Mettler (R)17.8
2013Joseph V. Egan · Upendra J. Chivukula (D)Carlo Dilalla (R)13.1
Lines first used in 2002
2011Joseph V. Egan · Upendra J. Chivukula (D)Robert Mettler (R)12.6
2009Joseph V. Egan · Upendra J. Chivukula (D)Anthony Mazzola (R)10.8
2007Joseph V. Egan · Upendra J. Chivukula (D)Matthew House (R)10.3
2005Joseph V. Egan · Upendra J. Chivukula (D)Catherine Barrier (R)14.3
2003Joseph V. Egan · Upendra J. Chivukula (D)Catherine Barrier (R)8.9
Lines first used in 1992
2001Joseph V. Egan · Upendra J. Chivukula (D)Catherine Barrier (R)14.8
1999Bob Smith · Jerry Green (D)Tracy Ford (R)20.3
1997Bob Smith · Jerry Green (D)Phyllis A. Mason (R)15.9
1995Bob Smith · Jerry Green (D)Michael Denardo (R)18.2
1993Bob Smith · Jerry Green (D)Al Smith (R)12.3
Lines first used in 1982
1991Bob Smith · Jerry Green (D)Barbara Weigel (R)1.9
1989Bob Smith · David C. Schwartz (D)George B. Gore (R)16.8
1987David C. Schwartz · Bob Smith (D)Dorothy Sonnenerg (R)12.6
1985David C. Schwartz · Bob Smith (D)Angela L. Perun (R)0.6
1983David C. Schwartz · Angela L. Perun (D)James I. Plummer (R)14.1
Lines first used in 1972
1981David C. Schwartz · Angela L. Perun (D)John F. Wilson (R)11.7
1979Joseph D. Patero · David C. Schwartz (D)William H. Christensen (R)10.7
1977Joseph D. Patero · David C. Schwartz (D)Jeffrey M. Brindle (R)8.9
1975William J. Hamilton Jr. · Joseph D. Patero (D)Charles F. Williams (R)6.0
1973Joseph D. Patero · William J. Hamilton Jr. (D)Elizabeth T. Lyons (R)17.2

Won by: the winner's lead over the runner-up, in points of the vote. Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

Districts that overlap District 17

The state's districts in other chambers that share residents with this one, and the share of District 17's area in each.

U.S. House
NJ-12 71%, NJ-6 29%
New Jersey State Senate
LD-17 100%

Every race on these lines

Results recomputed from precinct returns as if today's boundaries had always existed, so years compare like for like.

2024
PresidentD+32.0
U.S. SenateD+37.0

Outlined: the race for this seat itselfBlank: no race that year

Source: 99chambers results archive: precinct results allocated to current lines; 2026: civicAPIUpdated Nov 8, 2026, 7:01 PM ET

Who lives here, compared

Grey bars show the spread of all 40 seats. Small marks are other seats in New Jersey. The black marker is District 17.

Adults with a bachelor's degree45% 56th pct · 18th of 40 in NJ

Higher than 56% of seats.

White adults without a degree13% 15th pct · 34th of 40 in NJ

Lower than 85% of seats.

Hispanic residents29% 77th pct · 10th of 40 in NJ

Higher than 77% of seats.

Black residents19% 77th pct · 10th of 40 in NJ

Higher than 77% of seats.

Asian residents21% 90th pct · 5th of 40 in NJ

Higher than 90% of seats.

People per square mile2,786 56th pct · 18th of 40 in NJ

Denser than 56% of seats.

Source: Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates, allocated to current linesUpdated Oct 13, 2026, 5:06 AM ET