2006 New Jersey's 13th congressional district special election

none February 2026 May 2024 2006 New Jersey's 13th congressional district special election New Jersey by-election no 2004 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey#District 13 2004 November 2006 2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey#District 13 NJ 13 November 7, 2006 x150px Albio Sires.jpg Albio Sires Democratic Party (United States) 3x4.svg 75,403 96.68% Dick Hester Independent (United States) 2,592 3.32% 200px U.S. Representative Bob Menendez Democratic Party (United States) Albio Sires Democratic Party (United States) The 2006 New Jersey's 13th congressional district special election was held on November 7, 2006, to fill the vacant seat in New Jersey's 13th congressional district. The winner will serve in the United States House of Representatives for the remainder of the 110th United States Congress. Democrat Albio Sires won the election to replace Democrat Bob Menendez, who was appointed to the United States Senate in January 2006. Sires also won election to the full term on the same date. Democratic primary Candidates James Geron Albio Sires, Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly and mayor of West New York Results 2006 Democratic special U.S. House primaryhttps://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2006/2006-official-primary-election-unexpired-term-tallies.pdf Official List: Candidate Returns for Unexpired Term for June 2006 Primary Election February 15, 2008 May 28, 2025 New Jersey Department of State Democratic Party (US) Albio Sires 24,216 90.15% Democratic Party (US) James Geron 2,647 9.85%26,863 100.00% General election Candidates Dick Hester (Independent) Albio Sires, Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly and mayor of West New York (Democratic) 2006 U.S. House special electionhttps://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2006/2006-district-13-unexpired-term-final.pdf Congressional District 13: Unexpired Term January 16, 2007 May 28, 2025 New Jersey Department of State Democratic Party (US) Albio Sires 75,403 96.68% Independent politician Dick Hester 2,592 3.32% 77,995 100.00% By county CountyNJ DOS - Division of Elections - Election Results Archive https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2006/2006_official-unexpired-term_tallies.pdf 2025-01-16 nj.gov Albio SiresDemocratic Dick HesterOther parties Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % Essex (part) 9,798 96.4% 368 3.6% 9,430 93.0% 10,166 Hudson (part) 53,229 97.3% 1,473 2.7% 51,756 94.6% 54,702 Middlsex (part) 8,409 94.0% 537 6.0% 7,872 88.0% 8,946 Union (part) 3,967 94.9% 214 5.1% 3,483 89.8% 4,181Totals75,40396.68%2,5923.32%72,81193.36%77,995 References United States House of Representatives 13 Special New Jersey 13 Special United States House of Representatives 2006 13 2006 13 Special