Of the 15 people representing the state in Congress, every single one was a man, which had been true since Rep. Marge Roukema (R-Ridgewood) left the delegation in 2003. All but two of those men were white; the two exceptions, Reps. Bob Menendez (D-Union City) and Donald Payne Sr. (D-Newark), were the only two racial minorities to have ever represented the state in Congress.