defeated educator Ed Potosnak 59% to 41%. 2012 Redistricting made Lance's district significantly more Republican than its predecessor. The 7th was pushed to the north, losing its share of Democratic-leaning Middlesex County in exchange for more conservative territory in Morris and Warren Counties. It also absorbed all of Hunterdon County and regained Millburn in Essex County, which had been in the district prior to 2003. In the Republican congressional primary, Lance was challenged for a second time by David Larsen. Lance defeated Larsen 61% to 39%. In the general election, Lance defeated New Jersey Assemblyman Upendra Chivukula 57% to 40%. In the Republican presidential primaries, Lance endorsed Mitt Romney. 2014 Lance was challenged for a third time for the Republican nomination by David Larsen. Lance defeated Larsen 54% to 46%. In the general election, Lance defeated Town of Clinton Mayor Janice Kovachs 59% to 39%. 2016 In the 2016 Republican congressional primary, Lance was challenged by David Larsen for a fourth time. Businessman Craig Heard of Roxbury also ran in the primary. Lance won the primary with 54% of the vote, ahead of Larsen with 33% and Heard with 13%. In the general election, Lance faced social worker Peter Jacob. Jacob was one of 27 congressional candidates endorsed by presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. Lance defeated Jacob 54% to 43%. 2018 Lance lost to Democrat and former Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Tom Malinowski in the November 2018 general election. Malinowski won the election with 51.5% of the vote; Lance received 47% of the vote. Tenure Lance was sworn in as a Member of Congress on January 6, 2009, and was appointed to the House Financial Services Committee, where he worked on a wide range of issues relating to the financial services sector and the American economy. In 2011 Congressman Leonard Lance left the House Financial Services Committee and had been appointed to the House Energy and Commerce Committee. In 2017, Lance was named to the House Ethics Committee. Lance was a member of the Republican Main Street Partnership. Committee assignments Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology (Vice Chair) Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee on Health Caucus memberships Congressional Arts Caucus Congressional Israel Allies Caucus House Republican Israel Caucus Rare Disease Caucus Congressional Pediatric and Adult Hydrocephalus Caucus Congressional Humanities Caucus Congressional Caucus on the Deadliest Cancers Congressional Problem