Candidate · November 3, 2026

Herb Conaway

On the ballot for U.S. House · New Jersey's 3rd District

DemocraticIncumbent
raised through Oct 14, 2026
$1.2M
cash on hand
$436K
issues with public statements
9
outside spending for or against
$14K

§1On the ballot

Why this matters: This is exactly how the candidate appears on your ballot, from the state's official candidate list.

OfficeU.S. House · New Jersey's 3rd District1,2
Party on the ballotDemocratic1,2
StatusIncumbent — Currently represents New Jersey's 3rd District in the U.S. House.3
Also on the ballot

§2Who they are

Why this matters: Background and experience help you judge how someone might do the job. These come from public records and the candidate's own materials.

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

He attended Princeton University for his undergraduate degree, then earned medical and law degrees at Jefferson Medical College and Rutgers Law School in Camden.4,5 He served four years in the U.S. Air Force Medical Corps at McGuire Air Force Base, reaching the rank of Captain and working as a general medical officer and then assistant director of the primary care clinic.4,5 After a residency in internal medicine, he practiced in primary care settings and then worked as a clinical professor at a community hospital.4,5 He served in the New Jersey Assembly for 25 years, representing the 7th Legislative District, where he chaired the Health Committee and was also a member of the Budget Committee and of the Military and Veterans Affairs Committee.4,5

Why they say they're running

His campaign website says he is running to make sure middle-class families in New Jersey's 3rd District can thrive, and cites his experience as a physician, state legislator and neighbor.6

Service in Congress since 2023

  • 2025–nowU.S. Representative, NJ-33

Websites and accounts

§3What they've said on the issues

Why this matters: These are positions the candidate has stated publicly — on their campaign website or in public statements — summarized in plain words with a link to where they said it. Issues they haven't spoken about publicly are left out.

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

Each issue has its own range of views. A position is marked on that range only when the candidate's own statement clearly matches one option; there is no overall left–right score.

Family and Social Policy

Child tax credit

His campaign website says he advocates expanding the Child Tax Credit.8

Taxes and Budget

State and local tax (SALT) deduction

His campaign website says he advocates expanding the state and local tax (SALT) deduction.8

Abortion and Reproductive Health

Abortion law

His campaign website says he supports codifying Roe v. Wade into national law to protect women's right to choose, and says he knows from experience that access to health care, including abortion, is important.6,8

  1. Legal only to save the pregnant woman's life
  2. Legal only in cases of rape or incest, or to save the woman's life
  3. Legal early in pregnancy only, up to a limit such as 6, 12 or 15 weeks
  4. Legal until about 24 weeks, as under Roe v. Wade, and later to protect the woman's life or health
  5. Legal at every stage, with no limit based on weeks of pregnancy
Marked: the option their statement matches.
Who sets abortion law

His campaign website says he supports codifying Roe v. Wade into national law.8

  1. A national law making abortion legal in every state, at least until viability, as under Roe v. Wade
  2. Leave abortion law to each state
  3. A national law limiting abortion (for example, after 15 weeks of pregnancy)
Marked: the option their statement matches.
Birth control and IVF

His campaign website says he supports bills like the Right to Contraception Act, which it describes as setting out statutory protections for the right to access contraception.8

Courts, Rights and Civil Liberties

Voting Rights Act protections

His campaign website says he supports passing the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, which it describes as strengthening and restoring parts of the 1965 Voting Rights Act that the Supreme Court limited in Shelby v. Holder.8

  1. Restore and widen protections by law, such as federal approval of voting changes in places with a history of discrimination (for example, the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act)
  2. Keep current law, as the Supreme Court read it in 2026, without the federal approval requirement
  3. Stop applying the law to how district maps are drawn
Marked: the option their statement matches.

Health Care

Drug prices compared with other countries

His campaign website says U.S. prescription drug prices are much higher than in any other country, and that he supports efforts to take New Jersey's cost caps on life-saving drugs to the national level.8

Energy and Climate

Electric vehicles

His campaign website says he supports legislation that would add electric vehicle charging infrastructure in the district.8

Technology, Privacy and AI

Children and social media

His campaign website lists, among his accomplishments, that he is now leading an effort to protect children from the harms of social media use.6

§4Popular bills that never got a vote

Why this matters: Many bills with wide support from both parties never reach a vote, so no member of Congress is ever on record for or against them. Signing on as a sponsor or cosponsor is the only public record of support.

While Herb Conaway served, these bills had broad support from both parties but never reached a floor vote. No officeholder ever had to vote on them. Herb Conaway sponsored or cosponsored 16 of the 26. How bills die without a vote.

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§5Money

Why this matters: Campaigns report where their money comes from and how much they have left. Outside groups that spend on their own, without coordinating with the campaign, report that too.

Reported to the Federal Election Commission for the 2025–2026 election cycle, through October 14, 2026.35

Raised$1,152,632
Spent$753,730
Cash on hand$436,316

Where the money came from

Individual donors$518K · 45%
PACs and other political committees$631K · 55%
Other receipts (other loans, refunds, interest)$3,592 · 0%

Outside spending

Groups spending independently reported $0 supporting and $14,213 opposing Herb Conaway this cycle, primary and general combined, in the 24- and 48-hour reports the law requires for larger expenditures, filed through October 15, 2026.36

Largest independent spenders, as named in their FEC filings.
GroupSupportingOpposing
Fortify New Jersey—$14,213

Smaller expenditures that appear only on a group's regular monthly or quarterly report aren't in these totals, so the full amounts can be somewhat higher. When a group amends a report, only its latest version is counted.

§6Financial disclosures

Why this matters: Federal candidates and members of Congress must report their assets, income, debts and outside jobs, and members must report stock trades. These filings show possible conflicts of interest.