Candidate · November 3, 2026

LaMonica R. McIver

On the ballot for U.S. House · New Jersey's 10th District

DemocraticIncumbent
raised through Oct 14, 2026
$2.5M
cash on hand
$897K
issues with public statements
16

§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 10th District1,2
Party on the ballotDemocratic1,2,3
StatusIncumbent — Currently represents New Jersey's 10th District in the U.S. House.4
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.

Her official House biography says she represents New Jersey's 10th District, serves on the House committees on Small Business and Homeland Security, and is a former Newark City Council president.5 Her campaign website says she won a seat on the Newark Municipal Council in 2018, served as its president, and was sworn into Congress after winning a special election to complete the term of the late Representative Donald Payne Jr.6 It says she worked in public school human resources, including as Personnel Director for Montclair Public Schools, and most recently as a Public Affairs Manager at PSE&G.6 It says she founded the organization Newark G.A.L.S. in 2012, earned an English literature degree at Bloomfield College, and holds a master's degree from Seton Hall University in educational leadership and policy.6

Why they say they're running

Her campaign website says she sees families in the district struggling with the costs of food, housing, health care and education, and flooding that it links to climate change, and that she is committed to working on solutions to these problems in Washington.6 It says she wants to promote affordability, equity and environmental sustainability.6

Service in Congress since 2023

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

Her campaign page on investing in families says she supports expanding access to affordable child care and pre-kindergarten, more funding for early childhood education, and fair pay for child care providers.9

Her campaign page on investing in families says all workers should be guaranteed paid leave for family and medical needs.9

  1. Create a national paid leave program for all workers
  2. Expand tax credits for employers that offer paid leave, without a national requirement
  3. Keep current federal law, leaving paid leave to employers and states
Marked: the option their statement matches.

Her campaign page on investing in families says she backs policies that address food insecurity and strengthen nutrition assistance programs.9

Housing

Her campaign page on investing in families says she wants more affordable housing choices, stronger protections for tenants and action against housing discrimination.9

Guns

Her campaign page on safeguarding communities says she supports universal background checks, closing loopholes in how background checks work, and adding waiting periods.10

  1. Require checks for all gun sales, including private sales (with exceptions such as gifts between family members)
  2. Require checks for private sales at gun shows and online, but not other private sales
  3. Keep current law, with checks required only for sales by licensed dealers
Marked: the option their statement matches.

Her campaign page on safeguarding communities says she supports banning assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.10

  1. Ban the sale of these rifles
  2. Keep sales legal, with added limits such as a minimum buying age of 21
  3. No bans or added limits on these rifles
Marked: the option their statement matches.

Economy, Jobs and Trade

Her campaign page on jobs and small business says she supports improving small businesses' access to capital through loans, grants and other financial help, and reducing regulatory burdens on them.11

Her campaign page on social justice lists raising the minimum wage among the ways she would promote economic equity.12

Abortion and Reproductive Health

Her campaign page on reproductive rights says state abortion bans endanger women's health and lives and keep doctors from giving the care they are trained to provide, and it opposes a nationwide abortion ban.13

Her campaign page on reproductive rights calls for a single national law protecting reproductive rights, so that the protection does not depend on a person's state.13

  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.

Infrastructure and Transportation

Her campaign page on infrastructure says she wants continued investment in roads, bridges, the airport, rail and the port in the district.14

Technology, Privacy and AI

Her campaign page on infrastructure says she wants better broadband so that every resident has dependable, faster internet access.14

Immigration

Her campaign page on social justice lists, under comprehensive immigration reform, a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, protection for immigrant families, and upholding due process.12

  1. No new legal status, including for people brought here as children
  2. Legal status only for people brought here as children, such as DACA recipients
  3. Legal status, but not citizenship, for most who pass background checks and pay a fine
  4. A path to citizenship for most who meet requirements such as background checks
Marked: the option their statement matches.

Health Care

Her campaign page on health care says reform should begin with universal health care, so that everyone in the country can get the care they need at a price they can afford.15

Education

Her campaign page on education says she supports measures to lower the cost of college, remove the burden of college debt, expand financial aid and widen access to vocational and technical training programs.16

Environment and Public Lands

Her campaign page on the environment says she supports policies for clean air and water and for investment in renewable energy, and wants frontline communities in the district to have a say in decisions, citing environmental harms that it says fall hardest on lower-income neighborhoods and communities of color.17

§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 LaMonica R. McIver served, these bills had broad support from both parties but never reached a floor vote. No officeholder ever had to vote on them. LaMonica R. McIver sponsored or cosponsored 16 of the 52. How bills die without a vote.

See all 52

§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, 2026.70

Raised$2,516,563
Spent$1,782,580
Cash on hand$897,195

Where the money came from

Individual donors$1.9M · 75%
PACs and other political committees$636K · 25%
Political party committees$33 · 0%
Other receipts (other loans, refunds, interest)$3,224 · 0%

§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.