Candidate · November 3, 2026
LaMonica R. McIver
On the ballot for U.S. House · New Jersey's 10th District
- 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.
| Office | U.S. House · New Jersey's 10th District1, |
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| Party on the ballot | Democratic1, |
| Status | Incumbent — Currently represents New Jersey's 10th District in the U.S. House.4 |
| Also on the ballot |
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§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
- Official websitemciver.house.gov4
- X (Twitter)x.com/RepLaMonica7
- Facebookfacebook.com/RepLaMonica7
- Instagraminstagram.com/replamonica7
- Campaign websitelamonicaforcongress.com8
- X (Twitter)x.com/lamonicamciver8
- Instagraminstagram.com/lamonicaforcd108
- Facebookfacebook.com/CouncilWomanMcIver8
§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
- Create a national paid leave program for all workers
- Expand tax credits for employers that offer paid leave, without a national requirement
- Keep current federal law, leaving paid leave to employers and states
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
- Require checks for all gun sales, including private sales (with exceptions such as gifts between family members)
- Require checks for private sales at gun shows and online, but not other private sales
- Keep current law, with checks required only for sales by licensed dealers
Her campaign page on safeguarding communities says she supports banning assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.10
- Ban the sale of these rifles
- Keep sales legal, with added limits such as a minimum buying age of 21
- No bans or added limits on these rifles
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
- A national law making abortion legal in every state, at least until viability, as under Roe v. Wade
- Leave abortion law to each state
- A national law limiting abortion (for example, after 15 weeks of pregnancy)
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
- No new legal status, including for people brought here as children
- Legal status only for people brought here as children, such as DACA recipients
- Legal status, but not citizenship, for most who pass background checks and pay a fine
- A path to citizenship for most who meet requirements such as background checks
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.
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- Lets combat-disabled veterans get full military retirement pay plus disability pay (H.R. 2102, 119th Congress · 340 cosponsors)18Cosponsored
- Allows Medicare to cover multi-cancer early detection screening tests (H.R. 2407, 118th Congress · 319 cosponsors)19Cosponsored
- Sets electronic prior-approval and reporting rules for Medicare Advantage plans (H.R. 3514, 119th Congress · 308 cosponsors)20Cosponsored
- Ends disability benefit and Medicare waiting periods for metastatic breast cancer (H.R. 2048, 119th Congress · 271 cosponsors)21Cosponsored
- Expands Medicare telehealth coverage by removing location limits and other restrictions (H.R. 4206, 119th Congress · 248 cosponsors)22Cosponsored
- Bans slaughtering horses and other equines for human food (H.R. 1661, 119th Congress · 238 cosponsors)23Cosponsored
- Targets crimes against postal workers; authorizes money for more secure mailboxes and keys (H.R. 1065, 119th Congress · 231 cosponsors)24Cosponsored
- Bars insurers from discriminating against living organ donors (H.R. 2923, 118th Congress · 225 cosponsors)25Cosponsored
- Requires health plans to cover birth defect care for the eyes, ears, teeth, mouth or jaw (H.R. 3277, 119th Congress · 214 cosponsors)26Cosponsored
- Sends False Claims Act fraud recoveries to the Crime Victims Fund through 2029 (H.R. 8061, 118th Congress · 210 cosponsors)27Cosponsored
- Keeps paying military members and support staff during a shutdown in fiscal 2026 (H.R. 5401, 119th Congress · 210 cosponsors)28Cosponsored
- Expands and revises the low-income housing tax credit for affordable rentals (H.R. 2725, 119th Congress · 168 cosponsors)29Cosponsored
- Counts recovery from organ donation surgery as a serious health condition for family leave (H.R. 4582, 119th Congress · 168 cosponsors)30Cosponsored
- Bars insurers from discriminating against living organ donors (H.R. 4583, 119th Congress · 168 cosponsors)31Cosponsored
- Funds research on firefighter protective gear made without PFAS chemicals (H.R. 3184, 119th Congress · 150 cosponsors)32Cosponsored
- Bans betting on animal fights and allows private lawsuits over animal fighting (H.R. 3946, 119th Congress · 150 cosponsors)33Cosponsored
- Ends pay reductions for combat-disabled military retirees with under 20 years of service (H.R. 1282, 118th Congress · 326 cosponsors)34Did not cosponsor
- Expands and revises the low-income housing tax credit for affordable rental housing (H.R. 3238, 118th Congress · 273 cosponsors)35Did not cosponsor
- Ends waiting periods for disability benefits and Medicare for metastatic breast cancer (H.R. 549, 118th Congress · 272 cosponsors)36Did not cosponsor
- Requires new vehicles to include AM radio as standard equipment (H.R. 3413, 118th Congress · 270 cosponsors)37Did not cosponsor
- Extends the parks maintenance fund and adds higher park fees for foreign visitors (H.R. 9250, 119th Congress · 263 cosponsors)38Did not cosponsor
- Expands federal anti-soring rules for show horses and raises penalties (H.R. 3090, 118th Congress · 248 cosponsors)39Did not cosponsor
- Sets new federal care standards for dogs kept by commercial dog dealers and breeders (H.R. 1624, 118th Congress · 237 cosponsors)40Did not cosponsor
- Permanently bans slaughtering horses and other equines for human food (H.R. 3475, 118th Congress · 236 cosponsors)41Did not cosponsor
- Requires employer health plans to allow exceptions to step-therapy drug rules (H.R. 2630, 118th Congress · 235 cosponsors)42Did not cosponsor
- Sets electronic prior-approval and reporting rules for Medicare Advantage plans (H.R. 8702, 118th Congress · 231 cosponsors)43Did not cosponsor
- Adds Medicare coverage of blood tests to screen for early Alzheimer's disease (H.R. 6130, 119th Congress · 231 cosponsors)44Did not cosponsor
- Bans most animal testing of cosmetics and sales of cosmetics developed with it (H.R. 5399, 118th Congress · 227 cosponsors)45Did not cosponsor
- Lets businesses deduct research costs right away instead of over five years (H.R. 2673, 118th Congress · 223 cosponsors)46Did not cosponsor
- Restores fines for charging veterans unauthorized fees for help with VA claims (H.R. 1139, 118th Congress · 221 cosponsors)47Did not cosponsor
- Raises Medicare physician fee schedule payments by 6.62% for April through December 2025 (H.R. 879, 119th Congress · 198 cosponsors)48Did not cosponsor
- Orders a study of Holocaust education in public schools across the states (H.R. 603, 118th Congress · 183 cosponsors)49Did not cosponsor
- Lets surviving military and veteran spouses keep benefits after remarrying (H.R. 1004, 119th Congress · 183 cosponsors)50Did not cosponsor
- Raises the tax credit for maintaining short line railroad track (H.R. 516, 119th Congress · 183 cosponsors)51Did not cosponsor
- Expands Medicare coverage to all services chiropractors provide (H.R. 1610, 118th Congress · 180 cosponsors)52Did not cosponsor
- Expands U.S.-Israel military cooperation on counter-drone and emerging technology (H.R. 1229, 119th Congress · 178 cosponsors)53Did not cosponsor
- Authorizes CIA payments to former Air America employees and survivors for 1950-1976 work (H.R. 2192, 119th Congress · 178 cosponsors)54Did not cosponsor
- Expands Medicare coverage to all services chiropractors are licensed to provide (H.R. 539, 119th Congress · 174 cosponsors)55Did not cosponsor
- Ties yearly Medicare physician payment increases to the Medicare Economic Index (H.R. 2474, 118th Congress · 172 cosponsors)56Did not cosponsor
- Adds military spouses to a tax credit for employers who hire from certain groups (H.R. 1277, 118th Congress · 170 cosponsors)57Did not cosponsor
- Requires FHA mortgage notices to compare costs with VA home loans (H.R. 4335, 118th Congress · 169 cosponsors)58Did not cosponsor
- Gives new-car dealers through 2025 to restock 2020-21 inventory without triggering tax (H.R. 700, 118th Congress · 169 cosponsors)59Did not cosponsor
- Requires employer health plans to offer exceptions to step therapy drug rules (H.R. 5509, 119th Congress · 169 cosponsors)60Did not cosponsor
- Extends U.S.-Israel defense, energy and development cooperation programs (H.R. 3792, 118th Congress · 163 cosponsors)61Did not cosponsor
- Lets 529 education savings plans pay for aviation mechanic and pilot training (H.R. 1818, 118th Congress · 162 cosponsors)62Did not cosponsor
- Requires nursing homes and similar facilities to let essential caregivers see residents (H.R. 6766, 119th Congress · 160 cosponsors)63Did not cosponsor
- Requires annual VA reports and studies on preventing veteran suicide (H.R. 4157, 118th Congress · 159 cosponsors)64Did not cosponsor
- Doubles the amount of profit from selling a primary home that is exempt from tax (H.R. 1340, 119th Congress · 159 cosponsors)65Did not cosponsor
- Requires VA clinicians to certify a veteran's death within 48 hours (H.R. 4398, 119th Congress · 158 cosponsors)66Did not cosponsor
- Directs a Justice Department grant to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (H.R. 3381, 118th Congress · 156 cosponsors)67Did not cosponsor
- No-down-payment, federally insured mortgages for first responders and teachers (H.R. 2094, 119th Congress · 154 cosponsors)68Did not cosponsor
- Lets 529 education savings pay for job certifications and other credentials (H.R. 1477, 118th Congress · 150 cosponsors)69Did not cosponsor
§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
§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.
- Annual financial disclosure report71filed Jun 18, 2026
- Annual financial disclosure report72filed May 27, 2025
- Candidate financial disclosure report73filed Dec 12, 2024