Candidate · November 3, 2026
Ramon Mora Jr.
On the ballot for U.S. House · New Jersey's 2nd District
- raised through Sep 30, 2026
- $1,139
- cash on hand
- $85
- issues with public statements
- 27
§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 2nd District1, |
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| Party on the ballot | INDEPENDENT1, |
| Status | Challenger |
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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.
His campaign website says he graduated from college.3 Ballotpedia lists him as a graduate of Vineland High School who earned an associate degree from Atlantic Cape Community College in 2018.4 It lists his profession as health care.4
Why they say they're running
His campaign website's Meet Ramon page says he is running because he believes the main job of a member of Congress is to represent the people rather than himself or large corporations, and that he wants to carry integrity and South Jersey pride into Congress and listen to the district's residents.3 Its home page says he is running on three core concepts: tackling the cost-of-living crisis, investing in people's quality of life rather than in billionaires, and transparency about how tax dollars are used.5
Websites and accounts
- Campaign websitesouthjerseygrit.com5
- Facebookfacebook.com/RMJR4CongressCD25
- Instagraminstagram.com/ramonmorajr4congress5
- TikToktiktok.com/@Njray8565
§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.
Health Care
His campaign website's home page lists Medicare for All and single payer among the solutions he offers for rising costs, and its Healthcare Agenda page lists Medicare for everyone, saying every American should get health care as good as what government employees such as members of Congress receive, and lists getting rid of insurance companies.5,
- One government plan for everyone (Medicare for All)
- Add a government plan that anyone can choose to buy
- Keep the current mix of private and public coverage, including the ACA
- Fewer federal insurance rules and more private plan choices, with aid paid to individuals
Agriculture and Rural Life
The Healthcare Agenda page lists reducing or rebalancing subsidies for corn used for high-fructose corn syrup in favor of subsidizing fruits and vegetables, and the Issues page lists reprioritizing crop subsidies to lower the prices of healthy foods.6,
The Issues page's Consumer Protection Agenda list includes a ban on purchases of farmland, or land containing extractable resources, by foreign nations.7
Housing
The Housing Affordability page says he wants to keep private corporations from buying up homes, saying purchases at the scale Wall Street can manage take buying power away from average citizens.8
It also lists building transitional housing units for different stages of life, including for people who are unhoused.8
Taxes and Budget
It lists a tax break for homeowners and renters who have lived in the same primary residence for seven or more years.8
The General Cost Savings page lists no income tax on earnings under $40,000 a year.9
It lists tax breaks for small business owners to offset start-up costs, and says members of Congress and their immediate families could not benefit from them.9
Economy, Jobs and Trade
The same page lists banning bank maintenance fees and other fees it calls junk fees, and banning overdraft fees for amounts under $50.9
- Strengthen rules and consumer protections, such as limits on overdraft fees and tougher oversight of large banks
- Keep current rules
- Ease rules on how companies raise money from investors, and let more people invest in private companies
- Ease rules further, including closing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Education
The page describes a proposal he calls the GRADS Act that would pay all tuition for two years of community college or a trade program and reimburse tuition for higher degrees on a scale of up to $15,000.9
- No free tuition program
- Free tuition at community colleges
- Free tuition at public colleges and universities
Foreign Policy and Defense
The page says the GRADS Act would be paid for by reducing military budgets through cutting spending it describes as fraudulent, raising taxes on wealthy people, and collecting more tax revenue from better-paid careers without raising tax rates.9
- Increase military spending
- Hold it near current levels, adjusted for inflation
- Cut military spending
The same page lists ending what it calls forever wars, including by ending Bush-era laws that it says allow the military to act in other countries.10
The Foreign Policy page lists opposing what it calls Israel-first, America-second policies, saying there is no reason for the United States to pay nearly all the costs of another country's social programs while Americans go without.11
Family and Social Policy
The same page lists universal paid family leave of one to two years, saying parents should be able to cut back on work to spend time raising their children.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
Technology, Privacy and AI
The same list also includes what it calls common-sense privacy laws.7
Elections and Government Reform
The Government Reform page lists banning members of Congress, the Supreme Court and the executive branch from trading specific stocks.10
- Ban members and their spouses and dependent children from owning or trading individual stocks
- Ban members themselves from trading individual stocks
- No ban; keep the reporting rules, with stronger penalties for late reports
The same page lists banning dark money donations to campaigns, banning corporate PACs (especially those with ties to foreign nations), requiring disclosure of super PAC spending and donations, and an American Vote Contribution fund that would give each voter money, such as $5 to $50, to donate to a candidate. It says the ultimate goal is to get rid of super PAC spending.10
- Limit spending by outside groups, including by amending the Constitution to overturn Citizens United
- Keep spending unlimited but require groups to name their major donors
- Keep current rules
- Raise or remove limits on donations to candidates and parties
It lists ending partisan gerrymandering and replacing it with a system in which an independent board draws maps based on non-biased factors.10
- Have independent commissions, not lawmakers, draw district lines
- Let legislatures draw the lines, but only once a decade after the census
- Let legislatures draw and redraw the lines when they choose
Its voting security and access item lists adopting the concepts of the SAVE Act while having the government provide the required documents free of charge, with at least four years before the rules take effect.10
The same item lists expanding vote-by-mail.10
Courts, Rights and Civil Liberties
It also lists a ten-year public vote on removing Supreme Court justices, in which voters could remove justices but would not choose them.10
The same page lists LGBTQ+ rights under the heading Let People Be, saying it supports equality in the pursuit of happiness.12
Social Security and Medicare
The General Social Agenda page lists uncapping the Social Security limit.12
- Keep the current cap
- Also tax earnings above a higher level, such as $250,000 or $400,000
- Apply the tax to all earnings
Abortion and Reproductive Health
The Healthcare Agenda page includes an item headed Pro-Choice and Pro-Life, in which he calls himself first and foremost pro-choice, says everyone should have full control over their own body, and says banning abortion does not reduce abortions. It also says he is pro-life in the sense of wanting more people to want children, which he says could come from addressing poverty and expanding financial support, and that a person's own choice about abortion should not be forced on others.6
Immigration
The Law Enforcement & ICE page lists abolishing, prosecuting and replacing ICE, with a new unit called the American Defense Unit whose members would need years of legal, de-escalation and combat training and a clean record. It also says people who commit crimes should be arrested rather than whole groups being targeted.13
- Abolish ICE and move any remaining enforcement work to other agencies
- Deport only people convicted of serious crimes or who threaten national security
- Focus on people with criminal records and recent border crossers
- Deport as many people here without legal permission as possible, with or without criminal records
Energy and Climate
The Reduce Electric Bills page says building out the grid with solar, wind, water and nuclear options could noticeably lower electric bills.14
§4Money
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 September 30, 2026.15
| Raised | $1,139 |
|---|---|
| Spent | $1,367 |
| Cash on hand | $85 |
| Debts owed by the campaign | $2,910 |