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Steven Welzer

Steven Welzer

Green · New Jersey · 2026

Running for U.S. House, NJ-3, New Jersey

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Ending dependence on fossil fuels and advancing ecological responsibility ("Green the Garden State")
  • Establishing a universal single-payer healthcare system
  • Reducing the influence of money in politics through campaign finance reform
Biography

Welzer earned a master's degree in economics from Rutgers University and worked as a college instructor before spending more than four decades in environmental and social justice activism, per the campaign site. He helped found the Green Party of New Jersey and has run for state assembly, Congress and governor as a Green Party nominee since retiring in 2008, per the campaign site.

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U.S. House, NJ-3New Jersey · 2026

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