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2026 candidates we're tracking in NJ-1
Donald Norcross
Top priorities
From the campaign site
- Raising wages and jobs for working families
- Health care, including fighting drug price gouging
- Education and apprenticeships
About Donald Norcross
Norcross is an electrician by trade who trained through a community college and skilled apprenticeship program and represents New Jersey's 1st District in Congress, per the campaign site. His campaign highlights his focus on raising wages and expanding affordable higher education for working families, per the campaign site.
Damon Galdo
Top priorities
From the campaign site
- Middle-class affordability through spending cuts, American energy, and deregulation
- Border security and enforcement of existing immigration law
- Apprenticeships, vocational education, and trades pathways
About Damon Galdo
Damon Galdo is a union carpenter in construction from West Deptford who hosts a conservative podcast, per his campaign site and the New Jersey Globe. This is his third campaign for the seat after 2022 and 2024 runs, per the New Jersey Globe.
About this race
New Jersey's 1st Congressional District elects one member of the U.S. House of Representatives to a two-year term. Every House seat in the country is on the ballot in 2026. The New Jersey primary is Tuesday, June 2, 2026, and the general election is Tuesday, November 3, 2026.