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2026 candidates we're tracking in NJ-3
Herb Conaway
Top priorities
From the campaign site
- Affordable health care, including reproductive care access
- Environmental protection and clean drinking water
- Service members, veterans, and Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst families
About Herb Conaway
Herb Conaway is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district, winning the seat in 2024, per the chamber's membership roster. A physician and attorney with degrees from Princeton, Jefferson Medical College, and Rutgers Law, he served four years as a U.S. Air Force Medical Corps captain and 25 years in the New Jersey General Assembly, chairing the Health Committee, per his official House biography.
Michael P. McGuire
Top priorities
From the campaign site
- Affordability through spending cuts and lower middle-class taxes
- Congressional term limits
- Defense readiness and veterans' health care
About Michael P. McGuire
Michael P. McGuire is a family law attorney, Marine Corps veteran, former NYPD officer, and current Navy reservist, per WHYY and the New Jersey Globe. He says he was spurred to run after he and fellow reservists missed paychecks during the government shutdown, per the New Jersey Globe.
Ryan Michael Kelly
Top priorities
From the campaign site
- Lowering costs of healthcare, housing, student debt and utility bills
- Holding government officials and powerful institutions accountable
- Expanding access to healthcare, workers' rights, housing and education
About Ryan Michael Kelly
Kelly has spent a career in public service, education and civil rights oversight, per the campaign site. Kelly is running as an independent candidate for New Jersey's 3rd Congressional District, per the campaign site.
Steven Welzer
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
About Steven Welzer
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.
About this race
New Jersey's 3rd 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.