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U.S. House, New Jersey District 3
4 candidates
Federal ▾
Herb Conaway portrait
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Herb Conaway
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
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.
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
Key voting record
Voted no on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the 2025 tax-and-spending package, which passed the House 218-214 in July 2025. Opposed
Voted no on the Laken Riley Act, expanding federal detention of certain immigrants charged with theft or violent crimes, which passed the House 263-156 in January 2025. Opposed
Voted no on the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2026, which passed the House 231-196 in September 2025. Opposed
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Michael P. McGuire
REP
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Affordability through spending cuts and lower middle-class taxes
  • Congressional term limits
  • Defense readiness and veterans' health care
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Ryan Michael Kelly
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Affordability and the cost of living
  • Labor, unions, and workers' rights
  • Universal, single-payer healthcare
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Steven Welzer
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.
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 this race
New Jersey fields are from the Division of Elections' Official List of general-election candidates, certified July 27, 2026.
U.S. Senate
4 candidates
Federal ▾
Cory Booker portrait
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Cory Booker
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Cory Booker is New Jersey's sitting U.S. senator, serving since 2013, per the campaign site. He attended Stanford University on a football scholarship, studied at Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar and graduated from Yale Law School in 1997, per the campaign site. He lived in Newark's Central Ward and later served as a tenant lawyer, city councilman and mayor of Newark, per the campaign site. The campaign site says he helped write and pass the First Step Act in 2018. The campaign site lists no issues as of October 15, 2026.
Campaign Finance
$32,267,998 raised · top industries: Small-dollar donors under $200 (50% of receipts), Large donors giving $2,000+ (28% of receipts)
Key voting record
Voted no on the Laken Riley Act, expanding federal detention of certain immigrants charged with theft or violent crimes, which passed the Senate 64-35 in January 2025. Opposed
Justin Murphy portrait
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Justin Murphy
REP
Biography
Justin Murphy is a self-employed small business owner from Tabernacle in Burlington County's Pine Barrens, per his campaign site and the New Jersey Globe. He served four years in the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Comte De Grasse, including six months in the Persian Gulf, per WHYY, and served one term on the Tabernacle Township Committee after his 2000 election, per the New Jersey Globe.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Abolish the IRS and enact a flat income tax
  • Home ownership for American families
  • Education and parental rights, with school choice
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Veronica Fernandez
Biography
Veronica Fernandez is an independent candidate for U.S. Senate from New Jersey, running under the slogan "End the Corruption." A lifelong New Jersey resident, Fernandez co-owns a small commercial electrical contracting business with her husband, according to the campaign site. Fernandez's platform centers on campaign finance reform, affordability and answering to constituents rather than party leadership.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Campaign finance reform
  • Healthcare through Medicare for All
  • Abolish ICE and create a fast-tracked path to citizenship
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Joanne Kuniansky
Biography
Joanne Kuniansky is the Socialist Workers Party nominee for U.S. Senate from New Jersey. Kuniansky joined the Socialist Workers Party in 1977 and has worked in oil refineries, railroads, meatpacking and as a Walmart deli worker, according to Insider NJ. No campaign website is listed in Joanne Kuniansky's FEC committee filing, and none was found as of October 15, 2026.

Countywide races in Burlington County

ZIP 08041 sits in Burlington County, per the Census crosswalk. These seats are voted countywide; district seats, city races and school boards need a street address. All Burlington County races (2).

Burlington County Surrogate
2 candidates
County ▾
DM
Dale McPeak
REP
Biography
Dale McPeak appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Burlington County Surrogate, per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 9, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Dale McPeak.
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Brian J. Carlin
DEM
Biography
Carlin has practiced law since 1986, specializing in estate planning, administration and litigation, and holds a law degree from Widener University School of Law, per his campaign biography. He previously served as Burlington Township Mayor from 2011 to 2021, and earlier on the Township Council and Board of Education, per the same source.
Top Priorities
From other published sources
  • Says his office cleared its COVID-era case backlog through staff cross-training and aims to keep providing reliable service, per per his campaign biography
  • Emphasizes handling the office's roughly 3,200 annual probate, estate, guardianship and adoption cases with empathy and respect, per per his campaign biography
About this race
Incumbent Democrat Brian J. Carlin, elected in November 2021 and in office since January 2022, is seeking a second 5-year term, per the Burlington County Democratic Committee's campaign biography for Carlin. The original Republican nominee, Michael Boyd, was ruled off the ballot after a Superior Court judge upheld a finding that his nominating petitions fell 27 signatures short of the 269 required; Dale McPeak was subsequently selected as the Republican candidate for Surrogate, per New Jersey Globe (April 14, 2026).
Burlington County Board of Commissioners
4 candidates
County ▾
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Joseph Abegg
REP
Biography
Abegg served 29 years in the U.S. Air Force and 17 years as a United Airlines captain, per the Pine Barrens Tribune. He is a 37-year union member who has served on seven finance committees, chairing five, per the same report. No campaign website was found as of September 9, 2026.
Top Priorities
From other published sources
  • Has said he wants to address county government waste, inefficiency and potential contractor fraud, per the Pine Barrens Tribune
  • Has called for higher wages for county employees to address staff retention, per the Pine Barrens Tribune
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James Melton
REP
Biography
James Melton is a candidate for the Burlington County Board of Commissioners. He is a U.S. Navy veteran, a former Camden County correctional officer, a retired Camden City Police corporal detective and a U.S. Army Reserve drill sergeant, per his party's campaign Facebook page. No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026.
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Randy Brolo
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Randy Brolo is the sitting Burlington County Commissioner and a Lumberton resident, per the county's official staff directory. He is a longtime union leader with the Laborers' International Union of North America and previously served on the Rancocas Valley Regional High School Board of Education, the Mount Holly Municipal Authority and the Lumberton Planning Board, per the same source. No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026.
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Jonathan Chebra
DEM
Biography
Chebra served as chief of staff to Assemblymember Herb Conaway focusing on healthcare policy and spent six years as a deputy commissioner at the New Jersey Department of Human Services, per his campaign site. He has chaired the Burlington County Library Commission as a volunteer for seven years, per the same source.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Says he wants county tax dollars spent wisely and county government to operate with integrity and transparency
  • Cites work on overdose-prevention (naloxone) access and SNAP food-assistance outreach in his healthcare policy background
About this race
Two 3-year seats are up in November 2026. Republicans Joseph Abegg and James Melton face Democrats Randy Brolo and Jonathan Chebra. Brolo, a sitting commissioner, was elected in a Democratic convention runoff in 2025 to complete an unexpired term and was sworn in at the board's 2026 organization meeting, per Burlington County's official news release; he is now seeking a full term. Chebra, chair of the Burlington County Library Commission, ran unopposed for the nomination, per New Jersey Globe.

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