Who is on the ballot in 08691?

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 was found as of October 20, 2026.