- See Herb Conaway's sponsored bills →Herb ConawayDemocraticIncumbent✓ Verified$1.1M raised
- Michael McGuireRepublican✓ Verified$211K raised
- Ryan Michael KellyAffordability, Accountability, People✓ Verified$6K raised
- Steven WelzerGreen✓ Verified
Where they stand
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| Issue | Herb ConawayDemocratic | Michael McGuireRepublican | Ryan Michael KellyAffordability, Accountability, People | Steven WelzerGreen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Economy & Jobs | Conaway supports reducing the tax burden on middle-class families, protecting small businesses, expanding job opportunities, and strengthening consumer power to enhance economic prosperity in NJ-03. Conaway supports bipartisan solutions to lower inflation, tackle poverty, and ensure economic prosperity for all Americans. Conaway votes yea on technology and financial protection bills but nay on capital access and privacy purchase acts. | McGuire supports restoring affordability and economic security for working families by cutting wasteful government spending and lowering the tax burden on middle- and working-class families. | Kelly supports policies that lower everyday costs through competition, transparency, enforcement, and targeted tax relief for working families and small businesses. Kelly's campaign centers on affordability, including raising wages, protecting collective bargaining, and expanding affordable housing. | Welzer would prohibit finance capital from buying up single-family homes and rental housing stock. |
| Healthcare | Conaway supports codifying Roe v. Wade into national law and legislation protecting reproductive health and contraception access. Conaway votes yea on rural care and patient support acts but nay on Medicaid harm and lowering premiums bills. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ | Kelly supports universal, single-payer healthcare treating it as a public good guaranteeing coverage regardless of employer, income, age, or ability to navigate insurance. Kelly supports a universal single-payer healthcare system covering medical, prescription, mental health, and preventive care. | Welzer supports a universal, single-payer healthcare system, saying it would redirect private insurers' administrative waste into patient care. |
| Immigration | Conaway votes nay on multiple immigration enforcement and support resolutions but yea on a national emergency resolution. | McGuire says the federal government must secure the border to dismantle trafficking networks and stop fentanyl from reaching local communities. | Kelly supports abolishing ICE and replacing it with accountable institutions under independent oversight. | Welzer would replace migrant detention with non-custodial reception centers and provide a path to citizenship for undocumented workers. |
| Where they differ on Immigration: Herb Conaway votes nay on multiple immigration enforcement and support resolutions but yea on a national emergency resolution 1. Michael McGuire says the federal government must secure the border to dismantle trafficking networks and stop fentanyl from reaching local communities 2. Ryan Michael Kelly supports abolishing ICE and replacing it with accountable institutions under independent oversight 3. Steven Welzer would replace migrant detention with non-custodial reception centers and provide a path to citizenship for undocumented workers 4. | ||||
| Public Safety & Crime | Conaway votes yea on guard and bail reporting acts but nay on privacy, veterans 2nd amendment, violent offenders, and law enforcement support. | McGuire supports enhancing public safety so people feel safe in their homes. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ | No public position found. Check their site ↗ |
| Where they differ on Public Safety & Crime: Herb Conaway voted yea on guard and bail reporting acts but nay on privacy, veterans 2nd amendment, violent offenders, and law enforcement support 1. Michael McGuire supports enhancing public safety so people feel safe in their homes 2. | ||||
| Abortion | No public position found. Check their site ↗ | No public position found. Check their site ↗ | Kelly supports federal protections for reproductive healthcare decisions, saying they belong to patients and their providers, not politicians. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ |
| Taxes & Government Spending | Conaway votes yea on tax relief and AGOA extension but nay on budget resolutions and appropriations acts. | McGuire supports cutting wasteful government spending and lowering the tax burden on middle- and working-class families to reduce inflation and costs. McGuire proposes auditing federal programs, lifting the SALT deduction cap, expanding the Child Tax Credit, and boosting domestic energy production to lower utility bills. | Kelly supports targeted tax relief for working families and small businesses, paired with responsible budgeting and oversight of waste. | Welzer would remove the income cap on the Social Security payroll tax and apply it to capital gains and dividends as well as wages. |
| Energy & Environment | Conaway provides contact information for constituents to learn about his work and views related to energy but does not state a clear position. Conaway votes yea on diesel emissions and conservation acts but nay on EPA disapproval, fuel retailer choice, and HEATS acts. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ | Kelly supports creating good-paying union jobs through infrastructure, clean-energy, and public-service investment. Kelly treats climate resilience as infrastructure and public-safety policy, supporting investment in flood mitigation and grid upgrades. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ |
| Foreign Policy & Defense | Conaway votes yea on resolutions to remove forces from Iran and Lebanon and veterans clinic naming but nay on defense authorization and FISA extension. | McGuire supports a strong military through funding readiness, rigorous training, and modernization to ensure forces have equipment, support, and strategic advantage. McGuire supports a 'peace through strength' foreign policy using deterrence and sanctions rather than open-ended wars, requiring clear objectives and congressional oversight before military force. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ | Welzer argues even a 50% Pentagon budget cut would leave the U.S. outspending any other country, and calls for a diplomacy-based foreign policy. |
| Where they differ on Foreign Policy & Defense: Herb Conaway voted in favor of resolutions to remove forces from Iran and Lebanon and for naming a veterans clinic, but voted against the defense authorization and FISA extension 1. Michael McGuire supports a strong military through funding readiness, rigorous training, and modernization, and advocates for a 'peace through strength' foreign policy relying on deterrence and sanctions with clear objectives and congressional oversight before military action 23. Steven Welzer calls for a diplomacy-based foreign policy and argues that even a 50% cut to the Pentagon budget would still leave the U.S. spending more than any other country 4. | ||||