2026 election · U.S. House
2026 New Jersey House race — Thomas H. Kean, Jr.'s seat
Incumbent: Thomas H. Kean, Jr. (Republican) — see their approval score, record, and voting history on their page.
Declared candidates
Source: FEC candidate filingsStated positions (8) ▾
- Abortion/Stem Cell Research: Supports embryonic stem cell research and opposed President Bush's veto of federal stem cell legislation. [1]
- Budget/Tax Fairness for New Jersey: Highlighted that New Jersey has a net loss of $31 billion to Washington from federal taxes, indicating support for greater federal funding fairness for the state. [1]
- Civil Rights/Affirmative Action: Supports merit-based initiatives rather than affirmative action. [1]
- Economy and Fiscal Policy: Supports pro-growth, small-business-friendly policies, reducing regulatory barriers, cutting wasteful spending, and addressing the national debt and deficit. [1]
- Flag Burning: Supports a constitutional amendment banning flag burning. [1]
- Immigration: Supports securing the border and enforcing immigration laws, opposes broad amnesty, while supporting legal immigration and protections for children brought illegally to the U.S. [1][2][3]
- Judicial Nominations: Opposes applying an ideological litmus test to judicial nominees. [1]
- Same-Sex Marriage: Supported traditional one-man-one-woman marriage without a constitutional amendment in 2006, and later supported replacing civil unions with same-sex marriage by 2012. [1]
Public polling
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