2026 election · U.S. House

2026 New Jersey House race — Jefferson Van Drew's seat

Incumbent: Jefferson Van Drew (Republican) — see their approval score, record, and voting history on their page.

Declared candidates

Source: FEC candidate filings

Jefferson Van DrewRepublican · Incumbent
Stated positions (29) ▾
- 2020 Election: Joined a Supreme Court case seeking to discard presidential election results in several states won by Democrats in 2020. [1]
- 2020 Election Certification: Supported a legal effort seeking to overturn the 2020 presidential election results in several states, citing pandemic-related voting rule changes. [1]
- 2020 Election Integrity: Joined a Supreme Court case seeking to discard presidential election results in several states won by Democrats in 2020, alleging voting irregularities. [1]
- Abortion: Identified as pro-choice according to a Political Voter Survey, a position recorded during his time as a Democratic member of Congress. [1]
- COVID-19 Relief Spending: Supported a $900 billion COVID relief package but opposed the larger $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act. [1]
- Civil Rights: Supports keeping the existing deadline for ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment. [1]
- Coastal Infrastructure: Supports continued federal funding for beach replenishment and coastal protection projects for New Jersey shore communities. [1]
- Coastal Infrastructure & Local Economy: Emphasizes protecting New Jersey's coastline through beach replenishment funding and addressing high energy and property tax costs for constituents. [1]
- Coastal Protection: Prioritizes federal funding for beach replenishment and protecting the New Jersey shoreline from storm damage. [1]
- Coastal Protection & Infrastructure: Prioritizes federal funding for beach replenishment and coastal protection for Cape May County communities. [1]
- Drug Policy: Supports legalization of medical marijuana while opposing legalization of recreational marijuana. [1]
- Economy & Taxation: Advocates for middle-class tax cuts, reducing energy delivery charges, and bringing manufacturing and tourism jobs back to South Jersey. [1][2]
- Education: Supports bipartisan efforts to improve college affordability and voted against allowing certain private lawsuits over school race discrimination. [1]
- Election Integrity: Joined a Supreme Court case seeking to discard presidential election votes in several states won by Democrats after the 2020 election. [1]
- Entitlement Programs (Medicare/Social Security/Medicaid): Opposes cuts to Medicare, Social Security, and Medicaid, while supporting targeted efforts to reduce waste, fraud, and abuse in related spending. [1]
- Entitlement Programs (Social Security/Medicare/Medicaid): Pledges to protect Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid from cuts while seeking to eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse in government spending. [1]
- Environment: Has a low lifetime environmental voting score and has voted against several measures aimed at environmental protection and clean energy regulation. [1]
- Environment & Energy: Has a low environmental voting score, opposing several measures on public lands protection, methane fee, and energy efficiency standards. [1]
- Environment and Energy: Has a low League of Conservation Voters score, reflecting votes against clean energy, clean water, and environmental regulation measures. [1]
- Environmental Policy: Voting record reflects opposition to many federal environmental and clean-energy protections, resulting in a low League of Conservation Voters score. [1]
- Government Spending on Immigration Services: Criticizes state spending on legal defense for undocumented immigrants, arguing funds should instead go toward reducing utility and tax burdens for New Jersey residents. [1]
- Immigration: Supports stronger border security, employer verification requirements, and opposes state funding for legal defense of undocumented immigrants facing deportation. [1][2]
- Impeachment of Donald Trump: Opposed the impeachment inquiry and articles of impeachment against President Trump, citing this as a key reason for switching from the Democratic to Republican Party. [1]
- Impeachment of President Trump (2019): Opposed the impeachment inquiry and articles of impeachment against President Trump, a stance that led to his switch from the Democratic to the Republican Party. [1]
- Impeachment of Trump (2019): Opposed the impeachment inquiry and articles of impeachment against President Trump, a stance that led him to switch from the Democratic to the Republican Party. [1]
- Marijuana Policy: Supports legalization of medical marijuana but opposes recreational marijuana legalization. [1]
- Social Security & Medicare: Committed to protecting Medicare, Social Security, and Medicaid from cuts while seeking to reduce waste, fraud, and abuse in government spending. [1]
- Social Security, Medicare & Medicaid: States a commitment to protecting Medicare, Social Security, and Medicaid from cuts while supporting targeted efforts to reduce waste, fraud, and abuse in related spending. [1]
- Taxation & Economy: Advocates for middle-class tax cuts and tax reform benefiting working families and small businesses rather than corporations or wealthy individuals, while promoting job growth in manufacturing, tourism, agriculture and fishing. [1]

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2026 election · U.S. House

2026 New Jersey House race — Jefferson Van Drew's seat

Incumbent: Jefferson Van Drew (Republican) — see their approval score, record, and voting history on their page.

Declared candidates

Source: FEC candidate filings

Jefferson Van DrewRepublican · Incumbent
Stated positions (29) ▾
- 2020 Election: Joined a Supreme Court case seeking to discard presidential election results in several states won by Democrats in 2020. [1]
- 2020 Election Certification: Supported a legal effort seeking to overturn the 2020 presidential election results in several states, citing pandemic-related voting rule changes. [1]
- 2020 Election Integrity: Joined a Supreme Court case seeking to discard presidential election results in several states won by Democrats in 2020, alleging voting irregularities. [1]
- Abortion: Identified as pro-choice according to a Political Voter Survey, a position recorded during his time as a Democratic member of Congress. [1]
- COVID-19 Relief Spending: Supported a $900 billion COVID relief package but opposed the larger $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act. [1]
- Civil Rights: Supports keeping the existing deadline for ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment. [1]
- Coastal Infrastructure: Supports continued federal funding for beach replenishment and coastal protection projects for New Jersey shore communities. [1]
- Coastal Infrastructure & Local Economy: Emphasizes protecting New Jersey's coastline through beach replenishment funding and addressing high energy and property tax costs for constituents. [1]
- Coastal Protection: Prioritizes federal funding for beach replenishment and protecting the New Jersey shoreline from storm damage. [1]
- Coastal Protection & Infrastructure: Prioritizes federal funding for beach replenishment and coastal protection for Cape May County communities. [1]
- Drug Policy: Supports legalization of medical marijuana while opposing legalization of recreational marijuana. [1]
- Economy & Taxation: Advocates for middle-class tax cuts, reducing energy delivery charges, and bringing manufacturing and tourism jobs back to South Jersey. [1][2]
- Education: Supports bipartisan efforts to improve college affordability and voted against allowing certain private lawsuits over school race discrimination. [1]
- Election Integrity: Joined a Supreme Court case seeking to discard presidential election votes in several states won by Democrats after the 2020 election. [1]
- Entitlement Programs (Medicare/Social Security/Medicaid): Opposes cuts to Medicare, Social Security, and Medicaid, while supporting targeted efforts to reduce waste, fraud, and abuse in related spending. [1]
- Entitlement Programs (Social Security/Medicare/Medicaid): Pledges to protect Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid from cuts while seeking to eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse in government spending. [1]
- Environment: Has a low lifetime environmental voting score and has voted against several measures aimed at environmental protection and clean energy regulation. [1]
- Environment & Energy: Has a low environmental voting score, opposing several measures on public lands protection, methane fee, and energy efficiency standards. [1]
- Environment and Energy: Has a low League of Conservation Voters score, reflecting votes against clean energy, clean water, and environmental regulation measures. [1]
- Environmental Policy: Voting record reflects opposition to many federal environmental and clean-energy protections, resulting in a low League of Conservation Voters score. [1]
- Government Spending on Immigration Services: Criticizes state spending on legal defense for undocumented immigrants, arguing funds should instead go toward reducing utility and tax burdens for New Jersey residents. [1]
- Immigration: Supports stronger border security, employer verification requirements, and opposes state funding for legal defense of undocumented immigrants facing deportation. [1][2]
- Impeachment of Donald Trump: Opposed the impeachment inquiry and articles of impeachment against President Trump, citing this as a key reason for switching from the Democratic to Republican Party. [1]
- Impeachment of President Trump (2019): Opposed the impeachment inquiry and articles of impeachment against President Trump, a stance that led to his switch from the Democratic to the Republican Party. [1]
- Impeachment of Trump (2019): Opposed the impeachment inquiry and articles of impeachment against President Trump, a stance that led him to switch from the Democratic to the Republican Party. [1]
- Marijuana Policy: Supports legalization of medical marijuana but opposes recreational marijuana legalization. [1]
- Social Security & Medicare: Committed to protecting Medicare, Social Security, and Medicaid from cuts while seeking to reduce waste, fraud, and abuse in government spending. [1]
- Social Security, Medicare & Medicaid: States a commitment to protecting Medicare, Social Security, and Medicaid from cuts while supporting targeted efforts to reduce waste, fraud, and abuse in related spending. [1]
- Taxation & Economy: Advocates for middle-class tax cuts and tax reform benefiting working families and small businesses rather than corporations or wealthy individuals, while promoting job growth in manufacturing, tourism, agriculture and fishing. [1]

Public polling

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