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Winner, unofficial result · U.S. House, NJ-03

Herb Conaway

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American politician (born 1963)

WonCounts not on file
Term begins
January 3, 2027

Unofficial result, not yet certified. Source: Wikipedia (House results table) · read 2026-11-07

Called it. Before the polls closed, Vugol.Me called this race for the Democrat (D +14.3, from the Vugol Vector model) and the Democrat won. Every call, frozen before polls closed

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Overview

Herbert Clark Hoover Conaway Jr. is an American politician, physician, and former Air Force officer currently serving as the U.S. representative from New Jersey's 3rd congressional district since 2025.

More

A member of the Democratic Party, he served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1998 to 2025, where he represented the 7th legislative district.

Source: Wikipedia · retrieved 2026-11-01 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Born
January 30, 1963 (age 63)
Education
  • Princeton University, Bachelor of Arts
  • Thomas Jefferson University, Doctor of Medicine
  • Rutgers School of Law–Newark, Juris Doctor
  • Bordentown Regional High School
Occupation
military officer, lawyer
In Congress
1 House term, since January 3, 2025

Facts above: Wikidata (CC0, retrieved 2026-11-05) and congress-legislators (public domain, retrieved 2026-11-05).

The race

U.S. House, NJ-03. Won.

  1. Herb Conaway Democratic · winnern/a

Source: Wikipedia (House results table) · retrieved 2026-11-07 · unofficial until certified

Polls and models against the result

Frozen call
Democrat (D +14.3, from the Vugol Vector model)
Result
Won

Source: Vugol.Me calls ledger, frozen before polls closed and never edited after. Margins are Republican minus Democrat.

Money

$1.15Mtotal raised, 2026 cycle, as of October 14, 2026
$754Kspent
$436Kcash on hand

Principal campaign committee: HERB CONAWAY FOR CONGRESS. Covers January 1, 2025 to October 14, 2026; latest report: Pre-General. Money raised after that date appears once the next report is filed.

Where the money came from

14.0% of the $518,429 from individuals came in contributions the FEC does not itemize (donors who gave $200 or less in total).

  • Individuals, unitemized (donors giving $200 or less in total)6.3%$72,635
  • Individuals, itemized38.7%$445,793
  • Other political committees (PACs)54.7%$630,612
  • Transfers, other loans and other receipts0.3%$3,592

Employers donors listed

  1. WINNING STRATEGIES WASHINGTON$9,3006 contributions
  2. BGR GROUP$8,50011 contributions
  3. NEUROSURGEONS OF NEW JERSEY$7,4135 contributions
  4. MASS GENERAL HOSPITAL$7,0002 contributions
  5. NEW JERSEY SENATE$7,0002 contributions
  6. RUTAN MECHANICAL LLC$7,0002 contributions
  7. ALSOP LOUIE PARTNERS$6,8002 contributions
  8. MOUNT LAUREL TOWNSHIP$5,70018 contributions
  9. CNSO$5,5003 contributions
  10. HAYSTACKID$5,0002 contributions

Sum of itemized individual contributions by the employer the donor listed. These are employees giving as individuals, not donations by the companies. Entries such as retired, not employed or self-employed are left out of this list.

Source: Federal Election Commission (OpenFEC) · reports filed through October 14, 2026 · retrieved 2026-11-10 · filings can be amended · response hash c8a1bb6aa944

Industries

Industry totals are not on file here. OpenSecrets publishes them on its page for this member.

Record

Committee assignments

  • House Committee on Armed Services
    2 subcommittees
    • Tactical Air and Land Forces
    • Cyber, Information Technologies, and Innovation
  • House Committee on Veterans' Affairs
    2 subcommittees
    • Oversight and Investigations
    • Health

Source: congress-legislators (current committees) · retrieved 2026-11-05 · current Congress; the new committees are set after January 3, 2027

Bills and resolutions, 119th Congress (2025 to 2027)

Sponsored
16 bills and resolutions
Cosponsored
244 bills and resolutions

Most recent sponsored bills

Source: Congress.gov (Library of Congress) · the 119th Congress runs until January 3, 2027; a later Congress is not included · retrieved 2026-11-14 · counts of activity, not a measure of results · response hash 4bc6fa4e1161

Bills and votes

The full list of bills and every recorded vote are published by Congress. We link to them rather than copy them:

Roll-call vote records are not on file here.

Issues and positions

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Contact and links

Website
herbforcongress.com official
Office phone
202-225-4765
Washington office
1022 Longworth House Office Building Washington DC 20515-3003

Sources: congress-legislators (official, public domain, retrieved 2026-11-05); Wikidata (CC0) for linked accounts; campaign-provided items are labeled.

Timeline

  1. 2026Called the winner of this race. Called by Wikipedia editors 5:14 AM ET
  2. 2024U.S. House, NJ-03 · General · result not on file Vugol.Me record
  3. 2023State House / Assembly, NJ District 7 · General · won · 32,608 votes (33.5%) Vugol.Me record
  4. 2023State House / Assembly, NJ District 7 · primary · won · 12,412 votes (50.3%) Vugol.Me record
  5. 2021State House / Assembly, NJ District 7 · General · won · 45,728 votes (31.0%) Vugol.Me record
  6. 2021State House / Assembly, NJ District 7 · primary · won · 14,529 votes (50.6%) Vugol.Me record
  7. 2019State House / Assembly, NJ District 7 · General · won · 29,709 votes (37.5%) Vugol.Me record
  8. 2019State House / Assembly, NJ District 7 · primary · won · 8,984 votes (50.9%) Vugol.Me record
  9. 2016 to 2025Member of the New Jersey General Assembly Wikidata
  10. 1998 to 2020Member of the New Jersey General Assembly Wikidata

Offices and dates: Wikidata (CC0) (Q14596151). Elections: Vugol.Me candidacy record.

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