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U.S. Representative for New Jersey’s 3rd District

Herbert C. Conaway, Jr.

Democrat 1st term On 2026 ballot

Replaced Andy Kim in 2025

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we measure

Campaign money, 2025–26$1.2M raised · top PACs: American Society of Anesthesiologists, Votevets, American Osteopathic Information Association Breaks with Democrats most onFinance and Financial Sector: broke on 3 of 13 party-line votes (23%; most Democrats: 8%)
96LoyaltyMed 98
98AttendMed 98
13BipartMed 12
17BreaksMed 7
In office
House 2025–now
1 year in CongressMore senior than 3% of the House
Committees
  • Veterans' Affairs 9th minority
  • Armed Services 27th minority
Age
63

Fast turnover in this seat. New Jersey’s 3rd District has had 3 members since September 2024: Robert Menendez (until Aug 2024, resigned)George S. Helmy (Sep – Dec 2024, resigned)Andy Kim (since Dec 2024)Herbert C. Conaway, Jr. (since Jan 2025)

2026 election

On the November ballot
General election Nov 3, 2026

Facing

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Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 3, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date4116024367417

Counts, not a score: statements as the Statements tab counts them, bills by introduction date, roll calls the member voted in, breaks on party-line votes.

1

What does he focus on?

MethodIssues tab →
Government Operations and Politics 16% 13%
Health 9% 13%
Armed Forces and National Security 19% 25%

StatementsBills

Words go to Armed Forces and National Security, Government Operations and Politics and Immigration; bills go to Armed Forces and National Security and Commerce.

  • He talks most about: Immigration Enforcement (Immigration), Veterans Health Care (Armed Forces and National Security), Transportation Infrastructure (Transportation and Public Works), Military Readiness (Armed Forces and National Security), Fraud Enforcement (Crime and Law Enforcement).
  • 16 bills sponsored, most on Armed Forces and National Security.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
MemberVeterans' Affairs Committee9th minority
MemberArmed Services Committee27th minority

No committee or party leadership post, more senior than 3% of the House, in the minority.

  • 1 year in Congress: more senior than 3% of the House.
  • Minority: Democrats hold 214 of the 433 filled seats.
5

Who does he work with?

MethodWho votes alike →

His cosponsorships on Republican bills

41% · peer median 22%

Closest across the aisle

Closest across the aisle Pro The members of the other party who vote most like Conaway.

Free account See Pro

Agreement on contested votes where both cast yea or nay, this Congress · Voteview

41% of his cosponsorships go to Republican bills (peer median 22%); closest in his party: Pou and DelBene.

  • Other-party share of cosponsors on his own bills: not yet tracked.
  • Caucus memberships: not yet tracked.
3

Can he get things done?

MethodBills tab →

His billsExpected for a peer

Introduced 16 · expected 19
Action in committee 5 · expected 5
Beyond committee 2 · expected 1
Passed House 0 · expected 0
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 337 of 433 in the House

0.31expected 0.44 · average member 1.00

0 of 16 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 0.31 against a peer median of 0.44.

  • On the move: H.R. 8326 (out of committee), H.R. 5999 (out of committee).
  • Amendments offered and adopted, earmarks in dollars: not yet tracked.

119th Congress so far · bills from congress.gov

4

Where does he stand?

MethodVotes tab →
Position, all votesDW-NOMINATE −0.30

With his party on all 12 areas with 10 or more party-line votes so far.

Major bills of the Congress · final passage

Voted with his party on 10 of the 10 he voted on.

The same ten bills on every profile, chosen by a rule from the roll calls, statements and lobbying filings on file · Method · party column: Democrats yea–nay on that roll call.

Votes with Democrats on 96% of party-line votes, breaks 17 times (peer median 10).

  • Position: −0.30, inside the Democratic middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Finance and Financial Sector 3 of 13, Immigration 3 of 15, Government Operations and Politics 3 of 16.

Distance from party, not an ideology score · areas under 10 party-line votes not shown.

6

Who backs him?

MethodMoney tab →

Where the money comes from, 2025–26

Conaway$1.2M raised8%37%55%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

45% of what he raised came from individuals; 8% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$1.2M raised, 55% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last election margin: not on file.

70 PACs of the 109 that gave belong to organizations that lobbied on bills he faced a vote on, cosponsored or sponsored.

Top lobbying issues of the organizations behind the PACs that gave to him: Taxation, Health and Budget/Appropriations.

  1. American Society of Anesthesiologists43% D
  2. Votevets100% D
  3. American Osteopathic Information Association55% D

What each PAC gave Pro Amounts, the full list and each organization’s lobbying are part of Pro.

Free account See Pro

Party split is the PAC’s giving to all federal candidates · FEC

What those organizations lobby on

181 bills

Conaway voted Yea on 21, Nay on 78, did not vote on 2, and sponsored or cosponsored 80 with no recorded vote.

7

Do his words match his actions?

MethodPositions tab →

Positions are being checked before they go public; this question fills in when they are.