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New Jersey US House District 6

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    Katie Bansil
    (Dem)

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    Hillary Herzig
    (Rep)

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    John Hsu
    (Dem)

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    Frank Pallone Jr.
    (Dem)

Biographical Information

What are the most important challenges facing our country, and how do you propose to address them?

What policies would you support to ease the cost of living and strengthen long-term economic stability for families in this district?

What changes would you support to make healthcare and mental health services more affordable, accessible, and easier to navigate?

What is your position on immigration reform? What do you think the relationship between federal immigration enforcement and state or local government institutions should be?

What is your stance on access to abortion and other reproductive healthcare? And what roles should the federal government and the states each play on reproductive healthcare?

What actions would you support to strengthen climate resilience and protect infrastructure and neighborhoods from the impact of extreme weather?

What measures do you support to expand voter access and restore trust in our elections?

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Campaign phone 551-389-1857
Twitter @HillaryHerzig
Website https://www.herzigforcongress.com
The most pressing challenges facing our country are the rising cost of living, public safety, border security, and restoring trust in our institutions. Families are being squeezed by high housing costs and energy prices while too many in Washington ignore the daily realities of working parents. I support policies that strengthen domestic energy production, secure our borders, and ensure tax dollars are used responsibly and transparently. We must also restore confidence in government through accountability, equal application of the law, and policies that put American families first.
Families in this district need relief from rising costs in housing, utilities, insurance, and groceries. I support expanding domestic energy production to lower utility and fuel costs, and cutting regulations that drive up prices for small American businesses and consumers. I also support tax policies that protect middle-class families and encourage job growth here in New Jersey. Long term stability comes from reducing the pressure on supply and demand by enforcing the law equally, workforce development, and protecting families from policies that make daily life more expensive.
Healthcare should be affordable, accessible, and transparent. I support expanding price transparency so patients know the cost of care before receiving services. Patients deserve clear information, real competition in the marketplace, and the freedom to choose the care that best meets their needs, therefore I support incorporating holistic and alternative care options, as well as recognizing physical fitness and preventive wellness as part of healthcare. Mental health and substance abuse services must be easier to access without excessive bureaucracy. I support improving access to mental health care, addiction treatment, and recovery services so individuals and families can get help when they need it most. In addition, I support strengthening community based care and ensuring federal funds are used effectively to expand provider availability, reduce wait times, and improve access in underserved communities.
I support comprehensive immigration reform grounded in secure borders, enforcement of existing federal law, and a fair legal immigration process. Federal immigration enforcement is a federal responsibility and state and local institutions should cooperate with lawful federal authorities to protect public safety. Local governments should not obstruct federal enforcement efforts involving criminal offenders or gang activity. At the same time, our legal immigration system should be more efficient and transparent so that those who follow the law are treated fairly and with dignity.
Following the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, the authority to set abortion policy has been returned to the states. In respect of the court’s constitutional role - state governments now hold primary responsibility in this area. At the federal level, focus should be on protecting women’s health by ensuring access to essential healthcare services, including prenatal, maternal, and preventive health care. As a woman, I understand that many women use contraceptive medications for the treatment of uterine and other gynecological conditions and I support the access to these medications for this purpose. Healthcare, by definition, should prioritize protection, and the well-being of all people, both women and men. The first principle of medical treatment should always be first to do no harm. Healthcare policy should emphasize informed consent, ensure that patients receive clear information about medical options, risks, and long-term physical and emotional considerations.
Our district needs practical infrastructure resilience, especially in coastal and flood-prone communities. I support strengthening stormwater systems, flood mitigation projects, shoreline protection, modernized power infrastructure, and emergency preparedness investments. Federal resources should prioritize resilient roads, bridges, utility systems, and neighborhood protections against storms and flooding. Climate resilience must focus on protecting people, homes, and critical infrastructure with measurable, local results.
I support secure, transparent, and accessible elections. Voters should have reasonable access to early voting, and clearly communicated polling information, while also maintaining strong safeguards such as accurate voter rolls, chain-of-custody protections, and verification standards that build public confidence. Restoring trust requires transparency, timely reporting, and consistent election administration standards so every lawful vote is counted and voters have confidence in the outcome.
Campaign phone 7324295685
Twitter @johnhsu4nj
Website https://www.johnhsuforcongress.com/
The cost of living, the rise in authoritarianism and funding foreign wars.

Prices are rising because corporations are monopolizing and manipulating their markets, many under the umbrella of private equity companies. Electricity prices are rising because AI data centers receive a discount wages are not going up, and many people are losing their jobs to AI. It is time to regulate and break up large corporations, build affordable housing, and have a living wage of at least 20/hr.

I support abolishing ICE, an agency created in 2003 as a reaction to 9/11. This agency has been used to deny rights and silence dissent.

After funding the genocide in Gaza and violating our own Leahy law, Trump has now started an illegal war with Iran and committed war crimes, including murdering over 100 Iranian school-age girls and bombing the school again when rescuers .

I support impeaching Trump for violation of War Powers and with the Emoluments clause and holding all of his enablers accountable.
The price of housing is out of control. We must not allow developers to continue manipulating the market and restrict private equity and hedge fund ownership of homes by either restricting ownership outright or through tax disincentives. They inflate prices by keeping homes off the market, limiting the construction of new homes and cornering housing markets to inflate prices and rent.

We must also address electricity prices. The number one reason for our higher electric bills is AI. We need to create a new consumer class for tech companies so that they are required to pay for all the electricity that they use.

We must pass Medicare for All so no household goes into debt because of medical bills and raise the minimum wage to a living wage of at least $20/hr.
Any bill that expands and/or lowers the cost of healthcare will have my full support. This includes lowering the age of Medicare, expanding what Medicare and Medicaid cover, limiting the role of Medicare Advantage and getting a public option.

All of these things would be a great improvement to our current healthcare system, but Medicare for All will always be the ultimate goal since it would be the cheapest, most efficient, and fairest healthcare system. Everyone gets the same well-funded, quality healthcare. Health care is a human right and can only be so through Medicare for All.
I support Comprehensive Immigration Reform that promotes fairness, equality, labor rights, family unification, and a path to citizenship for all undocumented immigrants living in America. We must stop Trump’s anti-immigrant policy and his unconstitutional actions against undocumented and Green card-holding people. I support abolishing ICE. There is no reason to have an agency whose only purpose is to terrorize people like our farmers, construction workers, service workers, and neighbors. Unfortunately, many Democratic politicians have become more anti-immigrant,but I call on Democrats to do the opposite. We must be clear that we need more immigration, not less. Immigrants and undocumented people should not live in fear. I will fight to create laws that remove red tape that slows down the process of non-citizens becoming citizens or permanent residents and fight for the federal government to hire more immigration judges to make the slow process of processing cases of asylum much faster.
Every woman and person deserves the fundamental right to make their own decisions about their body without interference from politicians or the government. I will support and champion any bill that expands abortion coverage and guarantees everyone the right to an abortion. By restoring and enshrining Roe v. Wade into federal law, we can ensure that reproductive freedom is protected nationwide, providing consistency, equality, and security for women and everyone, no matter where they live.
I support the return of a revamped Civilian Conservation Corps to restore our wetlands and make our beaches more sustainable and resilient to storms.

I want to provide federal funding to revamp our combined sewer systems including the one in Perth Amboy that results in sewage flowing in the Raritan when flooding occurs.

I want to look into microgrids that can provide power when power is down.

I want to invest in funding for energy efficient homes so that they can be warmed and cooled with less power.

I support the state's Blue Acre's program that buys back properties if they are damaged beyond repair in wetlands. I want to look into how the federal government can support this program.
Voting is a right, and no American should be prevented from voting. Every American who turns 18 should be automatically registered to vote and Election Day should be a holiday to make voting easier. I also believe we should adopt rank choice voting. Doing this would allow voters to rank their preferred candidates in order of preference, ensuring that candidates only win with at least 50% +1 of the vote. This would give every candidate a fair shot, eliminate strategic voting, and make sure that the candidate who wins is the majority preference.

To restore trust in our elections, we must end Citizens’ United so corporations and the rich can no longer buy elections. I also believe in public financing of elections, where candidates running for office would receive matching public funding for their small-dollar donations. These things would greatly help build trust. They would keep large corporations and the very rich from buying elections and make sure the voices of the people are heard.
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