New Jersey US House District 11 Choose 1
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Campaign Email
don@don4nj11.com
Campaign phone
848-210-2643
Twitter
@don4nj11
Website
www.don4nj11.com
What are the most important challenges facing our country, and how do you propose to address them?
The most pressing challenges facing our country are affordability, healthcare access, housing, and protecting democratic institutions. Families struggle with rising costs and expect government to function with fairness and transparency.
I will focus on lowering costs for working families and expanding affordable housing. My experience as Mayor of Morristown, leading local housing initiatives, proves that practical, community-based solutions work. I will fight to restore billions cut from Medicaid, healthcare subsidies, education, and food assistance. Programs like Medicare and Social Security must never be abolished.
Congress must fulfill its constitutional role by ensuring accountability, protecting voting rights, and upholding due process. Additionally, we must remove most of Trump's tariffs, which act as a hidden tax driving inflation and unemployment. I am committed to restoring the programs that support our community and ensuring a fair future for all.
What policies would you support to ease the cost of living and strengthen long-term economic stability for families in this district?
To ease the cost of living, we must prioritize tax relief for middle- and lower-income families while ensuring the wealthiest pay their fair share. Expanding affordable housing through federal-state partnerships and strengthening healthcare subsidies will reduce financial pressure on families.
We should also pursue smart trade and workforce policies that control inflation, support job growth, and stabilize supply chains. A strong economy depends on a reliable workforce, so responsible immigration policies and workforce development must be part of the solution. The establishment of more trade schools should be incentivized to ensure that the workforce can meet the need as dynamics change with an aging population. These are jobs that will be much less likely to be replaced by AI in the future and are essential to the wellbeing of our economy and way of life.
What changes would you support to make healthcare and mental health services more affordable, accessible, and easier to navigate?
Healthcare should be affordable, accessible, and easy to navigate. I support allowing individuals to buy into Medicare while preserving private insurance options. Expanding subsidies will help ensure no one is priced out of coverage.
We must also significantly increase funding for mental health services, addiction treatment, and disability support programs. These services are essential to public health and economic stability. Investments can be responsibly funded by ensuring large corporations and billionaires contribute fairly to the tax system.
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?
We need comprehensive immigration reform that strengthens border security while providing a fair, efficient, and humane pathway to legal status. Long-term undocumented residents who pass background checks should have a path to citizenship. Federal and local governments must prioritize public safety by focusing on serious criminal activity, maintaining community trust rather than sowing fear.
Immigration is essential to our workforce and economic growth, especially as the U.S. birth rate declines. We must uphold the 5th and 14th Amendments, which guarantee due process to all persons, not just citizens. I propose forming a new agency to ensure legal enforcement and stopping the violation of rights.
National statistics prove that undocumented immigrants do not commit more crimes than native-born residents. We must stop demonizing immigrants and instead recognize their role in our prosperity. My focus is on a system that is transparent, constitutional, and economically sound.
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?
I support a woman’s right to make her own healthcare decisions. Reproductive care, including infertility treatment abortion, should be safe, legal, and accessible.
There should be a federal baseline law protecting these rights to ensure consistency across states, while allowing states to administer healthcare systems. Medical decisions should ultimately be made between patients and their doctors without unnecessary political interference.
What actions would you support to strengthen climate resilience and protect infrastructure and neighborhoods from the impact of extreme weather?
Addressing climate change requires investment in both mitigation and resilience. We must strengthen infrastructure and protect at-risk communities from extreme weather. My record proves this works: as Mayor of Morristown, I authorized 2,900 solar panels at our sewer plant, saving taxpayers millions since 2009. I even have solar on a house I own.
I support expanding solar and hydropower. We must also invest in technologies like hydrogen and fusion. As we transition from fossil fuels, ensuring energy reliability is paramount. I advocate for restoring tax credits for electric vehicles and renewable energy projects to help create jobs and protect our future.
I trust the scientific consensus on rising sea levels, increases in precipitation, more intense storms and extreme heat. Practical, green investment today ensures a stable environment and a thriving economy tomorrow. My focus is on evidence-based policy that balances reliability with the urgent need for a sustainable energy grid.
What measures do you support to expand voter access and restore trust in our elections?
We should make voting more accessible while maintaining strong public confidence in our elections. Expanding early voting and vote-by-mail options, along with simplifying voter registration, will increase participation.
Civic education is also critical, especially for young voters. At the same time, we must address the influence of unlimited money in politics and protect elections from misinformation and foreign interference. Strengthening transparency will help restore and maintain trust in our democratic system. The Trump endorsed “Save America Bill”, which interferes with voter’s rights and the election process, must never be allowed to become law.
Biographical Information
What are the most important challenges facing our country, and how do you propose to address them?
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What policies would you support to ease the cost of living and strengthen long-term economic stability for families in this district?
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What changes would you support to make healthcare and mental health services more affordable, accessible, and easier to navigate?
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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?
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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?
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What actions would you support to strengthen climate resilience and protect infrastructure and neighborhoods from the impact of extreme weather?
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What measures do you support to expand voter access and restore trust in our elections?
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Biographical Information
Campaign Email
campaign@josephblewis.com
Campaign phone
973-370-0213
Facebook Page
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61577499938142
Website
https://www.josephblewis.com/
What are the most important challenges facing our country, and how do you propose to address them?
Our country is in crisis. The uber rich are getting richer while the middle class is disappearing and the poor see no way out of poverty. Rising costs of necessities like food, clothing, and shelter are making life unaffordable for too many NJ-11 residents.
We have a healthcare crisis. Republicans allowed Obama Care subsidies to expire. A family of four in Morris County earning $144,000 will see premiums more than double to $19,069 a year. This is not right.
We have a constitutional crisis. ICE agents are shooting Americans in the streets, and in NJ-11, detaining the undocumented without due process. This is not who we are.
For 20 years, I have worked in technology with diverse teams to find practical solutions, and I will use that approach to solve our country’s problems. I will repeal Trump’s Big Ugly Bill and reinvest in middle-class tax cuts and healthcare. I will ensure the Constitution is upheld, for we are a government of the people, by the people, and for the people.
What policies would you support to ease the cost of living and strengthen long-term economic stability for families in this district?
Too many NJ-11 families are working overtime for the basics: food, clothing, shelter and quality healthcare. I will repeal Trump’s Big Ugly Bill, providing long term economic stability for NJ-11 families by:
Eliminating Trump’s tax cuts for the wealthy, saving $2.3T over ten years. I will reinvest these savings into tax cuts for households making less than $150K annually revitalizing the middle class, as the median house income in the district is $134K and 65% of households make less that $200K.
Owning a home is key to building long-term wealth, but the dream of buying a home is a dream deferred for too many NJ-11 residents. I propose a $50K refundable tax credit for first time home buyers helping the 28% of NJ-11 residents who don’t own a home to purchase one.
To alleviate the rising costs of healthcare, I propose legislation to make the Obama Care subsidies permanent, at a cost of $350B over 10 years, a mere fraction of the $2.3T in savings gained by repealing Trump’s bill.
What changes would you support to make healthcare and mental health services more affordable, accessible, and easier to navigate?
Basic health care in this country should be a right, not a privilege. Premiums more than doubled on average after the Affordable Care Act (Obama Care) subsidies expired at the end of 2025. As previously mentioned, I would use the savings from the repeal of Trump’s Big Ugly Bill to make the Affordable Care Act subsidies permanent, making healthcare, including mental health services, more affordable and therefore more accessible to the citizens of NJ-11.
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?
Immigration is a wedge issue. You are either anti-immigrant or pro open borders. These narratives score with the base, but they do not solve the problem. Our government can secure our borders without trampling over the rights of its citizens and the undocumented.
Immigrants are the lifeblood of this country. Those who immigrate to the United States should do so legally. However, Trump's policies hurt the hospitality and farming industries. We need workers and the undocumented want to work. I propose legislation to provide 12 month work permits to the undocumented to work in the U.S., requiring a return home for 3 months, before applying again.
Trump is violating the constitution and we must not stand idly by. I would repeal Trump’s bill depriving ICE the funds to flood our streets with unqualified, untrained agents. Incompetent agents will be removed and unlawful ones prosecuted and once reformed, cooperation by local officials regarding violent felons would be appropriate.
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?
I believe my wife and two daughters should have the same autonomy over their healthcare as I do, but in too many states that’s not the case. I support a woman’s right to choose. The U.S. Congress should codify Roe v. Wade into law, and I would introduce legislation to do so. This would require all 50 states and US territories to respect a woman’s right to autonomy over her own body.
What actions would you support to strengthen climate resilience and protect infrastructure and neighborhoods from the impact of extreme weather?
NJ-11 deserves clean air, water and food free of pollutants, but higher carbon emissions contribute to lung disease, water contamination, and lower nutritional value in crops, not to mention extreme weather conditions.
Towns like Millburn are particularly susceptible to climate change due to their propensity to flood. In 2025, Mikie Sherrill secured $1.1M to fund a pump to process storm water and the Republicans in Congress cancelled the funding for this and all local projects. If elected, I will ensure Congressional funding is once again funneled to NJ-11 towns to help fight the impact of climate change.
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 was the largest investment in carbon pollution reduction in history and Trump wiped out those climate provisions with his Big Ugly Bill. My proposed legislation to repeal Trump’s Bill would reverse his nullification of the climate provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act, benefiting the entire country, including the citizens of NJ-11.
What measures do you support to expand voter access and restore trust in our elections?
One person, one vote is the cornerstone of our democracy and I believe our democracy works best when everyone has a voice. To that end, I would reintroduce the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act for an up or down vote in the US Congress, which would help ensure voters are not disenfranchised, by requiring states with a history of discrimination to obtain federal approval before changing voting laws. I would also propose legislation that would make election day in November a federal holiday, making it easier for citizens to vote on the day of the election.
Biographical Information
What are the most important challenges facing our country, and how do you propose to address them?
Candidate has not yet responded.
What policies would you support to ease the cost of living and strengthen long-term economic stability for families in this district?
Candidate has not yet responded.
What changes would you support to make healthcare and mental health services more affordable, accessible, and easier to navigate?
Candidate has not yet responded.
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?
Candidate has not yet responded.
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?
Candidate has not yet responded.
What actions would you support to strengthen climate resilience and protect infrastructure and neighborhoods from the impact of extreme weather?
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What measures do you support to expand voter access and restore trust in our elections?
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Biographical Information
Campaign Email
info@JustinStrickland.com
Campaign phone
201-772-1430
Facebook Page
https://www.facebook.com/WeVoteJustin
Twitter
@We_VoteJustin
Website
JustinStrickland.com
What are the most important challenges facing our country, and how do you propose to address them?
The cost of living in our country is simply too high, unnecessarily so, and the most important challenge facing the vast majority of people in our country. While healthcare, housing, childcare and education costs rise, not enough is being done to propose and implement tangible solutions to Americans financial struggles. Our campaign plans to address them by delivering economic policies that focus on affordability, such as Universal Healthcare and expanding Social Security benefits for Seniors. We will introduce specific legislation to lower expenses for achieving personal success and that result in greater financial freedom. Visit JustinStrickland.com/policies to read the details.
What policies would you support to ease the cost of living and strengthen long-term economic stability for families in this district?
All of our policy proposals seek to lower the cost of living for families in our district. To address the exorbitant cost of healthcare, we will introduce Universal Healthcare legislation to create a public healthcare option available to all Americans. To support working parents, we will create a “childcare coupon” program to cover families’ childcare and daycare costs up to $25,000 per year. To end predatory financial practices, we will eliminate unnecessary fees for checking and savings accounts and cap credit card interest rates (APR) at 15%. For Seniors, a two-year period that allows widows/widowers to continue collecting the full social security of their deceased spouse. To support folks pursuing a college education, we'll cap tuition for public colleges and universities to ensure that Americans don’t finish college with hundreds of thousands of dollars of debt. We'll create a federally backed home loan program that eliminates the need for a 20% down payment for first time buyers.
What changes would you support to make healthcare and mental health services more affordable, accessible, and easier to navigate?
The healthcare crisis currently facing the country demands action from our government. In Congress, we will fight for Universal Healthcare and create a public healthcare option, available to all Americans. Under a public healthcare option, premiums and copays would not double from year to year; annual check-ups, necessary screenings, and consultations, would be covered for all Americans; restrictions would be placed on prescription costs; and health insurance and healthcare costs will not make up a significant portion of your income, nor will they put you in debt. The Veterans’ Administration (VA) healthcare services, which currently offers a government-funded option to nearly 10 million veterans, could serve as an example in creating universal healthcare available to all Americans.
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?
ICE was created in 2002 to protect American citizens from terrorist attacks, not to terrorize American communities and commit acts of terror against U.S. Citizens. It is time to abolish ICE because it clearly does not serve the purpose that was intended.
We must also provide a path for the undocumented immigrants in our communities to access citizenship and receive the rights for which they have worked for and earned. Regardless of immigration status, and outlined in the Constitution, Congress needs to do more to guarantee due process to all in the United States and restrict executive overreach, including when it pertains to immigration.
The actions taken by the NJ Legislature and Governor Sherrill to codify the Immigrant Trust Directive have been incredible for New Jersey. They serve to strengthen the trust between law enforcement and immigrant communities. As a councilman in Chatham Borough, I voted on a Resolution urging the New Jersey legislature to pass the Immigrant Trust Act.
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?
When it comes to reproductive healthcare, I’ve always defended that the government should never come between a doctor and a woman’s right to choose. A woman’s right to have autonomy over her own body needs to be codified and Congress should pass legislation to enshrine the rights that were protected for nearly 50 years under the Roe v. Wade decision. As a member of Congress, I will support legislation that will ensure women have power over their own bodies. Women shouldn't rely on the courts to decide the extent of control they have over their own reproductive health. Our country is stronger when women have their rightful freedoms, and I’ll never shy away from defending that freedom.
What actions would you support to strengthen climate resilience and protect infrastructure and neighborhoods from the impact of extreme weather?
I support protecting our infrastructure and neighborhoods by ensuring states and their municipalities have funding for their drainage systems to be upgraded and cleaned on a regular basis.
I also support leveraging the power that solar panels can provide communities, the benefit environmentally and financially. The government should provide incentives for solar.
Additional methods I will support to strengthen climate resilience from extreme weather is funding support to expand greenspaces, and I'll advocate for microgrids where possible.
What measures do you support to expand voter access and restore trust in our elections?
To expand voter access, I support making election day in November a federal holiday and I support automatic voter registration for when citizens turn 18 years old. As well as federal funding for states to support programs that encourage voter participation and the cost of administering elections. I support strengthening opportunities for vote by mail and early voting where possible
To restore trust in our elections our elected leaders need to come together to make voting a non-partisan issue. Leaders should be transparent and educate the public on voting process and results. This will demonstrate and develop confidence in our elections that has been eroded by certain elected leaders for their own personal gain.