Democratic Rep. Herb Conaway won a second term representing New Jersey’s 3rd Congressional District, defeating Republican Michael P. McGuire in the Nov. 3 election. The Associated Press projected Conaway’s victory, Patch reported on election night.
In ABC7 New York’s districtwide results checked Nov. 5, Conaway had 169,993 votes and McGuire had 96,791. ABC7 displayed rounded shares of 62% and 36%, respectively, with an estimated 93% of the expected vote reported. Conaway’s lead over McGuire was 73,202 votes.
Those figures are unofficial and may change as remaining eligible ballots are counted. A projected winner is separate from the final certified result.
A four-candidate contest
The New Jersey Division of Elections’ official candidate list identifies four candidates for the seat: Conaway, McGuire, Green Party candidate Steven Welzer and Ryan Michael Kelly, whose ballot slogan was “Affordability Accountability People.”
The district includes parts of Burlington, Mercer and Monmouth counties, according to that list. The totals cited here are for the congressional district, rather than a single county’s portion of the race. House members serve two-year terms.
Conaway’s background and priorities
Conaway is a physician and former New Jersey assemblyman. His campaign biography says he earned degrees from Princeton University, Jefferson Medical College and Rutgers Law School in Camden. He served four years in the U.S. Air Force Medical Corps, including work at McGuire Air Force Base.
His campaign platform emphasizes affordable health care, reproductive rights, public schools, environmental protection and services for veterans. Those are the campaign’s stated priorities, rather than promises that particular legislation will become law.
Conaway’s reelection returns the first-term incumbent to Washington for another two-year term. The vote figures above reflect the results available when this article was checked Nov. 5; readers can follow subsequent updates through ABC7’s results page and the state’s election reporting.
