Veronica Fernandez, a Long Valley small business owner, is running for U.S. Senate in New Jersey under the End The Corruption party. She is one of four candidates certified for the general election ballot, according to BallotReady election data.

Fernandez has made overturning the 2010 Citizens United Supreme Court decision the centerpiece of her campaign. On her campaign website, she states that the ruling "opened the flood gates for corruption and put OUR congress up for sale."

The statewide race will appear on Cherry Hill ballots.

Candidate information

  • Name: Veronica Fernandez
  • Party: End The Corruption
  • Office sought: U.S. Senate, New Jersey
  • Election date: Nov. 3, 2026
  • Hometown: Long Valley, New Jersey, according to NJ Spotlight News election coverage

Experience and public service

Fernandez worked as a licensed property casualty insurance underwriter from 1986 to 2006, according to BallotReady profile data. She has been a small business owner since 2006.

She holds no endorsements on record.

No prior elected office or public service record appears in available sources.

On the issues

Campaign finance and electoral reform

Fernandez's platform centers on overturning Citizens United. On her campaign website, she argues that since the 2010 ruling, "industry has decided legislation on just about everything." She says corporate profits have reached record highs while ordinary Americans struggle.

"While their profits reach record highs, our pockets have been drained," Fernandez states on her website. "American lives should be getting better, not harder. Until we clean up how politicians get their money it will only get worse."

She contends that cleaning up how politicians receive money is the essential first step to broader reform. Her website does not detail a specific legislative mechanism for overturning the ruling or outline positions on other policy areas.

Other candidates in the race

The other candidates certified for the ballot are Cory Booker (Democratic), Justin Murphy (Republican) and Joanne Kuniansky (Socialist Workers Party), according to BallotReady election data.

Fernandez did not respond to the Cherry Hill Courier's candidate questionnaire. This profile is based on publicly available information.