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Democrat
Megan O'Rourke
NJ-07 Democratic nominee?
$23.9K
JUN 9, 2026Primary Election
Party selects its nominee.
Overview
Current roleEcologist
PartyDemocratic
Political ideologyProgressive Democrat
LocationNew Jersey
BackgroundEcologist
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EducationSUNY Stony Brook University (attended)
Notable personal detailsMegan O'Rourke is an ecologist and academic who ran as a Democratic candidate for U.S. House in New Jersey’s 7th Congressional District in the 2026 cycle. She has worked with the U.S. Agency for International Development in Cambodia and with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service, and she is an associate professor in Virginia Tech’s School of Plant and Environmental Sciences. She filed federal campaign paperwork for NJ-07 in 2025 and ended her candidacy in March 2026.
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Positions
LiberalConservative
Economy & Taxes
The candidate emphasizes lowering costs for New Jersey families and protecting working-class supports but has not presented a detailed, comprehensive tax platform; publicly stated support for maintaining the state-and-local tax (SALT) deduction. Overall public materials show advocacy for workers and affordability but do not provide a clear pattern of specific tax-rate or revenue proposals.
Healthcare
The candidate emphasizes lowering health care costs for families, protecting Medicaid and other safety-net programs, and opposing efforts to reduce affordable coverage. Her campaign materials state she relied on Medicaid growing up and that she will fight to preserve affordable health care access for New Jersey families.
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Climate & Energy
Supports combating climate change through sustainable agriculture and federal climate science work and prioritizes investments to protect families and food security from climate impacts. Positions indicate acceptance of federal climate policy and science-based solutions rather than opposition to regulation or promotion of fossil-fuel expansion.
Polls
NJ-07 Democratic nominee?
Aggregation source: FiftyPlusOne
Fundraising
Latest report: Cycle 2026Total raisedCash on hand
$570.8K
$428.1K
$285.4K
$142.7K
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2026
LatestYear
Total raised
Cash on hand
Total spent
Burn rate
Cycle 2026
$570.8K
$0.00
$570.8K
$31.7K
Source: FEC
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