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NJ-07 Democratic nominee?
$23.9K
JUN 9, 2026Primary Election
Party selects its nominee.
Overview
Current roleU.S. Navy helicopter pilot (MH-60) / experimental test pilot
PartyDemocratic
Political ideologyModerate Democrat
GenderFemale
LocationNew Jersey
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BackgroundU.S. Navy helicopter pilot (MH-60) / experimental test pilot
EducationCornell University — Chemical Engineering (ROTC scholarship)
Notable personal detailsRebecca Bennett is a Democratic candidate for the U.S. House in New Jersey’s 7th Congressional District in the 2026 election cycle. She is a former U.S. Navy MH-60 helicopter pilot and experimental test pilot, and she has also served as an officer in the Air National Guard. She studied chemical engineering at Cornell University and later earned an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, then worked in healthcare-focused roles after leaving active duty.
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Positions
LiberalConservative
Economy & Taxes
Supports targeted tax relief for New Jersey residents (including fully restoring the SALT deduction) and increased public investment in jobs training, clean energy, and healthcare funding rather than broad tax cuts. Emphasizes restoring Medicaid and Medicare funding reduced by Republican legislation and using federal investment to lower costs for families and grow high-tech and clean-energy sectors.
Healthcare
Supports protecting people with pre-existing conditions, opposing cuts to Medicaid and Medicare, and increasing access to affordable care while lowering healthcare costs.
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Immigration & Border
The candidate supports working with lawmakers on bipartisan solutions to immigration reform but provides no detailed policy proposals on border enforcement, asylum, or pathways to legal status. Public materials emphasize finding commonsense, bipartisan approaches rather than specific positions on enforcement or regularization.
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
Supports restoring a woman’s right to choose at the federal level and protecting New Jersey women’s reproductive rights and health from infringement; describes herself as pro-choice and opposes parental notification laws for minors.
Climate & Energy
Supports investing in renewable and domestic clean energy, maintaining environmental regulations, incentivizing solar and electric vehicles, upgrading the power grid, and funding climate-resilient infrastructure to lower costs and protect New Jersey from extreme weather.
Public Safety & Guns
Supports commonsense gun safety reforms including removing military-style “weapons of war” from civilian streets, measures to keep firearms out of the hands of people who shouldn’t have them, restoring federal gun-violence research, and restrictions like reimplementing the tax on silencers. Also expresses support for resourcing law enforcement while building community trust.
Polls
NJ-07 Democratic nominee?
Aggregation source: FiftyPlusOne
Fundraising
Latest report: Cycle 2026Total raisedCash on hand
$2.9M
$2.2M
$1.5M
$736.0K
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2026
LatestYear
Total raised
Cash on hand
Total spent
Burn rate
Cycle 2026
$2.9M
$764.1K
$2.2M
$128.2K
Source: FEC
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