Steven Welzer
Steven Welzer is a longtime Green Party activist and founding member of the Green Party of New Jersey (1997), running for NJ-3 on ranked-choice voting, demilitarization, and Green New Deal-style environmental policy.[7]
Basic profile — the most important sourced facts we found.
Positions on the issues
- SupportsFaster transition away from fossil fuels
Supports a Green New Deal-style program to invest in renewable energy infrastructure, end fossil-fuel subsidies, and require new buildings to reach zero emissions by 2035.[7]
- SupportsProtect legal access to abortion
Supports codifying Roe v. Wade and ensuring full reproductive rights and bodily autonomy.[7]
- OpposesContinue U.S. military aid to Israel
Describes U.S. involvement in overseas conflicts as driven by a "bipartisan endless war machine" and calls for cutting the military budget in favor of diplomacy, in the context of describing constituents' concerns about relatives in Gaza.[7]
In their words — priorities
- Wants to open the electoral system to "more voices and more choices" through ranked-choice voting and proportional representation, along with public financing of elections.[7]
- Supports Green New Deal-style measures to curb emissions and regenerate habitat, saying ecological responsibility must be central to government and economic policy.[7]
- Wants to cut the Pentagon budget substantially and shift the United States toward diplomacy over militarism, saying overseas bases provoke rather than prevent conflict.[7]
Background
- Born in Newark, New Jersey; earned a bachelor's degree (1976) and a master's degree in Economics (1983) from Rutgers University; worked in tech support for the New Jersey Judiciary for nearly 25 years and as a journalist affiliated with Green Horizon Magazine.[7]
- A founding member of the Green Party of New Jersey in 1997; served on the Steering Committee of the Green Party of the United States in 2012; was the Green Party's candidate for Governor of New Jersey in 2013.[7]