Rachel Peace
Won a two-candidate June 2 Democratic primary with 72.8% of the vote
Rachel Peace is a Jersey Shore-based communications consultant and single mother who founded Hyperfocused Communications in 2022. She is the Democratic nominee for NJ-4, campaigning on healthcare affordability, childcare, and campaign-finance reform.[5]
Positions on the issues
- SupportsExpand public health coverage
Supports guaranteed healthcare coverage for all Americans, saying the U.S. is one of the only developed nations without it.[5]
- SupportsUniversal, publicly funded child care
Supports universal pre-K beginning at age three and says childcare costs more than a mortgage for many families.[5]
- SupportsFaster transition away from fossil fuels
Supports new environmental legislation to protect the Jersey Shore from coastal flooding and severe storms, and wants oil and gas companies to help pay for climate damage.[5]
“Let's make polluters pay: big Oil and Gas have created the problem - they should use their record profits to solve it.”
In their words — priorities
- Supports guaranteed healthcare coverage for all Americans, citing her own family's reliance on NJ FamilyCare and pointing to Commonwealth Fund data on U.S. healthcare outcomes.[5]
- Supports guaranteed pre-K starting at age three for all families who want it and 12 weeks of paid parental leave after childbirth.[5]
- Says she will cosponsor legislation on her first day in Congress calling for a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United v. FEC.[5]
Background
- Graduated from Brick Township Memorial High School; earned a B.A. in Public Relations, with minors in Drama and Sociology, from Hofstra University in 2014.[5]
- Founded Hyperfocused Communications in 2022, offering media relations and content marketing to founders, nonprofits, and startups; earlier in her career worked on NYC Broadway Week.[5]
- Says she and her five-year-old son are recipients of NJ FamilyCare, the state's low-cost health coverage program.[5]
Campaign money
Raised $34K · spent $29K · $5,363 cash on hand (through 2026-06-30) FEC filing ↗