Adam Rueda
Humane Sustainable Future Party
Adam Rueda is the Humane Sustainable Future Party candidate for New Jersey's 5th Congressional District. A 28-year-old Bucknell graduate and financial analyst, he says he co-founded a new political party, "greenparty2.0," focused on environmental and health policy, gun-control reform, and campaign-finance/lobbying reform.[9]
Basic profile — the most important sourced facts we found.
Positions on the issues
- SupportsStricter gun laws
Supports stricter gun-storage requirements and additional screening, including mental-health evaluations, before firearm purchases, and wants to limit access to assault weapons.[9]
- SupportsFaster transition away from fossil fuels
Says the U.S. should divest from fossil fuels and move swiftly on green-energy solutions to address ecosystem degradation and intensifying storms.[9]
In their words — priorities
- Says he co-founded "greenparty2.0," a party he describes as led by "Earth-first, health-first" young activists, focused on environmental and health policy.[9]
- Supports stricter gun-control measures, including reform to gun storage requirements and additional steps, such as mental-health evaluations, before purchase.[9]
- Says lobbying and campaign contributions from the fossil-fuel industry and pro-Israel groups like AIPAC improperly influence sitting members of Congress, and supports campaign-finance and election reform, including open primaries.[9]
Background
- Raised in Andover Township (Sussex County); earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, with a focus in financial management and accounting, from Bucknell University in 2019.[9]
- Has worked as a senior financial analyst at a commercial real estate brokerage in Morristown and as an interior design salesperson.[9]