U.S. House · New Jersey's 5th District
Adam Rueda
CandidateHumane Sustainable Future Party
- Race
- U.S. House · New Jersey's 5th District
- Result
- Josh Gottheimer, projected winner
- Opponents
- Josh Gottheimer (D); Sean Kirrane (R)
- Research
- Basic
Party linenone
No recorded floor votes — not a current legislator in our records.
Said vs. did2 statements · 0 votes
Our party is passionate about thinking creatively about gun control, which could include reform to gun storage req., increasing hoops to get a gun, including mental health evaluations, as well as limiting access to assault weapons.
Stricter gun laws
Compare statements with votes ›On the ballotU.S. House · 5
2026-11-03
| Josh Gottheimer D | incumbent |
| Sean Kirrane R | challenger |
| Adam Rueda Humane Sustainable Future Party | challenger |
Said vs. did
Each documented position next to the recorded floor votes we map to the same issue. Votes are compared one at a time; no overall stance is inferred from them.
Our party is passionate about thinking creatively about gun control, which could include reform to gun storage req., increasing hoops to get a gun, including mental health evaluations, as well as limiting access to assault weapons.
Supports stricter gun-storage requirements and additional screening, including mental-health evaluations, before firearm purchases, and wants to limit access to assault weapons.[3]
No recorded floor vote in our key-vote set maps to this issue.
This can be addressed by divesting from fossil fuels and exploring science, research and acting swiftly to implement green solutions.
Says the U.S. should divest from fossil fuels and move swiftly on green-energy solutions to address ecosystem degradation and intensifying storms.[3]
No recorded floor vote in our key-vote set maps to this issue.
Biography
Adam Rueda, a Humane Sustainable Future Party candidate and Bucknell University graduate, lost the November 3, 2026 election for New Jersey's 5th Congressional District to Josh Gottheimer. A former financial analyst who described himself in a 2025 survey as 28 years old, he said he co-founded a new political party, "greenparty2.0."[1][2]
Basic profile — the most important sourced facts we found.
Rueda was raised in Andover Township (Sussex County), attended Catholic grade and middle school, and graduated from Pope John XXIII Regional High School in Sparta.[2] He earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, with a focus in financial management and accounting, from Bucknell University in 2019, and says he was a first-generation college graduate, vice president of his fraternity, and a participant in the university's Student Managed Investment Fund.[2] He has worked as a senior financial analyst at a commercial real estate brokerage in Morristown, as an interior design salesperson in Short Hills and Manhattan, and as a DJ in New York City and Brooklyn.[2]
Rueda says he is one of 11 executive committee chairs of greenparty2.0, a party he describes as led by young professionals and activists.[2] He has not held elected office.[2] During the campaign, he emphasized environmental and health policy, gun-control reform, and campaign-finance and lobbying reform.[2] He received 2.9% of the vote to Josh Gottheimer's 62.4%, according to unofficial results reported by NBC News.[1]
In their own 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.[3]
- Supports stricter gun-control measures, including reform to gun storage requirements and additional steps, such as mental-health evaluations, before purchase.[3]
- 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.[3]
Statements, quoted without a stance
- Expand public health coverage
“making healthcare much more accessible”[3]
In his Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey, listing policy areas he is passionate about
Campaign moneyNo FEC filing summary matched — state candidates file with their state, not the FEC.
Profile: /people/adam-rueda
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Sources cited in this profile
- 1.U.S. House · New Jersey's 5th District results 2026 · NBC News News report
- 2.Adam Rueda · Ballotpedia (Candidate Connection survey) Candidate's own words
- 3.Adam Rueda · Ballotpedia (Candidate Connection survey) Candidate's own words