U.S. House · New Jersey's 9th District
Terrisa Bukovinac
CandidateSave Our Babies Party
- Race
- U.S. House · New Jersey's 9th District
- Result
- Nellie Pou, projected winner
- Opponents
- Nellie Pou (D); Rosemary Pino (R)
- Research
- Minimal record
Party linenone
No recorded floor votes — not a current legislator in our records.
Said vs. did1 statement · 0 votes
Resist fascism. End abortion.
Protect legal access to abortion
Compare statements with votes ›On the ballotU.S. House · 9
2026-11-03
| Nellie Pou D | incumbent |
| Rosemary Pino R | challenger |
| Terrisa Bukovinac Save Our Babies 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.
Resist fascism. End abortion.
Her campaign website says she is running to end abortion.[5]
No recorded floor vote in our key-vote set maps to this issue.
Biography
Terrisa Bukovinac, an anti-abortion activist who ran in New Jersey's 9th Congressional District on the "Save Our Babies" ballot line, lost the November 3, 2026 election to Nellie Pou. She describes herself as a "progressive pro-life atheist" and previously led Democrats for Life of America and ran in New Jersey's 2024 Democratic presidential primary.[1][2][3][4]
Little public record found for this candidate.
Bukovinac was born on April 4, 1981. She founded Pro-Life San Francisco in 2017, became president of Democrats for Life of America in 2020, and founded Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising in 2021.[4] She ran for the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination, and the New Jersey Globe reports hers was the only name besides Joe Biden on New Jersey's 2024 Democratic presidential primary ballot.[4][3]
Bukovinac filed for the 9th District in June 2026 with the slogan "Save Our Babies." Her petition lists an address in Ellendale, Tennessee, and the New Jersey Globe noted that she has no obvious connections to New Jersey.[3] The New Jersey Globe also reports that she is married to Randall Terry, founder of Operation Rescue, who filed to run in the 7th District.[3] She ran against Democratic Rep. Nellie Pou and Republican Rosie Pino in the November 3, 2026 general election.[6] She received 1.5% of the vote to Nellie Pou's 66.7%, according to unofficial results reported by NBC News.[1]
In their own words
Priorities
- Campaign website says she is running to show "the victims of abortion" to the American people, as part of what she calls a progressive pro-life movement.[5]
Campaign moneyNo FEC filing summary matched — state candidates file with their state, not the FEC.
Profile: /people/terrisa-bukovinac
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Sources cited in this profile
- 1.U.S. House · New Jersey's 9th District results 2026 · NBC News News report
- 2.Terrisa Bukovinac · Ballotpedia Reference
- 3.22 independents file to run for Congress, including one who might get snagged by sore-loser law · New Jersey Globe · 2026-06-03 News report
- 4.Terrisa Bukovinac · Wikipedia · 2026-10-21 Reference
- 5.Terrisa for Congress (campaign website) · Terrisa for Congress Candidate's own words
- 6.Pou (D) and Pino (R) are running in New Jersey's 9th Congressional District · Ballotpedia News · 2026-08-03 Reference