Veronica Fernandez

Fernandez was born and raised in Franklin, New Jersey, and earned a high school diploma from Sussex County Vo-Tech before attending County College of Morris. She lives in Long Valley, Morris County, and, according to WHYY, is married with two children.[2][6] She worked for 20 years as a licensed property/casualty and health insurance underwriter in New Jersey.[1][2]

Fernandez co-owns and operates a small commercial electrical contracting business with her husband, a Navy veteran and electrician, and in her survey response she describes experience owning and operating a union (IBEW Local 102) shop.[1][2] She was volunteer coordinator for the Interfaith Council of Homeless Families in Morris County for seven years and a foster parent, according to her survey response, and Ballotpedia notes an affiliation with the League of Women Voters.[1][2]

Fernandez ran for U.S. Senate in 2020 as the Of, By, For! Party candidate (0.7%), withdrew from the 2022 race for New Jersey's 7th Congressional District, and ran for New Jersey General Assembly District 24 in 2023 as the End The Corruption! Party candidate (8.1%).[2] She told WHYY that campaign finance reform is essential and that she supports efforts to overturn the Supreme Court's decision in Citizens United v. FEC.[6] She campaigned primarily on campaign-finance reform.[1][2] She received 1.7% of the vote to Cory Booker's 62.4%, according to unofficial results reported by NBC News.[3]