Past Campaign
Representative in Congress District 1
Primary election
Past campaign details are available on the full race page.
Damon Galdo's campaign has reported raising $11,125 and spending $6,138 to the Federal Election Commission.
Damon Galdo is a Republican candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives representing New Jersey's 1st Congressional District in the 2026 election. He previously ran for the same seat in the 2022 primary. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Galdo graduated from La Salle College High School in 1999. Professionally, he has worked as a union carpenter, carpenter foreman, and construction superintendent. His campaign focuses on government accountability, affordability, and border security.
Damon Galdo has a recorded position on seven issues. Each is Civoren's summary of the campaign's own public material, with the source linked.
Supports reducing unnecessary federal spending, supporting affordable reliable American energy, encouraging economic growth, and cutting burdensome regulations to improve affordability for the middle class.
“My priority is: to reduce unnecessary federal ending; support affordable, reliable American energy; encourage economic growth; cut burdensome regulations”
Supports requiring proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections, voter identification, improved voter roll accuracy, and strengthened mail-in ballot security.
“My requirement: require proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections; require voter identification; improve the accuracy of voter rolls; strengthen mail in ballot security”
Supports healthcare price transparency, expanding Health Savings Accounts, encouraging competition to lower healthcare costs, protecting patients with preexisting conditions, and making prescription medications more affordable.
“My position is: provide greater price transparency; expand access to Health Savings Accounts; encourage competition that lowers healthcare costs; protect patients with preexisting conditions; work to make prescription medications more affordable”
Supports secure borders, enforcing existing immigration laws, and strengthening cooperation between federal and local law enforcement to address illegal immigration costs and sanctuary policies.
“I support: secure borders; enforce existing immigration laws; strengthen cooperation between federal and local law enforcement”
Supports vocational training, apprenticeships, workforce development, promoting a trades pipeline to American manufacturing and infrastructure jobs, and promoting American labor.
“I will support: vocational training apprenticeships workforce development tied to jobs; promote a trades pipeline to American manufacturing and infrastructure jobs; promote American labor”
Supports greater transparency in schools, protecting parental rights, parental access to curriculum, and a return to reading, writing, mathematics, science, history, civics, and critical thinking.
“I support: greater transparency in our schools; protect parental rights; parental access to curriculum; encourage a return reading, writing, mathematics, science, history, civics, and critical thinking”
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