Mussab Ali

Mussab Ali is a candidate for Representative in Congress District 8 Primary Election in 2026 in Congressional District 8, New Jersey.

Candidate for Representative in Congress in Jersey City, NJ

Also running: Rob Menendez.

Mussab Ali is a Pakistani-American educator, activist, and politician. He moved to Jersey City in 2000 and became the youngest elected official in Jersey City history by winning a seat on the Board of Education in 2017, later serving as its president. A survivor of Stage 4 Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Ali holds degrees from Rutgers University and Harvard Law School, and was a Schwarzman Scholar at Tsinghua University. He is currently a candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in New Jersey's 8th District.