Representative in Congress District 8 in Congressional District 8, New Jersey

2026 Primary Election

• Rob Menendez — Incumbent Representative in Congress in Jersey City, NJ

  Robert Jacobsen Menendez Jr. is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for New Jersey's 8th congressional district since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as a commissioner of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey from 2021 to 2023. Before entering public office, Menendez worked as an attorney at the law firm Lowenstein Sandler LLP. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of North Carolina and a J.D. from Rutgers Law School.

• Mussab Ali — Candidate for Representative in Congress in Jersey City, NJ

  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.