Rebecca BennettRebecca Bennett

Leveraging her extensive career in healthcare leadership, Rebecca will stand up to pharmaceutical giants and insurance corporations to protect families from rising medical costs and ensure no one is stripped of their coverage.

In DC, she will fight for commonsense gun safety measures that keep firearms out of dangerous hands, strengthen support for law enforcement, expand access to mental health services, restore federal investments in gun violence research, and ensure communities have the tools they need to prevent violence before it occurs.

VoteVets endorsed. U.S. Navy veteran.

This New Jersey seat, held by Rep. Tom Kean Jr., is one of the most genuinely competitive in the country. Kean is unpopular with independents, and polling shows Democrats have an opening, especially after Governor Mikie Sherrill won here in 2025. Rebecca Bennett, a former Navy helicopter pilot, is running a strong campaign against Kean, who missed over 100 days of votes this year.

• Invest more in climate resilient infrastructure projects and create good-paying jobs doing it.
• Bring federal dollars back to the Garden State to improve air quality, cleanup toxic waste and more.
• Expand incentives for renewable and green energy.
• In contrast, Tom Kean Jr.’s environmental score is 9% (in 2025) and 18% (lifetime) per League of Conservation Voters (LCV).

In addition, CWA District 1 views New Jersey’s Seventh Congressional District as a critical race for working people to demonstrate the strength of worker organizing and collective political action. New Jersey’s Seventh Congressional District is CWA District 1’s top congressional flip target this November, and Rebecca Bennett represents the strongest opportunity to reclaim the seat for working people. A former Navy helicopter pilot, Air National Guard officer, healthcare leader, and mother of two, Bennett has built a career around service and understands the challenges families face. Her campaign offers a powerful opportunity to unite union members, working families, and community allies around affordable healthcare, paid family leave, collective bargaining rights, and an economy that puts people before corporate profits.

Rebecca Bennett has worked to increase access and improve patient outcomes in women’s health, oncology, obesity, and gastrointestinal care. She has pledged to fight to reinstate the devastating cuts made to the ACA and Medicaid. She also recognizes that economic opportunity depends on modern infrastructure and has committed to investing in projects such as the Gateway Tunnel to improve transportation and reduce traffic congestion for New Jersey commuters.