Adam Rueda
Candidate for New Jersey 5th Congressional District · Independent
On the 2026 ballotChallenger · New Jersey 5th Congressional District · Nov 3 General
Ballot status source: NJ Division of Elections — Official List of Candidates, House of Representatives, General Election 11/03/2026 (amended 09/04/2026) — CD-05, 'ADAM RUEDA', Humane Sustainable Future party · read Sep 24, 2026
The District
What New Jersey 5th Congressional District covers
Covers parts of Sussex County, Bergen County and Passaic County.
Includes Ringwood, Paramus, Wanaque, Alpine (part), Bloomingdale (part), Layton, Hewitt, Ridgewood, Newfoundland (part), Ramsey, Upper Saddle River, Englewood and 51 more.
492 precincts · District lines: Congressional lines: U.S. Census Bureau (1:500,000 cartographic boundary, 119th Congress) · Precinct lines: New Jersey Office of GIS / Division of Elections, Election Districts for New Jersey statewide layer (Nov 2021)
Results
Certified results for New Jersey 5th Congressional District
U.S. House District 5
2024 General Election · Nov 5, 2024| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Josh GottheimerDemocrat | Democrat | 208,357 | 54.5% |
| Mary Jo GuinchardRepublican | Republican | 165,286 | 43.3% |
| Beau ForteOther party | Other party | 3,428 | 0.9% |
| James TosoneOther party | Other party | 2,440 | 0.6% |
| Aamir ArifOther party | Other party | 2,375 | 0.6% |
| Write-in | 75 | 0.0% |
Official results · New Jersey County Clerks' official election results
Sources (1)
- Official results (County Clerk election-district results, Clarity ENR) — partial state coverage — counties: Hudson, Morris, Passaic, Somerset, Union, Hunterdon (County Clerk official PDF), Sussex (County Clerk official Amended precinct report), Bergen (Bergen County Clerk Official 2024 General Election District Report), Warren (Warren County Clerk Official Precinct 2024 General (Custom Table Report 11/21/2024))
U.S. House District 5
2022 General Election · Nov 8, 2022| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Gottheimer | 136,012 | 51.1% | |
| Frank T. Pallotta | 105,607 | 39.7% | |
| Frank T. PallottaRepublican | Republican | 12,266 | 4.6% |
| Josh GottheimerDemocrat | Democrat | 9,547 | 3.6% |
| Jeremy Marcus | 1,031 | 0.4% | |
| Trevor James Ferrigno | 611 | 0.2% |
Official results (County Clerk election-district results, Clarity ENR) — partial state coverage — counties: Hudson, Morris, Passaic, Somerset, Union · New Jersey County Clerks' official election results
U.S. House District 5
2020 General Election · Nov 3, 2020| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frank T. Pallotta | 68,585 | 57.8% | |
| Josh Gottheimer | 47,797 | 40.3% | |
| Louis A. Vellucci | 2,222 | 1.9% |
Official results (County Clerk election-district results, Clarity ENR) — partial state coverage — counties: Hudson, Morris, Somerset, Union · New Jersey County Clerks' official election results
Key Votes
The record
No congressional voting record
Adam Rueda has not served in Congress: no entry in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (bioguide.congress.gov) under this name for NJ, checked 2026-09-24 against the catalog's bioguide linkage. Other public offices, if any, not compiled here.
Sep 24, 2026 · Official · Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress · source
Newest first. A close vote was decided by 5% of the votes cast or less (or 10 votes or fewer, under a fifth of the votes). Broke with party: voted against most of their party, where the record gives the party split.
Their Money
Campaign finance
- Last Change
- Profile updated · Sep 24
- Raised
- Not on file
- Cash on Hand
- Not on file
- Next Report Due
- Q3 Report · Oct 15
No totals on file from the reports listed below.
Finance Reports
Campaign committee registered; no periodic FEC report on file yet
Checked 2026-09-24: principal campaign committee C00922740 (candidate ID H6NJ05247) has no periodic Form 3 report (quarterly or pre-/post-election) covering 2025–26 in the FEC electronic-filing list or the FEC image index, so no receipts, spending or cash on hand have been reported yet. A committee registered after June 30 files its first report with the October Quarterly (due Oct 15, 2026).
Sep 24, 2026 · Official · Federal Election Commission
Money shows as the filings named here report it. Payees are who the campaign paid; individual contributors are not shown.
The 2026 Field
Who else is running for New Jersey 5th Congressional District
- Josh GottheimerDemocrat · Incumbent · On the 2026 ballot
- Sean Joseph KirraneRepublican · On the 2026 ballot
The Paper Trail
Filings, results and exhibits
On the Nov. 3, 2026 general election ballot for U.S. Representative, NJ-05 — HUMANE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
Listed as “Adam Rueda”, HUMANE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE. Other candidates in the race: Josh Gottheimer (Democratic); Sean Kirrane (Republican).
Sep 24, 2026 · Official · State election authority (certified candidate list) · sourceU.S. Representative · NJ-05
Independent · Candidate · On the 2026 ballot
Sep 19, 2026 · Official · fec-cn26
Not on file for Adam yet: Advertising, In Their Words, In the News, Reach Them, Polls. Coverage varies by state and office.
File read Sep 25, 2026. Each item names its source. Record ID p_rj4adh911.
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