Da'Shone Hughey
Candidate for New Jersey 8th Congressional District · Independent
On the 2026 ballotChallenger · New Jersey 8th 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-08, "DA'SHONE HUGHEY", We the People party · read Sep 24, 2026
Running for New Jersey 8th Congressional District, Nov 3 General. The race page has 3 other candidates, 3 certified results. See the race
Roles on File
Seats held and sought, elections and committees, newest first.
- RunningNew Jersey 8th Congressional DistrictNov 3, 2026 · On the 2026 ballot
The District
What New Jersey 8th Congressional District covers
Covers parts of Hudson County, Union County and Essex County.
Includes Elizabeth (part), Jersey City (part), Bayonne (part), Kearny (part), Hoboken (part), Newark (part), West New York, Union City, Guttenberg (part), Kean University (part) and East Newark (part).
459 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)
Key Votes
The record
No congressional voting record
Da'Shone Hughey 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 C00954552 (candidate ID H6NJ08217) 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.
In Their Words
What they have said, on the record
“For too long, communities like ours have been told to wait, adapt, or settle for less. That ends now. Every person deserves the tools, training, and support needed to thrive in the modern economy.”
Reach Them
Websites and accounts
Campaign website and social accounts
Campaign site: https://votedashonehughey.com
Sep 24, 2026 · Self-published · Candidate's own channels · source
The Paper Trail
Filings, results and exhibits
On the Nov. 3, 2026 general election ballot for U.S. Representative, NJ-08 · WE THE PEOPLE
Listed as “Da'Shone Hughey”, WE THE PEOPLE. Other candidates in the race: Aristotle Eliopoulos (INDEPENDENT); Craig Honts (SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY); Rob Menendez (Democratic).
Sep 24, 2026 · Official · State election authority (certified candidate list) · sourceU.S. Representative · NJ-08
Independent · Candidate · On the 2026 ballot
Sep 19, 2026 · Official · fec-cn26
Not on file for Da'Shone yet: Advertising, In the News. Coverage varies by state and office.
File read Sep 25, 2026. Each item names its source. Record ID p_a0mw7apkk.
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