Adam Hamawy defeated 12 other candidates in the Democratic primary for New Jersey’s 12th Congressional District on June 2, 2026 - Ballotpedia News
Adam Hamawy (D) defeated 12 other candidates in the Democratic primary for New Jersey's 12th Congressional District on June 2, 2026. Ahead of the Democratic primary, Susan Altman (D), Brad Cohen (D), Hamawy, Adrian Mapp (D), Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (D), Shanel Robinson (D), and Jay Vaingankar (D) led in endorsements and media attention.
Incumbent Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D) did not run for re-election. She did not endorse a candidate in the Democratic primary. As of June 2, 2026, The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter and Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales rated the general election as Solid Democratic. Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball rated it as Safe Democratic.
Rider University's Micah Rasmussen said that Watson Colemon's retirement and the historical precedent that the incumbent president's party typically loses seats in the U.S. House of Representatives in midterm elections led to a large number of candidates running in the Democratic primary.
According to the New Jerse…