Assemblyman Conaway, of Burlington County, said he is on the path to become the first Black physician to serve in Congress and the first Black person to represent South Jersey in Congress.
Assemblyman Herb Conaway, 61, won the Democratic primary in South Jersey’s 3rd congressional district, which is currently represented by U.S. Rep. Andy Kim., said he will be the first Black person to represent South Jersey in Congress and the first Black physician to have a vote in Congress. (Physician Donna Marie Christian-Christensen, a Democrat,After his win Tuesday night, Conaway spoke about supporting his party up the ticket in the general election this fall, and decried “MAGA extremists.
“This election is the most consequential of our lifetime because the fate of our democracy will be on the ballot this November,” Conaway said Tuesday, after his win. “Women’s reproductive rights will be on the ballot. Protecting our environment and tackling climate change will be on the ballot. Creating jobs and building an economy that works for all of us will be on the ballot.
“My tendency is to turn down the heat and the temperature to get people to think with their heads, but turn down the passion, and try to work toward the broad consensus that most Americans have,” he said. He said he would be interested in serving on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, because of its health-related legislative efforts, as well as the Armed Services or Veterans Affairs Committees and the Science, Space, and Technology Committee.
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