NJ-12: Justice Democrats add Hamawy to 2026 slate

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NOTE: HAMAWY WAS ON THE SURGICAL TEAM THAT SAVED TAMMY DUCKWORTH'S LIFE IN IRAQ.


Justice Democrats, which has helped propel a number of the country’s most left-wing politicians into Congress, is setting its sights on New Jersey.

Adam Hamawy, a physician and Army veteran running for the state’s open 12th congressional district, officially joined the Justice Democrats’ 2026 slate this morning. The endorsement – one of just over a dozen the organization has made around the country – further elevates Hamawy’s progressive bona fides and profile in a race that has so far flown below the national radar.

“From war zones to the operating room, Dr. Hamawy has seen firsthand how our government’s misplaced priorities mean life and death for millions of people in America and across the world,” Justice Democrats executive director Alexandra Rojas said in a statement. “Being a doctor and veteran has only opened his eyes further to how desperately everyone in our healthcare system needs Medicare for All and why we must put an end to a US government-backed war machine funding genocide and destruction abroad.”

Hamawy is far from the only progressive Democrat seeking to represent the 12th district, where Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-Ewing) – long considered the state’s leftmost member of Congress – is retiring. Many of Hamawy’s 12 Democratic primary opponents have their own lengthy histories as liberal activists or legislators and could lay claim to part of the field’s progressive “lane,” to the extent one exists.



https://newjerseyglobe.com/congress/justice-democrats-add-hamawy-to-2026-slate/