A Hardworking Voice for NJ Families
“I’m running for Congress in New Jersey’s 11th District because our families deserve a representative who will work everyday to make their lives better. It’s time to move beyond the distractions and focus on what really matters — making life more affordable, improving opportunity, and delivering results. I’m not a career politician. I’m someone who has worked with people of every background to solve problems and get things done. It’s time to deliver on what matters to you.”
June 2, 2026:
Our Fight Starts Now
To our incredible supporters — thank you. The next milestone is here, and we’re ready. On January 1, 2026, petition forms go live. With your help, we will collect far more than the 500 certified signatures required to put Joseph Lewis on ballot for the Democratic Primary on June 2, 2026. This campaign isn’t powered by insiders, shortcuts, or special access. It’s powered by hard-working New Jersey families who deserve a real voice in Washington—and a real choice on the ballot.
Stay tuned for volunteer events later this month.
Now is the time to organize to get Joseph Lewis onto the June ballot — and elected to represent you.
Help Us Compete —
Every Dollar Counts
The political machine will use every advantage to protect its own. But we’re building something stronger—a movement created by the people it represents.
To compete, we need resources. If you believe voters deserve a choice in June, please donate today. No contribution is too small—every dollar strengthens this campaign and helps us fight for you.
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Joseph Lewis Stands for Justice
PROTECT COMMUNITIES & STOP ICE ABUSE
Stand-up for NJ-11
When Donald Trump began his second term in January 2025, he told the American people that
his immigration agenda was about safety—about removing “the worst of the worst” and
protecting our communities.
One year later, the truth is painfully clear.
Renee Good—an American citizen and the mother of a young child—lost her life after being
shot in the face by an ICE agent.
One year later, right here in Morristown, New Jersey, Juan Daniel Mendoza—a teenage student
at Morristown High School—was taken off the streets by ICE agents without due process.
This is not safety.
This is not justice.
This is cruelty—and it is happening in our own backyard.
What makes this even more disturbing is that this cruelty is being paid for by you—the
hardworking families of New Jersey’s 11th Congressional District. The Trump Administration’s so-called “Big Beautiful Bill”—a bill I call the Big Ugly Bill—ballooned ICE’s budget by nearly $30 billion, a 300% increase over the prior administration. Republicans in Congress paid for it by reaching directly into the pockets of NJ-11 families. They made the $10,000 cap on state and local tax deductions permanent, even as our district continues to face some of the highest property taxes in America.
They made it harder for young people to pursue careers as doctors, lawyers, and public servants
by eliminating Grad PLUS loans and capping unsubsidized student loans. They made it harder for parents to send their children to college by sharply limiting Parent PLUS loans.
In short, they took your tax dollars—your sacrifices—and used them to fund an extreme,
unpopular immigration policy that even many of their own supporters reject, while continuing to
deliver tax breaks to the ultra-wealthy.
It doesn’t have to be this way. With your help, we can stop this.
If you send me to Congress, on day one I will introduce legislation to repeal the Big Ugly Bill.
That legislation will restore ICE funding to 2024 levels and require a last-hired, first-fired
approach—ensuring that the surge of poorly trained agents hired during Trump’s second term are
no longer policing our communities.
The billions of dollars we save will be reinvested where they belong: back into the lives of NJ-11
families—into affordability, opportunity, education, and real public safety.
This campaign is about dignity. It’s about accountability. It’s about choosing people over politics.
I can’t do this alone.
Join us. Volunteer. Donate what you can. Help us build a movement strong
enough to demand better.
Together, we can make America—America again.
