J-L Cauvin

J-L Cauvin (Democratic Party) ran in a special election to the U.S. House to represent New Jersey's 11th Congressional District. He lost in the special Democratic primary on February 5, 2026.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

As a community advocate, lawyer, and comedian, I am running because what’s happening right now in Washington is far from funny. Democrats must send representatives to Congress who are ready for the fight we are in today. Political machines and party hacks just won't cut it anymore.My agenda is not what polling firms and focus groups told me to say. It's based on what I see and hear every day in NJ-11: We need to make life affordable again. We need better elder care for our senior citizens. And we need to ban gerrymandering, congressional stock trading and enact term limits so members of Congress can focus on your livelihood, not their own.I have been a state prosecutor, and I am now an eviction prevention lawyer. I know what it is to defend those who feel defenseless before an uncaring government. And I know what it takes to win.

I take on MAGA every day on social media, and I’ve built a national audience to prove it.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

My agenda for NJ-11 reflects my experience with neighbors, clients, friends and family: An elder care program that will help our seniors age with dignity and not impoverish their children. A plan to lower energy costs that reverses Trump’s idiotic war on the climate. A plan to help lower rents, including banning the obscene practice of algorithm-based rent fixing. I will push for term limits, ban stock trading and end partisan gerrymandering because Congress should be about public service, not public enrichment. And I will defend our democracy — to stand up to wanna-be autocrats, protect the rule of law, rein in a rogue Supreme Court and make sure every vote - and every voter - is counted.