Robert English

Robert English (Democratic Party) (also known as Bob) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent New Jersey's 4th Congressional District. English did not appear on the ballot for the Democratic primary on June 2, 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?

Medicare For All/Free Health Care For All should be the direction the United States should be moving towards. 14 developed countries already offer free health care to their residents and there is no reason the United States should lag behind.

Note that people without health coverage often do not go to the doctor when ill or even for preventive yearly checkups. When they end up becoming severely ill, folks have to go to the emergency room and often are sicker than they would have been if they had been able to visit the doctor earlier.

It's a disgrace that most Republicans including Chris Smith voted for a bill that eliminates ACA subsidies that can potentially cost 20 million Americans to lose their health care coverageREVERSE THE TRANSFER OF WEALTH FROM THE BOTTOM 90% TO THE TOP 10%. That is a big part of dealing with affordability. I would never support and would vote to reverse the Republican cuts for muti millionaires and billionaires (which include some of the richest people on the planet) while at the same time voting to eliminate programs which benefit the poor and middle class such as Medicaid and Medicare). Note that even though Republicans lie thru their teeth about not touching these programs, a process called Sequestration will occur causing automatic cuts due to the Trump/Republicans huge yearly deficits.Stop Trumps out of control reckless costly foreign policy. Putin's number one goal is to destabilize and break up the NATO alliance. Trump is basically doing that for him with his threats regarding Greenland which have resulted with several Nato members sending combat troops to Greenland. Trump has in the past said he believes Putin's word of that of 15 United States intelligence agencies. He bows down to Putin while ridiculing and embarrassing the President of our ally Ukraine.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

One of the guardrails that the founding fathers put in place to prevent our country from having a King, was the legislative branch. For that to work though the legislative branch/Congress needs to have enough courage and moral decency to put America ahead of their own self-interests such as pleasing donors, avoiding Trumps wrath and getting re-elected. Unfortunately, the opposite is happening.

I believe Trump is heading towards finding an excuse not to hold the 2026 and/or 2028 elections which is why it is so important to elect Democrats who will stand up and speak out when they see wrongdoing and illegal actions by this administration.

What organizations or individuals have endorsed your campaign?

A large number of friends and activists are supporting my efforts to retire Chris Smith who has held office for 45+ years.....Talk about the need for term limits!!