Meet Stephanie
New Jersey native Stephanie Schmid is running for New Jersey’s 4th Congressional District. She’s a retired United States Foreign Service Officer, attorney, and human rights advocate.
Stephanie has a strong record of serving her community, protecting those most vulnerable, and solving difficult public policy problems. She’s running to bring new leadership to Congress at a time when we need our leaders to solve pressing challenges and create opportunities for the people of New Jersey.
Stephanie’s career has stretched from private practice to serving her country in the State Department to leading the U.S. Foreign Policy Program for the Center for Reproductive Rights. Stephanie is running for Congress to bring new leadership to the 4th Congressional District — she’s willing to fight for our families, our values, and our communities in Washington.
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InsiderNJ: Schmid Campaign Hosts Get Out the Vote Rally with Down-Ballot Democrats
The Stephanie Schmid for Congress campaign had a Get Out the Vote Rally outside of Rep. Chris Smith’s Freehold office today with Monmouth County Clerk candidate, Angela Ahbez-Anderson, Monmouth County Freeholder candidates, Moira Nelson and Michael Penna, and Assemblywoman Joann Downey (LD-11). “I am so inspired to be on the ...
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InsiderNJ: Having Promised to Take Fight to Incumbent, Schmid Refuses to Back Down in CD-4
Amid signs of momentum for New Jersey Democrats, challenger Stephanie Schmid and her allies anticipate an underdog Nov. 3rd win against incumbent U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-4), a 39-year incumbent whom Schmid criticizes as absent, silent, and attentive to a wrong-headed ideological agenda in the middle of multiple on-the-ground crises ...
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Insider NJ: Schmid Calls Out Chris Smith’s Failed Leadership and Decisively Wins NJ-04 Debate
At Monday’s Fourth Congressional District debate hosted by the Asbury Park Press, Stephanie Schmid showed voters why she is the leader we need to move our community and our country forward. The differences between the two candidates could not have been clearer. Schmid calmly and clearly presented her vision for the future of ...
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LTE: It’s time we elect true leadership in NJ 4th District | Schmid
We hear about “leadership” during every election, but in the middle of a health and economic crisis the word should be treated as more than an empty platitude. Beyond bringing others to your point of view, true leadership requires risk; one cannot lead simply by toeing the party line. I ...
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