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Dr. Tina Shah has spent her career caring for patients in the ICU, fighting to protect access to care in New Jersey, and leading federal policy. Now, Tina is stepping up once again to protect the people she’s always fought for – her patients, and all Americans failed by a system that puts profits and politics over lives. She’s seen firsthand how rising costs, insurance denials, and political games in Congress hurt hardworking people’s lives and drive good clinicians out of the field. As a doctor, she refuses to stand by while Donald Trump and RFK Jr. gut our healthcare and undermine lifesaving medical research, and career politicians like Tom Kean Jr. do nothing to lower healthcare costs and instead vote to gut Medicaid and ban lifesaving procedures like abortion. Tina is running to restore science and sanity back to Washington – and to make healthcare work for everyone.Tina is triple board-certified in internal medicine, pulmonary medicine, and critical care medicine. As a practicing physician, Tina experienced the crisis of physician burnout and witnessed the toll it took on both patients and doctors. She saw firsthand the failures of the U.S. healthcare system that repeatedly landed patients in her ICU. As a doctor who took an oath to do no harm, Tina knew that meaningful change couldn’t happen solely at the doctor-patient level – or even within a single hospital. So she set out to drive reform at the highest levels. Tina served under three White House administrations. As Senior Advisor to the U.S. Surgeon General, she spearheaded the nation's first federal strategy to address clinician burnout, ensuring we have enough nurses and doctors to care for us when we need them most. At the Department of Veterans Affairs, she became the agency’s first National Director of Clinician Wellbeing, improving the efficiency of how doctors use electronic medical records resulting in quickly expanding primary care access for veterans.And back home in New Jersey, she led a successful campaign to pass legislation to stop insurance companies from denying essential care. A pro innovation candidate with real world experience Tina also leveraged private sector innovation to reform healthcare. She became the first Chief Clinical Officer of Abridge, a generative AI company tackling administrative paperwork so that doctors and nurses can focus on caring for their patients. Today, she advises hospitals and investors on how to use AI to improve care quality and streamline care delivery.<h3>A daughter of immigrants and a lifelong public servant, Dr. Tina Shah is running for Congress to rebuild trust in government, expand access to care, and fight back against dangerous ideologies with science, empathy, and common sense.</h3>

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As a physician, I took an oath to first do no harm. But when I’m working in the Intensive Care Unit, I’m up against a system that makes that promise harder to keep – making patients broke and sicker, insurance companies that focus on profits over patients, and a burned out workforce trying desperately to save lives. <img src="https://run.imgix.net/4e7f668e-628b-47d9-8edd-493ed76fd6b3/1011a4e0-6d99-4a28-803d-041b6e1f827b/1011a4e0-6d99-4a28-803d-041b6e1f827b.jpeg?ixlib=js-3.8.0&amp;bri=0&amp;con=0&amp;sat=0&amp;high=0&amp;shad=0&amp;usm=0&amp;rect=176%2C37%2C2208%2C2011&amp;w=1500" alt="" caption="" align="left" alignwidth="37.5" variant="framed">Meanwhile, career politicians like Tom Kean Jr. are doing nothing to lower healthcare costs or improve access to care. Instead, Kean Jr. is dodging his constituents while casting the deciding vote to cut Medicaid and attacking access to essential care, including abortion, in New Jersey.And Kean Jr. enables Donald Trump and RFK Jr. who, with no medical training, are gutting life saving research, putting vaccine deniers in charge of our vaccine system, and cutting healthcare access for millions of hardworking Americans. If we keep going down this road, there’s only one outcome: people will get hurt. What we do next is critical. We must fix what is fundamentally broken and I’m ready, once again, to stand up for my patients, my neighbors, my community, and New Jersey. Meaningful change can’t happen solely at the doctor-patient level – or even within a single hospital. I’ve spent my life trying to make change from the inside, but addressing the root causes of our problems requires going upstream. That’s why I’m running for Congress: to fight against Trump and Kean Jr.’s Medicaid cuts that give tax breaks to billionaires, and fight for the right to an abortion and the restoration of science and sanity in Washington. As a proud New Jerseyan, I am tired of the raw deal we’re getting because no one is fighting for us in Washington. I will bring stability and real results to the 7th district. <h3>America is in critical condition. Together, we can fix it.</h3>

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Democratic primary voters in NJ-7, especially older women and voters of color, need to see and read that Dr. Tina Shah, a practicing ICU doctor, is running for Congress because Trump and Tom Kean Jr. are ripping away healthcare and destroying our democracy. Dr. Shah is a healthcare policy expert who worked for three presidential administrations to improve our healthcare system, especially for veterans. In New Jersey, Dr. Shah led the effort to ban prior authorization tactics that allow health insurance companies to delay or deny tests and treatments.In Congress, she will fight for affordable healthcare, stand up to Trump’s threats to democracy and stop ICE from terrorizing our communities. Communication should start as soon as possible with digital and mail plans that can be sustained through the June 2 primary.--------

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<h4>Democratic primary voters in NJ-7, especially older women and voters of color, need to see and read that Dr. Tina Shah, a practicing ICU doctor, is running for Congress because Trump and Tom Kean Jr. are ripping away healthcare and destroying our democracy.&nbsp;</h4><h4>Dr. Shah is a healthcare policy expert who worked for three presidential administrations to improve our healthcare system, especially for veterans.&nbsp;</h4><h4>In New Jersey, Dr. Shah led the effort to ban prior authorization tactics that allow health insurance companies to delay or deny tests and treatments.</h4><h4>In Congress, she will fight for affordable healthcare, stand up to Trump’s threats to democracy and stop ICE from terrorizing our communities.&nbsp;&nbsp;</h4><h4> </h4><h4>Communication should start as soon as possible with cable and digital/streaming plans that can be sustained through the June 2 primary.</h4>

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Dr. Tina Shah’s Message for Tom Kean Jr.’s Attempt to Save Face on Healthcare: Too Little, Too LateACA premium tax credits already expired thanks to Tom Kean Jr., and NJ-07 voters won’t forget it.&nbsp; Westfield, NJ — Yesterday, Democrats in the House of Representatives led the passage of a bill to extend the Affordable Care Act premium tax credits. Because of Tom Kean Jr. and Congressional Republicans’ failure to act in 2025, these tax credits expired on January 1, 2026, leaving New Jerseyans to face <a href="https://newjerseymonitor.com/2025/10/28/nj-health-insurance-marketplace-rates/">healthcare premiums that cost 174%</a> more this year than last. After allowing these tax credits to expire and drive up healthcare costs for his constituents, Tom Kean Jr. flipped to vote with Democrats last night. “I’ve got one message for Tom Kean Jr.: too little, too late,” said Dr. Tina Shah. “Tom Kean Jr. has had multiple opportunities to lower healthcare costs for hardworking New Jerseyans and has refused every time. He voted for the bill that allowed these credits to expire in the first place, he voted for the largest cuts to Medicaid in American history, and he allowed New Jersey to come in dead last in federal rural healthcare funding. He can’t run from his record and NJ-07 voters will remember this in November.” With the rise in healthcare costs contributing heavily to the cost of living crisis in NJ-07 and across the country, NJ-07 deserves a representative who has already delivered on lowering healthcare costs. As a private citizen, Dr. Shah led a grassroots effort in 2023 and 2024 to ensure passage of a prior authorization reform bill in New Jersey, which ensured that NJ-regulated health insurance companies could not deny essential medical coverage. When elected to represent NJ-07, she’ll do the same in Washington. About Dr. Tina Shah:Dr. Tina Shah is an intensive care doctor who has spent her career fighting for her patients and to improve the quality of care in New Jersey and across the country. A triple board-certified physician, Tina has cared for patients at their most vulnerable and seen firsthand how rising costs, insurance denials, and political dysfunction put lives at risk. Instead of accepting the broken healthcare system, Tina got to work to fix it from both the public and private sectors. She served under three presidential administrations, developing innovative strategies to expand access to healthcare to veterans and leading the first federal plan to combat the burnout that drove doctors and nurses out of the field. In New Jersey, she successfully fought for legislation that stopped insurance companies from denying care. As Chief Medical Officer of an AI healthcare company, she also led efforts to cut red tape for doctors and nurses, freeing them to focus on patients and outcomes instead of paperwork. Today, Tina is running for Congress to restore sanity and science in Washington and deliver the stable, compassionate leadership New Jersey’s 7th District deserves.To learn more about Tina and join the campaign, visit <a href="http://www.drtinashahforcongress.com">www.drtinashahforcongress.com</a>.&nbsp; ###

“I’ve got one message for Tom Kean Jr.: too little, too late,” said Dr. Tina Shah. “Tom Kean Jr. has had multiple opportunities to lower healthcare costs for hardworking New Jerseyans and has refused every time. He voted for the bill that allowed these credits to expire in the first place, he voted for the largest cuts to Medicaid in American history, and he allowed New Jersey to come in dead last in federal rural healthcare funding. He can’t run from his record and NJ-07 voters will remember this in November.”

 Dr. Tina Shah’s Message for Tom Kean Jr.’s Attempt to Save Face on Healthcare: Too Little, Too Late

In Congress, Tina will fight for women’s health and reproductive rights by: <ul><li>Protecting abortion rights in New Jersey and across the country by supporting a federal abortion protection bill that codifies Roe v. Wade, like the Women’s Health Protection Act.&nbsp;</li><li>Ensuring that the FDA makes decisions based on science, not political whims, and that all women have access to FDA-approved medications for abortion and reproductive care, including mifepristone, so that no state can stop women from getting the care they need.</li></ul><ul><li>Making reproductive health affordable by expanding insurance coverage for egg freezing, IVF, and other family-building options</li><li>Expanding support for women’s health beyond reproductive care, including access to affordable menopause care and fully covered breast cancer screening</li><li>Increasing program funding to reduce maternal mortality rates, particularly among women of color.</li></ul>

Reproductive rights are under attack. As a physician, Tina knows that good healthcare includes good reproductive care, and she believes that every woman deserves to make decisions about her own body without interference from politicians.

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Dr. Tina Shah, who is challenging Rep. Tom Kean Jr. (R-N.J.) , said Kennedy’s agenda is “unprecedented,” and his rise was one of her motivations for running for Congress. Shah cited Kennedy’s&nbsp;<a href="https://news-api.bloomberglaw.com/v1/link?id=yHbXiw59ykUEsXM8umVHAw%3D%3D.%2FjP3PvCBfLYvgTqQV7orLXE9LV7kAqePPbLp7y10I43wQezr5shNk5VpPbV9zMb%2BALUQY3t7ITBVt6MXohJSql4fcBG08m4FlwhGud8gi97t9MYWpVSTUcE11nPGHiCeBO%2B2EdNjfwVDUbIJG1%2FBwY37IYAA3TYNm32WpAIfqt9PWdgzJY0jAKrDjUaVDUG31SLBuIjULTZ0yzB06bizHdDVY8pk6bFi2P3%2F97C1HSElzoHE6F84idLEwYeLG7rBx75RDT0rYnkjgWWzYxVqVUPGVxa9zp8lo2Z3%2BWY2xd0%3D.0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">firing</a>&nbsp;of vaccine advisers earlier this year among her top concerns.“As a practicing doctor, I just can’t take it anymore,” Shah said. ” We need to make sure we hold RFK accountable.”

“As a practicing doctor, I just can’t take it anymore,” Shah said. ” We need to make sure we hold RFK accountable.”

Democrats Are Running Against a Kennedy Over Health Care

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Tina will fight for green policy that grows our economy, brings good paying jobs, and saves you money, including: <ul><li>Working to secure funding for New Jersey to modernize our aging electrical grid and lower costs by raising the supply, which is also threatened by Trump’s cuts to the Inflation Reduction Act.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>Restoring investments from the Inflation Reduction Act that Trump canceled that would begin new renewable energy projects, creating jobs across the state.</li><li>Reversing Trump’s cuts to federal funding for climate resilient infrastructure to guard against flooding and rising sea levels along our coasts.</li><li>Fighting to protect the decades-old environmental policies that safeguard our clean air, water, and land — protections that reduce asthma, heart disease, cancer, and other serious health risks — and that Trump and his EPA are systematically dismantling.</li></ul>

The energy crisis and climate emergency have already arrived in New Jersey: our electricity bills are increasing by the day and flooding has become more frequent and severe. We must enact policies to drive down utility bills, ensure our energy security and improve climate resilience before we lose even more in costs and damages. Like so many of us, Tina is frustrated with our government’s inability to respond to today’s reality.

Clean Energy, Lower Bills

As a leader on innovation in Congress, Tina will fight to:<ul><li>Work to create an responsible infrastructure for emerging industries: We must support advanced technologies that create jobs and economic growth while ensuring corporations pay their fair share, utilize renewable energy, and utilize community guidance when pursuing development.</li><li>Restore America’s leadership in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields: In order to regain global leadership in STEM fields, we much reverse the Trump Administration’s cuts to federal research and reinstate investments in science and innovation that power the National Capital Region, support high-skill jobs, and keep the United States at the forefront of discovery.</li><li>Prioritize investment in the industries of the future by committing significant resources to emerging fields such as clean energy, artificial intelligence, advanced manufacturing, and biotechnology. These investments would help New Jersey and the United States remain competitive globally while creating the next generation of well-paying jobs.</li><li>Encourage responsible innovation in emerging financial technologies by establishing clear, practical standards for cryptocurrencies and related tools. These standards should protect consumers from fraud and abuse, deter criminal activity, and offer transparent regulatory guidance that supports innovators developing the next generation of financial solutions.</li><li>Ensure a strong federal framework: The federal government must assert a leading role in shaping fair and open global markets for the U.S. technology industry, ensuring a consistent, nationwide approach rather than leaving regulation to individual states. By setting clear federal standards, the government can more effectively push back against anti-competitive practices by foreign governments and create predictable conditions for American firms to expand internationally.</li></ul>Real world experience:<ul><li>Dr. Tina Shah joined Abridge in 2023 as Chief Clinical Officer, where she brought frontline clinical experience into the company’s AI development and strategy. </li><li>In this role, she helped ensure that Abridge’s technology aligned with the real needs of clinicians while guiding how it was implemented across health systems. A central focus of her work was addressing physician burnout—an issue she had experienced firsthand—by promoting AI tools that reduced documentation burden, allowed clinicians to complete notes more efficiently, and enabled more meaningful patient interactions. </li><li>Beyond product and operational leadership, Dr. Shah was also involved in research and thought leadership, co-leading initiatives that studied the impact of ambient AI on clinician well-being, patient outcomes, and healthcare costs. Overall, her experience at Abridge reflected a broader mission to responsibly integrate AI into healthcare in ways that improved both the clinician experience and the quality of patient care.</li></ul>

Tina is running to ensure the United States remains the pro-innovation capital of the world. She knows from firsthand experience that America’s economic leadership in the 21st century will be defined by our support of innovation, and we need to make sure that the nation's economic future stems from New Jersey. Good paying jobs and global leadership in the coming decade, begins with artificial intelligence, advanced manufacturing, and financial technologies.

Technology and Innovation

Tina’s plan to make life more affordable includes:<ul><li>Repealing Trump’s tariffs, which increase costs and chaos while causing job cuts, drowning small businesses, and tanking our economy.</li><li>Ending the SALT deduction cap.</li><li>Working to lower utility costs in partnership with New Jersey state officials.</li><li>Expanding the Child Tax Credit and childcare options like universal Pre-K.</li><li>Lowering housing costs by making it harder for large corporations to buy up properties and increase rents, and working to decrease construction costs to promote new projects.</li><li>Preventing medical debt from bankrupting people with bans on reporting medical debt to credit bureaus and using property liens or seizures to pay medical debt.</li></ul>Making student loan repayment, restructuring, and forgiveness easier, restoring Graduate PLUS loans to allow students to borrow up to the full cost of their education, and ending private lenders’ ability to charge high interest rates and bankrupt young adults.

It’s getting more and more expensive to raise a family and retire in NJ-07. Donald Trump and Tom Kean Jr.’s actions have made their billionaire buddies richer and our lives worse. In Congress, Tina will fight for lower costs and taxes to keep more money in the pockets of all New Jerseyans.

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"Shah raised more from donors during the 3rd quarter than any other Democrat in the 7th district – or any other non-incumbent candidate anywhere in New Jersey – has raised in a single quarter so far this cycle."

NJ Globe: Tina Shah raises more than $600k in three months, putting her in top tier of NJ-7 contenders

Westfield, NJ — Today, Congresswoman Sharice Davids (KS-03) announced her endorsement of Dr. Tina Shah in her campaign in New Jersey’s 7th Congressional District. Dr. Shah has spent her career fighting for her patients' lives in the ICU and working to find solutions to improve patient outcomes in both the private sector and at the highest levels of government. This is the first endorsement from a Member of Congress in the race to flip the 7th District. “I’m proud to endorse Dr. Tina Shah for Congress in New Jersey’s 7th District,” said Kansas Congresswoman Sharice Davids. “Tina has spent her career showing up for people — whether it’s at the bedside as a physician or advocating for smarter healthcare policy. She knows how to take on tough challenges, bring people together, and get things done. I know she’ll be a strong voice in Congress for working families — just like she’s always been.” “I’m proud to have earned the support of Congresswoman Davids,” Shah said. “Congresswoman Davids has consistently stood up for her constituents and all Americans to address rising costs and increase healthcare access. I’ve dedicated my career to doing the same for my patients and my community, and I look forward to joining her in Congress to continue the work.” About Dr. Tina Shah:Dr. Tina Shah is an intensive care doctor who has spent her career fighting for her patients and to improve the quality of care in New Jersey and across the country. A triple board-certified physician, Tina has cared for patients at their most vulnerable and seen firsthand how rising costs, insurance denials, and political dysfunction put lives at risk. Instead of accepting the broken healthcare system, Tina got to work to fix it from both the public and private sectors. She served under three presidential administrations, developing innovative strategies to expand access to healthcare to veterans and leading the first federal plan to combat the burnout that drove doctors and nurses out of the field. In New Jersey, she successfully fought for legislation that stopped insurance companies from denying care. As Chief Medical Officer of an AI company, she also led efforts to cut red tape for doctors and nurses, freeing them to focus on patients and outcomes instead of paperwork. Today, Tina is running for Congress to restore sanity and science in Washington and deliver the stable, compassionate leadership New Jersey’s 7th District deserves.To learn more about Tina and join the campaign, visit <a href="http://www.drtinashahforcongress.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">www.drtinashahforcongress.com</a>.&nbsp;###

Rep. Sharice Davids endorses Dr. Tina Shah for Congress

Dr. Tina Shah Secures First Congressional Endorsement in NJ-07

Tina Shah, a practicing physician and former Obama and Biden administration appointee, today announced she would seek the Democratic nomination for Congress in New Jersey’s 7th district in a bid to unseat two-term Rep. Thomas Kean, Jr. (R-Westfield) in one of the most competitive districts in the nation.“I’m running for Congress because America is in critical condition and enough is enough,” Shah said.&nbsp; “As a physician I took an oath to first do no harm, but when I go to work in the Intensive Care Unit, I’m up against a system that is designed to make patients broke and sicker, prioritize insurance companies’ profits above all else, and burn out a workforce trying to save lives.”Shah joins a large field of Democrats who want to take on Kean: former U.S. Navy helicopter pilot <a href="https://newjerseyglobe.com/congress/rebecca-bennett-ex-navy-helicopter-pilot-will-run-against-kean-in-nj-7/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Rebecca Bennett</a>; former Biden administration official <a href="https://newjerseyglobe.com/congress/michael-roth-ex-small-business-administration-leader-makes-nj-7-campaign-official/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Michael Roth</a>; businessman <a href="https://newjerseyglobe.com/congress/brian-varela-adds-his-name-to-growing-dem-field-in-nj-7/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Brian Varela</a>; and former Summit Councilman <a href="https://newjerseyglobe.com/congress/greg-vartan-launches-second-campaign-for-7th-congressional-district/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Greg Vartan</a>.Former Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-Ringoes), now the Hunterdon County Democratic chairman, will not seek a rematch with Kean, who ousted him in 2022.&nbsp; Instead, he is <a href="https://newjerseyglobe.com/congress/malinowski-would-of-course-be-interested-in-nj-11-campaign-if-sherrill-is-elected-governor/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">eyeing a run in the next-door 11th district</a> next year if Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-Montclair) is elected governor.Her campaign begins at the start of the third fundraising quarter, giving her three months to show her ability to raise money as Democrats mull who they want to take on Kean in a district that voted for Joe Biden in 2020 and <a href="https://newjerseyglobe.com/fr/trump-seems-to-have-won-the-swingy-7th-district-and-tom-kean-jr-did-even-better/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">narrowly for Donald Trump</a> in 2024.“We’re in an unprecedented time.&nbsp; We’ve gutted medical research.&nbsp; We’ve gutted things that keep people alive,” Shah told the New Jersey Globe.&nbsp; “I’m a doctor and I’m going to prosecute the case against Tom Kean, Jr.&nbsp; No one else can do this.”She tagged Kean as a career politician, claiming he’s failed to lower healthcare costs or expand access to care.“Instead, he’s dodging his constituents while casting the deciding vote to gut Medicaid and attacking access to essential care, including abortion, in New Jersey,” she said.She told a story of a recent emergency room patient who had a life-threatening abscess in his spinal cord that she needed to remove.&nbsp; Shah said he was homeless and would require months of care that Medicaid would pay for.“It’s hitting home very hard for me,” Shah said.&nbsp; “No one deserves to go into debt.”A New Jersey native, Shah is triple board-certified in internal medicine, pulmonology, and critical care medicine, practicing at RWJ Barnabas Health, and often appears on national television as a healthcare expert. &nbsp;Four years ago, she became a senior advisor to the U.S. Surgeon General and developed a national strategy to address worker burnout and departures in health care in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.During the Obama administration, Shah served as a White House Fellow and a special advisor to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, becoming the first director of Clinician Wellbeing.Shah slammed Kean for supporting Trump and Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., “who, with no medical training, are actively gutting lifesaving medical research and putting vaccine deniers in charge of our vaccine system.”“If we keep going down this road, there’s only one outcome: people will get hurt. What we do next is critical,” Shah stated.&nbsp; “I’m running for Congress to fix what is fundamentally broken and stand up for my patients, my neighbors, my community, and New Jersey.”Shah has already assembled a campaign team and secured financial and community support.Her strategist is Mollie Binotto, who ran Sherrill’s first congressional campaign in 2018 when she flipped a seat that had been in Republican hands for 34 years.&nbsp; Binotto managed Gov. Phil Murphy’s 2021 re-election bid and worked on Herb Conaway’s 2024 House race.Rachel Berlowe Binder will be Shah’s campaign manager.&nbsp; She has run congressional and local races in Pennsylvania, as well as on campaigns in New York, Michigan, Iowa, and North Carolina.Shah received a medical degree from Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University and a master’s degree in public health from Harvard University.&nbsp; She also served as chief medical officer of an AI company that “cut red tape for doctors and nurses, freeing them to focus on patients and outcomes instead of paperwork.”Kean, the son of former Gov. Thomas H. Kean, served as minority leader of the New Jersey State Senate before he unseated Malinowski in 2022 by three percentage points.&nbsp; He held the seat by five points in 2024.“My goal is to demonstrate that I am the right candidate, and I intend to outperform everybody on day one,” she said. &nbsp;“People know I can beat Kean.”

Physician Tina Shah, who served in Obama and Biden administrations, will challenge Kean in NJ-7

"For New Jersey’s Tina Shah, an ICU physician now running for the U.S. House of Representatives, the push was the Trump administration’s approach to health care: She told me that she now regularly encounters patients who can’t afford medication or who are being denied coverage for important procedures."

The Epidemiologists Are Running for Office

Tina will stand up to anyone who attacks our freedoms by:&nbsp;<ul><li>Reversing Trump’s dismantling of federal employee union protections, supporting unions and OSHA requirements across the country to keep our workers safe, demanding that he make the NLRB functional by appointing enough members.</li><li>Protecting voting rights for all Americans by passing the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and opposing efforts to make it more difficult to vote.</li><li>Defending the rights of the LBGTQ+ people to live their lives openly, safely, and free from discrimination.</li><li>Stopping the mass firings of hardworking, dedicated government employees by upholding civil service protections.</li></ul>

All New Jerseyans deserve to realize our Constitutional rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

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In New Jersey, critical-care physician Dr. Tina Shah said the combination of Kennedy’s appointment and rising medical costs pushed her to run for Congress and try to flip a competitive seat currently held by GOP Rep. Tom Kean. She says she is seeing more patients skip procedures or drain savings to pay medical bills.“Trump and RFK have zero years of medical education. I have 14,” Shah said. “What they’re doing is outrageous.”

RFK Jr.’s Rise Drives Democratic Doctors to Run for Congress

Tina will protect our seniors by:<ul><li>Ensuring Medicare remains fully funded, and simplifying the process for seniors so they don’t have to manage their care across multiple programs and coverage providers.</li><li>Stopping insurance companies from using misleading advertising and offering Medicare Advantage plans that restrict access to care and cost seniors more money</li><li>Reversing Trump’s cuts to Medicaid that reduced retroactive coverage and made it harder to afford nursing home care for seniors and their families.</li><li>Protecting Social Security from cuts and privatization, and ensuring payments keep up with the cost of living and inflation so that seniors can maintain a quality standard of living throughout their golden years.</li></ul>

Senior citizens face even more acute concerns about affordability, retirement, access to healthcare, given this administration’s constant threats to Social Security and Medicare. Our seniors deserve to retire with dignity, and families deserve support when they are caring for aging loved ones.

Ensure Dignity for Our Seniors

Tina will work to reduce crime, prevent gun violence, and protect our community by: <ul><li>Banning assault weapons – weapons of war – from civilian use. We need common sense reform, not “thoughts and prayers.”</li><li>Restoring funding that Trump’s Department of Justice cut from community policing, training, victims’ services, and violence intervention programs.</li><li>Investing in mental health services so that individuals in crisis can get the care they need.</li><li>Mandating that ICE and other law enforcement officials show their identity unmasked and provide their name and badge.</li><li>Promoting programs for parole officers to mentor nonviolent youth offenders; these programs have saved our children, saved taxpayer dollars, and reduced crime across America.</li></ul>

Every New Jerseyan should feel safe in their school, workplace, place of worship, and community. The Trump Administration has cut funding for community policing, leaving New Jersey to scramble for stopgaps to keep us safe.

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Physician who worked for Obama and Biden joined race to challenge Republican Tom Kean yesterday.

NJ Globe: Tina Shah raises massive $260,000 in first day as a NJ-7 candidate

Westfield, NJ — In response to Tom Kean Jr.'s vote on Trump's budget reconciliation bill, Dr. Tina Shah released the following statement:"I'm furious that Tom Kean Jr. voted to cut Medicaid and healthcare access so he could give billionaires tax breaks. As an ICU physician, I've had countless patients saved because they could access care. Kean Jr. is heartlessly taking that away from my patients, our neighbors, and the most vulnerable in our community. Enough is enough – New Jersey deserves a doctor in Congress who will fight to protect care."&nbsp; About Dr. Tina Shah Dr. Tina Shah is an intensive care doctor who has spent her career fighting for her patients and to improve the quality of care in New Jersey and across the country. A triple board-certified physician, Tina has cared for patients at their most vulnerable and seen firsthand how rising costs, insurance denials, and political dysfunction put lives at risk. Instead of accepting the broken healthcare system, Tina got to work to fix it from both the public and private sectors. She served under three presidential administrations, developing innovative strategies to expand access to healthcare to veterans and leading the first federal plan to combat the burnout that drove doctors and nurses out of the field. In New Jersey, she successfully fought for legislation that stopped insurance companies from denying care. As Chief Medical Officer of an AI company, she also led efforts to cut red tape for doctors and nurses, freeing them to focus on patients and outcomes instead of paperwork. Today, Tina is running for Congress to restore sanity and science in Washington and deliver the stable, compassionate leadership New Jersey’s 7th District deserves.To learn more about Tina and join the campaign, visit <a href="http://www.drtinashahforcongress.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">www.drtinashahforcongress.com</a>.&nbsp;###

Dr. Tina Shah Responds to Tom Kean Jr.’s Vote to Take Healthcare Away from New Jersey Families

Westfield, NJ — Today, Congressman Dave Min (CA-47) announced his endorsement of Dr. Tina Shah in her campaign for New Jersey’s 7th Congressional District.&nbsp; “I am excited to endorse Dr. Tina Shah for Congress in New Jersey’s 7th District," said Congressman Dave Min (CA-47). Tina’s experience taking care of patients on the frontlines in the ICU and working to deliver affordable and accessible healthcare will serve New Jersey and our whole country well. Like me, she is the child of Asian immigrants, and so she knows firsthand the importance of standing up for our core values and building the economic opportunity that defines the American Dream. She is exactly the kind of fighter we need in Congress right now.” “I’m grateful to have Congressman Min’s support,” Shah said. “He’s proven that he knows how to win tough races and deliver for his community. I’m excited to flip this seat with his support and join in the work to ensure the American Dream is accessible to all.” Momentum continues to build behind Dr. Shah, who has spent her career fighting for her patients' lives in the ICU and advancing real solutions to improve patient outcomes in the private sector and at the highest levels of government. Today’s endorsement marks Shah’s second Congressional endorsement of the week, in addition to earlier support from ASPIRE PAC, the campaign arm of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, and Congresswoman Sharice Davids (KS-03). About Dr. Tina Shah:Dr. Tina Shah is an intensive care doctor who has spent her career fighting for her patients and to improve the quality of care in New Jersey and across the country. A triple board-certified physician, Tina has cared for patients at their most vulnerable and seen firsthand how rising costs, insurance denials, and political dysfunction put lives at risk. Instead of accepting the broken healthcare system, Tina got to work to fix it from both the public and private sectors. She served under three presidential administrations, developing innovative strategies to expand access to healthcare to veterans and leading the first federal plan to combat the burnout that drove doctors and nurses out of the field. In New Jersey, she successfully fought for legislation that stopped insurance companies from denying care. As Chief Medical Officer of an AI company, she also led efforts to cut red tape for doctors and nurses, freeing them to focus on patients and outcomes instead of paperwork. Today, Tina is running for Congress to restore sanity and science in Washington and deliver the stable, compassionate leadership New Jersey’s 7th District deserves. To learn more about Tina and join the campaign, visit <a href="http://www.drtinashahforcongress.com">www.drtinashahforcongress.com</a>.&nbsp; ###

Congressman Dave Min Endorses Tina Shah

Tina Shah is the newest entrant to 2026’s $1-million-raised club.Shah, one of eight Democrats competing to take on Rep. Tom Kean Jr. (R-Westfield) in New Jersey’s 7th congressional district, announced today that she has raised an enormous $1,017,000 since launching her campaign in July. Shah had <a href="https://newjerseyglobe.com/congress/tina-shah-raises-more-than-600k-in-three-months-putting-her-in-top-tier-of-nj-7-contenders/">raised $604,000</a> in the 3rd quarter – still the largest non-self-funded quarter of any Democrat in the race – and followed that up with a $413,000 4th quarter.“I am so proud of the support our campaign has earned,” Shah, a physician who held roles in the Obama and Biden administrations, said in a statement. “New Jerseyans are demanding leaders who will put patients over industry profits. Our campaign is fighting to serve hardworking families, not Donald Trump’s billionaire buddies or special interests, and that’s why I will flip NJ-07 in November.”

Shah, one of eight Democrats competing to take on Rep. Tom Kean Jr. (R-Westfield) in New Jersey’s 7th congressional district, announced today that she has raised an enormous $1,017,000 since launching her campaign in July. Shah had <a href="https://newjerseyglobe.com/congress/tina-shah-raises-more-than-600k-in-three-months-putting-her-in-top-tier-of-nj-7-contenders/">raised $604,000</a> in the 3rd quarter – still the largest non-self-funded quarter of any Democrat in the race – and followed that up with a $413,000 4th quarter.

Shah’s NJ-7 campaign hits $1 million raised

Tina will advocate for our kids by: <ul><li>Investing in our public schools and educators so every kid can receive a high-quality education that prepares them for the real world.</li><li>Making sure our kids can learn without the threat of gun violence at school.</li><li>Restoring funding and oversight authority to the Department of Education to protect all students, particularly students with disabilities.</li><li>Reversing Trump’s Department of Education decision to stop counting critical, skilled professions like nursing, social work, and education as professional degrees, so that these students can receive loans up to the full cost of their education.</li><li>Working to lower the costs of higher education so that you don’t have to go broke, deal with predatory lenders, or dip into retirement savings to afford it.</li><li>Ensuring there’s a student loan forgiveness plan for our public school teachers so more young people can enter the profession.</li></ul>

Our country’s future depends on supporting our children. Tina believes in the next generation and will invest in their success. Tina was fortunate to receive a world-class public education here in New Jersey, and believes that every kid deserves the same.

Invest in Education

In Congress, Tina will fight for: <ul><li>Restoring the Affordable Care Act premium tax credits to lower health insurance premium costs.</li><li>Reversing Trump’s Medicaid cuts to restore access to healthcare for those who need it most, including mothers, children, and seniors.&nbsp;</li><li>Protecting us from insurance companies who focus on profits over people: passing prior authorization reform to end the ability of insurance companies to deny or delay tests and treatment and stopping insurers from using AI tools to find new ways to deny medical care.</li><li>Holding RFK Jr. accountable for his deadly and unscientific policies, particularly on vaccines, which put our children at risk and will ultimately cost lives.</li><li>Capping out-of-pocket costs on drugs, office visits, ER visits, and non-elective surgeries.</li><li>Lowering prescription drug costs and expanding Medicare prescription drug negotiations for everyone.</li><li>Implementing strategies to keep doctors and nurses in the workforce and grow the pool of qualified healthcare professionals, so that we have people to care for us when we need them most.</li><li>Restoring funding to the CDC and NIH to keep us safer from disease, improve public health, and continue groundbreaking medical research.</li></ul>

Our healthcare system is in critical condition, and now the Trump Administration is making it even worse. Medication is too expensive, insurance companies delay or deny care, and doctors offices have long wait times. And, Trump and Tom Kean Jr.’s actions have kicked hundreds of thousands of New Jerseyans off Medicaid, which will leave many in our community without healthcare and overcrowd our ERs. As a physician, Tina has seen the consequences of our broken system daily — and she’s already changed our system here in New Jersey. In 2024, Tina played a key role in passing a New Jersey law that protects patients from their NJ-based insurance company denying essential medical care.

Fix Healthcare, Save Lives

Tina will demand accountability and transparency from our government. Her plans include: <ul><li>Fighting back against Trump’s repeated violations of the U.S. Constitution – and using the House’s oversight powers to investigate the full range of Trump and his family’s efforts to enrich themselves using the office of the presidency, including crypto schemes and international business deals.</li><li>Reforming campaign finance and overturning Citizens United; everyday New Jerseyans deserve to have their voices heard rather than drowned out by billionaire special interests.</li><li>Banning stock trading by members of Congress and executive branch officials.</li><li>Providing oversight to the Department of Justice and enforcing anti-corruption laws to properly investigate any improper action by the Trump Administration.&nbsp;</li><li>Strengthening the offices designed to protect against corruption in the executive branch, including the Office of Government Ethics.</li></ul>

America is in critical condition. Our president is openly for sale and Tom Kean Jr. keeps siding with billionaires and special interests instead of New Jersey families.

End Government Corruption

Westfield, NJ — Today, practicing physician Dr. Tina Shah announced that she has raised $260,328 in the first 24 hours since launching her campaign for Congress in New Jersey’s 7th Congressional District. Dr. Shah’s impressive 24 hour fundraising haul is the highest in her race to date and one of the strongest numbers posted of any challenger campaign across the entire country. This shows she will secure the support and resources needed to take on vulnerable Republican incumbent Tom Kean Jr. next November. “I’m humbled by the outpouring of support our campaign has received in our first 24 hours – it’s a sign that New Jerseyans are hungry for change and ready to elect someone who will work to lower costs and expand access to healthcare,” said Dr. Shah. “While Congressman Tom Kean Jr. votes to cut Medicaid in Washington, I’ve dedicated my entire life to serving my patients and my community. That contrast is why voters are responding so strongly to my campaign, and it’s why we are going to flip this seat next November.” Race raters agree that Kean Jr. is highly vulnerable: The <a href="https://centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/2026-house/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Center for Politics</a> rates NJ-07 as one of the only “toss-up” congressional races in the country. Additionally, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has included Tom Kean Jr. in their 2026 “<a href="https://dccc.org/dccc-announces-2026-districts-in-play/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Districts in Play</a>” list.&nbsp; About Dr. Tina Shah:Dr. Tina Shah is an intensive care doctor who has spent her career fighting for her patients and to improve the quality of care in New Jersey and across the country. A triple board-certified physician, Tina has cared for patients at their most vulnerable and seen firsthand how rising costs, insurance denials, and political dysfunction put lives at risk. Instead of accepting the broken healthcare system, Tina got to work to fix it from both the public and private sectors. She served under three presidential administrations, developing innovative strategies to expand access to healthcare to veterans and leading the first federal plan to combat the burnout that drove doctors and nurses out of the field. In New Jersey, she successfully fought for legislation that stopped insurance companies from denying care. As Chief Medical Officer of an AI company, she also led efforts to cut red tape for doctors and nurses, freeing them to focus on patients and outcomes instead of paperwork. Today, Tina is running for Congress to restore sanity and science in Washington and deliver the stable, compassionate leadership New Jersey’s 7th District deserves.To learn more about Tina and join the campaign, visit <a href="http://www.drtinashahforcongress.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">www.drtinashahforcongress.com</a>.&nbsp; ###

Dr. Shah’s strong fundraising haul demonstrates she has the support and resources needed to defeat Republican incumbent Tom Kean Jr.

Dr. Tina Shah Raises More Than $260,000 in First 24 Hours Since Launching Campaign for Congress in NJ-07

Shah: “America is in critical condition. Enough is enough.”Westfield, NJ — Today, practicing physician Dr. Tina Shah is stepping up to run for Congress in New Jersey’s 7th Congressional District to put insurance companies and career politicians like Republican incumbent Tom Kean Jr. on notice that it is time to fix what is broken in our healthcare system and in Washington. “I’m running for Congress because America is in critical condition and enough is enough,” said Dr. Shah, a New Jersey native. “As a physician I took an oath to first do no harm, but when I go to work in the Intensive Care Unit, I’m up against a system that is designed to make patients broke and sicker, prioritize insurance companies’ profits above all else, and burn out a workforce trying to save lives. Meanwhile, career politicians like Tom Kean Jr. are doing nothing to lower healthcare costs or expand access to care. Instead, he’s dodging his constituents while casting the deciding vote to gut Medicaid and attacking access to essential care, including abortion, in New Jersey. Dr. Shah continued: “Kean Jr. also supports Donald Trump and RFK Jr. who, with no medical training, are actively gutting lifesaving medical research and putting vaccine deniers in charge of our vaccine system. If we keep going down this road, there’s only one outcome: people will get hurt. What we do next is critical. I’m running for Congress to fix what is fundamentally broken and stand up for my patients, my neighbors, my community, and New Jersey.” Dr. Shah grew up in New Jersey and is a practicing physician triple board-certified in internal medicine, pulmonary medicine, and critical care medicine. She has spent her career fighting for her patients' lives in the ICU and working to find solutions to improve patient outcomes in both the private sector and at the highest levels of government.&nbsp; Now, she is running for Congress because New Jerseyans are paying too high a price for the failures of systems meant to serve them. Dr. Shah is challenging Republican incumbent Tom Kean Jr., who just cast the deciding vote in Congress for the largest cuts to Medicaid in history – all to fund more tax cuts for billionaires. Race raters agree that Kean Jr. is highly vulnerable: The <a href="https://centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/2026-house/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Center for Politics</a> rates NJ-07 as one of the only “toss-up” congressional races in the country. Additionally, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has included Tom Kean Jr. in their 2026 “<a href="https://dccc.org/dccc-announces-2026-districts-in-play/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Districts in Play</a>” list. About Dr. Tina Shah:Dr. Tina Shah is an intensive care doctor who has spent her career fighting for her patients and to improve the quality of care in New Jersey and across the country. A triple board-certified physician, Tina has cared for patients at their most vulnerable and seen firsthand how rising costs, insurance denials, and political dysfunction put lives at risk. Instead of accepting the broken healthcare system, Tina got to work to fix it from both the public and private sectors. She served under three presidential administrations, developing innovative strategies to expand access to healthcare to veterans and leading the first federal plan to combat the burnout that drove doctors and nurses out of the field. In New Jersey, she successfully fought for legislation that stopped insurance companies from denying care. As Chief Medical Officer of an AI company, she also led efforts to cut red tape for doctors and nurses, freeing them to focus on patients and outcomes instead of paperwork. Today, Tina is running for Congress to restore sanity and science in Washington and deliver the stable, compassionate leadership New Jersey’s 7th District deserves.To learn more about Tina and join the campaign, visit <a href="http://www.drtinashahforcongress.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">www.drtinashahforcongress.com</a>.&nbsp;###

Shah: “America is in critical condition. Enough is enough.”

Dr. Tina Shah Announces Bid For New Jersey’s 7th Congressional District

Westfield, NJ — Today, Congressman Ami Bera (CA-06), a founding member of the Congressional Doctors Caucus, announced his endorsement of Dr. Tina Shah in her campaign for New Jersey’s 7th Congressional District.&nbsp; “I am proud to endorse Dr. Tina Shah for Congress in New Jersey’s 7th District,” said Congressman Ami Bera (CA-06). “As a fellow physician, I know she understands the healthcare crisis – and will bring real-world tested solutions to lower costs and make it easier for every New Jerseyan and American to get quality healthcare. I look forward to welcoming her to the Congressional Doctors Caucus.”&nbsp;&nbsp; “I’m honored to have Congressman Bera’s support,” Shah said. “As a physician and a national leader on healthcare policy, Congressman Bera understands exactly what’s at stake for families as Trump, RFK Jr, and Congressional Republicans gut our healthcare. I look forward to joining Congressman Bera in the Congressional Doctors Caucus to continue my life’s work of increasing access to high-quality, affordable healthcare.” About Dr. Tina Shah:Dr. Tina Shah is an intensive care doctor who has spent her career fighting for her patients and to improve the quality of care in New Jersey and across the country. A triple board-certified physician, Tina has cared for patients at their most vulnerable and seen firsthand how rising costs, insurance denials, and political dysfunction put lives at risk. Instead of accepting the broken healthcare system, Tina got to work to fix it from both the public and private sectors. She served under three presidential administrations, developing innovative strategies to expand access to healthcare to veterans and leading the first federal plan to combat the burnout that drove doctors and nurses out of the field. In New Jersey, she successfully fought for legislation that stopped insurance companies from denying care. As Chief Medical Officer of an AI company, she also led efforts to cut red tape for doctors and nurses, freeing them to focus on patients and outcomes instead of paperwork. Today, Tina is running for Congress to restore sanity and science in Washington and deliver the stable, compassionate leadership New Jersey’s 7th District deserves. To learn more about Tina and join the campaign, visit <a href="http://www.drtinashahforcongress.com">www.drtinashahforcongress.com</a>.&nbsp; ###

Congressman Ami Bera, a founding member of the Congressional Doctors Caucus, announced his endorsement of Dr. Tina Shah in her campaign for New Jersey’s 7th Congressional District.&nbsp;