About Sam Wang

Sam Wang is a Princeton-based neuroscientist who has lived in central New Jersey for 26 years—and spent decades fighting to fix our broken political system. He founded the Princeton Gerrymandering Project, which has helped combat rigged maps in states across the country, and served as an expert witness in the lawsuit that struck down New Jersey's "county line" ballot system, which locked out new candidates. A former Congressional Science Fellow who advised in both the House and the Senate, Sam knows how Washington works—and how to change it.

Sam is also a leading autism researcher whose work has led to new diagnostic tools helping families get answers faster. He and his wife have raised their family here in NJ-12, where he's mentored hundreds of students and founded Princeton Indivisible and Princeton For All. He's a husband, a father, and the proud owner of three dogs.

Sam is running for Congress to defend science, protect public health, and restore fair elections. As unconstitutional executive actions upend our government and the Supreme Court guts voting rights, Congress needs people who can actually push back on what's happening right now. This moment doesn't need another careful Democrat—it needs a disruptive one who knows how to fight back.

Sam has spent years finding the bugs in our democracy and fixing them, and he knows how to take on broken systems because he's already done it. He'll stand up for the residents of NJ-12 who are demanding their government fight back.