The New Jersey preliminary election on July 7 will challenge several Democrats looking to unseat Republican Congressman Chris Smith for New Jersey's 4th congressional district come November. Former Americorp service member and United Nations staffer Christine Conforti is one Democratic candidate, alongside former U.S. diplomat and lawyer Stephanie Schmid and Red Bank media strategist David Applefield. Republican Alter Eliezer Richter is also running to win the seat.

Conforti, 31, is a leadership coach at Unbounded Lifestyle and school consultant at The Hawn Foundation. She is a former United Nations Global Compact Project Manager and middle school math teacher at Teach for America. She lives in Ocean Grove with her husband Christian.