Republican · New Jersey's 9th District · 2026
Rosie Pino
Pino became a mother as a teenager, earned her GED and worked several jobs while completing a finance degree at Rutgers.
Biography
Rosie Pino and her husband, Eric, have a blended family of 11 children, including two adopted from foster care.1 Born in the Bronx to Ecuadorian immigrant parents, she grew up in New Jersey with a single mother.1 She has called Clifton home for more than 30 years.1
A teenage mother and high school dropout, Pino eventually earned her GED and graduated from Rutgers with a degree in finance.1 She worked multiple jobs while studying and supporting her young family.1 After graduating, she became a bank examiner at the U.S. Treasury Department.1
Pino won election to the Clifton Board of Education in 2013 and the City Council in 2018.1 She is a former Democrat who joined the Republican Party before this congressional campaign.2 A cancer survivor, she volunteers with Relay for Life and serves on the Theater League of Clifton board.1 Her public service has also included being a PTO president.1
Her published positions favor health savings accounts, insurance plans sold across state lines, price transparency and coverage protections for people with preexisting conditions.3 She also supports fully funding police and deporting violent criminals who are in the country unlawfully.3 She faces Democratic incumbent Nellie Pou in New Jersey's 9th District, which includes parts of Bergen, Hudson and Passaic counties.4