Conaway was born at Saint Francis Medical Center in Trenton on January 30, 1963 to Eva Christine Conaway (née Godard), a nurse at the hospital, and Herb Conaway, Senior, a history teacher at Bordentown Regional High School. He grew up in Bordentown attending high school there.
Conaway graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Princeton University in Politics, received an Doctor of Medicine
Degree from Jefferson Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University and was awarded a Juris Doctor from Rutgers School of Law—Newark. Conaway later served in the United States Air Force Medical Corps from 1992 to 1996, reaching the rank of Captain. He served at McGuire Air Force Base in Burlington County as general medical officer and as assistant director of the primary care clinic.
He continues to practice medicine whilst serving in the legislature.
He specializes in internal medicine and currently serves as director of the internal medicine clinic at Saint Francis Medical Center in Trenton. He formerly worked at Cooper University Hospital and had a practice in Willingboro.
Formerly a resident of Delanco Township, he now lives in Moorestown. Conaway was first elected to the General Assembly from the 7th District in 1997 as the top vote getter.
The same election saw his running mate and second-place finisher, Jack Conners, be seated then removed due to voting machine issues.
Conners was subsequently elected in a 1998 special election and the two served together from the 7th district from that point until 2011 when Conners resigned. He served as the Assembly"s Deputy Speaker from 2002 to 2005. Conaway serves on the Health and Senior Services Committee (as Chair), the State Government Committee (as Vice-Chair) and the Appropriations Committee.
Conaway ran for the United States House of Representatives for New Jersey"s 3rd congressional district in the 2004 elections, losing to Republican Jim Saxton
District 7
Each of the 40 districts in the New Jersey Legislature has one representative in the New Jersey Senate and two members in the New Jersey General Assembly.
The other representatives from the 7th District for the 2014-2015 Legislative Session are:
Senator Diane Allen (R)
Assemblyman Troy Singleton (Doctorate).
He is the only member of the legislature to hold both a medical degree and law degree.
