New Jersey will elect one U.S. Senator and twelve members to its U.S. House delegation.
Senator Cory Booker (D) is running for reelection. He has raised $12M for what is considered a “Solid Democratic” seat, according to The Cook Political Report. Sixty-four percent of his funds are from small contributions.
Representative Nellie Pou (NJ-9) and LaMonica McIver (NJ-10), both Democrats, are running for reelection. Pou has raised over $1.2M and McIver nearly $1.2M. About 73% of McIver’s funds come from small contributions. The average raised by the Democratic women running for reelection is higher than the average raised by the Democratic and Republican men. There are no Republican women incumbents currently serving in the New Jersey delegation.
Representative Analilia Mejia (D) won the special election for NJ-11, vacated by Governor Mikie Sherrill (D). Mejia has raised $975,196 for the seat and leads the money race amongst the Democrats. Republican Joe Hathaway has raised $490,781.
The money race in NJ-12, an open seat, is led by Democrat Adam Hamawy; he has raised $537,915. This seat is considered a “Solid Democratic” seat by The Cook Political Report. Of the three Democratic women competing for the seat, Sue Altman has raised the most with $403,340; meanwhile, Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (D) has raised $193,899.
The average amount raised by Democratic women running in open seats is higher than the average amount raised by Democratic men, although more men than women are running.
In NJ-7, which is considered a “Toss Up Republican” by The Cook Political Report, Rebecca Bennett (D) leads the money race with nearly $2.5M; Tina Shah (D) has raised over $1.9M. The incumbent, Republican Tom Kean, Jr., has raised over $1.7M.
This statistic is the average total amount raised to date from individuals (including self-financing).
Overall, Republican non-incumbent men have the highest average proportion of self-financed contributions of the gender and party candidate groups. Republican women running as challengers for the U.S. House from New Jersey have the highest average proportion of small contributions of the gender and party candidate groups.
This statistic is the average amount from self-financing as a proportion of total raised (from individuals including the candidate) by candidate subgroup. Primary challengers to incumbents are excluded.
This statistic is the average amount of contributions $200 or less as a proportion of total raised (excluding self-financed contributions) by candidate subgroup.