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 over $13M with 62% of his funds coming from small contributions.
Representatives Nellie Pou (NJ-9), LaMonica McIver (NJ-10), and Analilia Mejia (NJ-11), all Democrats, are running for reelection. Pou, who is Latina, has raised over $1.4M. McIver, who is Black, has raised over $1.5M. Mejia, who is Black and Latina, has also raised over $1.4M. About 67% of McIver’s funds come from small contributions – the highest of all the women nominees in New Jersey. Democrat Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) leads the money race of all the incumbents. He has raised over $3.2M. 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 currently serving in the New Jersey delegation.
In NJ-7, which is considered “Toss Up Republican” by The Cook Political Report, Rebecca Bennett (D) leads the money race with over $3.8M. Bennett, who is white, also leads fundraising among all the challenger candidates in New Jersey. The incumbent, Republican Tom Kean, Jr., has raised over $1.9M.
New Jersey’s Democratic women incumbents have a higher average proportion of small contributions than Democratic or Republican men.
Democratic men running as congressional challengers in New Jersey have the highest average proportion of funds from small contributions of the gender and party candidate groups.
This statistic is the average total amount raised to date from individuals (including self-financing).
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.