2026 candidate · follow the money
Who funds Brad Cohen?
The money.
- Raised
- $867K
- Spent
- $867K
- Cash on hand
- $0
- Debts
- $39K
- Individuals 86% $746K
- PACs & other committees 2% $21K
- Candidate's own money & loans 12% $100K
Campaign totals through Aug 31, 2026.
Outside groups: $54K supporting · $6,750 opposing
Biggest spenders supporting
- MIDDLE GROUND $54K
Biggest spenders opposing
Largest direct PAC contributions
Who gave.
Who gives $746K from individuals
4% in small-dollar gifts
$32K of $746K came unitemized: from donors whose gifts to the campaign this cycle total $200 or less, whom the campaign does not have to name.
75% from New Jersey · 25% from elsewhere
Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.
70% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.
Top states
- New Jersey $506K
- New York $68K
- Florida $41K
- Pennsylvania $33K
- California $11K
- Connecticut $10K
- Illinois $2,000
- American Samoa $1,000
Top employers named by donors
- GREEK REAL ESTATE $15K
- AMERICAN SPRAYTECH $11K
- CME ASSOCIATES $11K
- HOTELS UNLIMITED INC $11K
- URG $6,300
- ASTERA $4,500
- ASTERA CANCER CARE $2,250
Employers as donors wrote them on the form. A company listed here did not give this money; people who work there did.
Retired, self-employed, not employed or not given: $220K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $393K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.
Summary through Aug 31, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Nov 14, 2025 to Jun 4, 2026, net of refunds (616 entries). Every itemized contribution on FEC.gov ↗
From the principal campaign committee's FEC reports; joint-fundraising transfers and later reports are not included, and no donor is named here. A contribution is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing.
Outside money in the final weeks.
Outside spending including late reports: $95K for / $6,750 against · $0 in the final two weeks
That is $41K more than the $60K in regular reports alone. Source: FEC regular reports plus 24- and 48-hour reports they do not yet cover. The final two weeks run Oct 21, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026, by the date each ad or mailing went out.
$41K of the $101K on late reports was filed as an estimate. A 24- or 48-hour report is due within a day or two of the spending; the spender's later regular report carries the final cost.
What it bought, per the late reports
- TV, radio & streaming TV 41% $42K
- Digital ads 45% $45K
- Other or unclassified 15% $15K
Largest late spenders for
Largest late spenders against
Latest dissemination on these reports: May 29, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (6 entries). These reports on FEC.gov ↗
Outside spending is, by law, made without coordinating with the candidate and is not the candidate's money. Purposes are grouped from each spender's own description, so the groups are approximate. A dollar figure is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing.
Where it went.
Where the money went $787K in itemized spending
- Advertising & outreach 56% $448K
- Consultants & strategy 27% $214K
- Fundraising & processing fees 4% $30K
- Polling, research & data 8% $60K
- Travel, meals & events 1% $8,333
- Office, technology & overhead 2% $14K
- Legal & compliance 3% $27K
- Other or unclassified net −$13K
Largest payees
- MEDIA FORTITUDE PARTNERS $307K
- COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP, LLC $115K
- GREAT SOCIETY STRATEGIES $63K
- IMPACT RESEARCH, INC. $60K
- COMMONCENTSCONSULTING, LLC $27K
Paid to individuals: $82K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.
Payments dated Nov 23, 2025 to Aug 25, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (162 entries). Every payment on FEC.gov ↗
Grouped by each campaign's own description of the payment, so the groups are approximate. Payments of $200 or less to one payee need not be itemized, detail filed only as memo entries counts under other or unclassified, and spending by the candidate's other committees or by outside groups is not included. A payment is not evidence of a favor or wrongdoing.
Others who filed for this seat.
- Adam HamawyDemocrat · $2.0M raised · $1.9M outside
- Susan Copius AltmanDemocrat · $604K raised · $666K outside
- Samuel S.-H. WangDemocrat · $599K raised · $3,444 outside
- Squire ServanceDemocrat · $566K raised
- Adrian O MappDemocrat · $511K raised
- Jay VaingankarDemocrat · $410K raised
- Verlina Reynolds-JacksonDemocrat · $365K raised · $20K outside
- Shanel Y RobinsonDemocrat · $160K raised · $172K outside
- Sujit SinghDemocrat · $142K raised
- Richard MoralesDemocrat · $125K raised
- Gregg MeleRepublican · $102K raised
- Matthew Mark AdamsDemocrat · $88K raised
Questions worth asking.
Money shows who backed a campaign, not how a person will act. Compare it with what they did and said: their votes or official actions if they have held office, their own statements, and their answers to a finding. Use the same questions for every candidate.
FEC bulk data read November 4, 2026. Campaign totals come from each filing's own FEC summary through its latest processed report. Outside spending is independent expenditures itemized in committee reports in the FEC bulk files, primaries included; late 24- and 48-hour reports, party coordinated spending, communication costs and groups that do not report to the FEC are not included. Outside spending is, by law, made without coordinating with the candidate, and it is not the candidate's money. A contribution or expenditure is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing. This page identifies the filing by its FEC candidate ID; a person can hold more than one filing.