2026 candidate · follow the money
Who funds Brendan W Gill?
The money.
- Raised
- $1.1M
- Spent
- $1.1M
- Cash on hand
- $8,251
- Debts
- $310K
- Individuals 61% $686K
- PACs & other committees 7% $79K
- Candidate's own money & loans 32% $369K
- Other receipts <0.1% $152
Campaign totals through Sep 30, 2026.
Outside groups: $32K supporting · $0 opposing
Biggest spenders supporting
Largest direct PAC contributions
- CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS $5,000
- UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION ACTIVE BALLOT CLUB $5,000
- UNITE HERE TIP CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE $5,000
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL AND TRANSPORTATION WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION LEAGUE $5,000
- AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES (ACEC/PAC) $5,000
Who gave.
Who gives $686K from individuals
3% in small-dollar gifts
$22K of $686K came unitemized: from donors whose gifts to the campaign this cycle total $200 or less, whom the campaign does not have to name.
89% from New Jersey · 11% from elsewhere
Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.
85% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.
Top states
- New Jersey $537K
- New York $20K
- District of Columbia $16K
- Maryland $7,250
- Florida $6,500
- California $5,500
- Illinois $3,500
- Delaware $1,800
Top employers named by donors
- CALANDRAS $14K
- STATE OF NEW JERSEY $12K
- LOWENSTEIN SANDLER LLP $4,500
- CSG LAW $4,000
- CHIESA SHAHINIAN & GIANTOMASI PC $3,300
- BGR GROUP $3,250
- ESSEX COUNTY $3,000
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: $141K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $419K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.
Summary through Sep 30, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Nov 5, 2025 to Feb 11, 2026, net of refunds (525 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.
No 24- or 48-hour report in the FEC file read November 4, 2026 names Brendan W Gill. The outside spending shown from regular reports is the latest available.
Where it went.
Where the money went $1.1M in itemized spending
- Advertising & outreach 58% $637K
- Consultants & strategy 14% $155K
- Staff & payroll 7% $75K
- Fundraising & processing fees 4% $47K
- Polling, research & data 10% $110K
- Travel, meals & events 0.5% $5,161
- Office, technology & overhead 0.4% $4,778
- Legal & compliance 5% $53K
- Other or unclassified 0.6% $6,854
Largest payees
- GPS IMPACT $600K
- APOLLO MESSAGING & MEDIA $169K
- HONAN STRATEGY GROUP $66K
- NIELSEN MERKSAMER $39K
- GUSTO $30K
Paid to individuals: $55K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.
Payments dated May 27, 2025 to Sep 24, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (102 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.
- Analilia MejiaDemocrat · $2.2M raised · $483K outside
- Tom MalinowskiDemocrat · $1.5M raised · $3.2M outside
- Tahesha WayDemocrat · $849K raised · $2.1M outside
- Joe HathawayRepublican · $838K raised · $183K outside
- Zach BeecherDemocrat · $662K raised · $306K outside
- John BartlettDemocrat · $496K raised
- Jeff GrayzelDemocrat · $485K raised
- Cammie L CroftDemocrat · $382K raised
- Vincent MatriscianoUnaffiliated · $291K raised
- Marc ChaabanDemocrat · $119K raised
- Donald CresitelloDemocrat · $116K raised
- Jean-Louis CauvinDemocrat · $111K 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.