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Who funds Rebecca Bennett?

New Jersey U.S. House District 7DemocratFiled as challengerFEC H6NJ07201
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The money.

Rebecca BennettFEC filing: Rebecca Bennett · H6NJ07201 ↗
Raised
$8.2M
Spent
$7.7M
Cash on hand
$1.1M
  • Individuals 93% $7.7M
  • PACs & other committees 6% $521K
  • Party committees <0.1% $4,822
  • Candidate's own money & loans <0.1% $327
  • Other receipts 0.3% $28K

Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026. Excludes $538K moved between the candidate's own committees.

Outside groups: $1.4M supporting · $661K opposing ($125K of it designated for the general election)

Biggest spenders supporting

  1. VOTEVETSHybrid PAC (super PAC account)Spent mainly in primaries $1.0M
  2. ARTICLE ONE PACHybrid PAC (super PAC account)Spent mainly in primaries $254K
  3. PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECTHybrid PAC (super PAC account)98% of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans $119K
  4. THOMAS PAINE SOCIETY L.L.C.Filer that is not a political committee91% of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans $4,445
  5. FIELD TEAM 6, INC.Super PAC99% of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans $958

Biggest spenders opposing

  1. REAL CHANGE PACSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $661K

Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. ZINC COLLECTIVE PACHybrid PAC (super PAC account) $11K
  2. VOTEVETSHybrid PAC (super PAC account) $10K
  3. THE NEXT 50 PACHybrid PAC (super PAC account) $10K
  4. CROSSPARTISAN PAC IPAC with no sponsoring organization $10K
  5. PATRIOT PACLeadership PAC of Patrick Ryan $10K

Who gave.

Who gives $7.7M from individuals

18% in small-dollar gifts

$1.4M of $7.7M came unitemized: from donors whose gifts to the campaign this cycle total $200 or less, whom the campaign does not have to name.

The itemized gifts below add up to $3.2M of the $6.3M the campaign reported itemizing through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet processed the rest into its bulk file, which runs to Jun 30, 2026 for this campaign.

45% from New Jersey · 55% from elsewhere

Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.

81% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.

Top states

  1. New Jersey $1.4M
  2. New York $409K
  3. California $354K
  4. Massachusetts $211K
  5. District of Columbia $108K
  6. Pennsylvania $94K
  7. Texas $91K
  8. Virginia $74K

Top employers named by donors

  1. US NAVY $24K
  2. CAPITAL GROUP $23K
  3. JOHNSON & JOHNSON $20K
  4. HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH $11K
  5. GOLDMAN SACHS $8,500
  6. GOOGLE $7,700
  7. MIDI HEALTH $7,159
  8. PRINCETON UNIVERSITY $7,000
  9. UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA $6,100
  10. FBT GIBBONS LLP $4,500

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: $1.7M. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $1.3M, not listed so no one donor is singled out.

Summary through Oct 14, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Jan 29, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, net of refunds (4,963 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: $2.5M for / $5.2M against · $379K in the final two weeks

That is $5.6M more than the $2.1M 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.

$794K of the $7.7M 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 10% $784K
  • Digital ads 9% $687K
  • Ads, medium not stated 59% $4.5M
  • Mail, print & signs 10% $742K
  • Phones & texts 0.9% $68K
  • Canvassing & field 11% $834K
  • Ad production 0.6% $42K
  • Other or unclassified 0.1% $5,646

Largest late spenders for

  1. VOTEVETS $1.0M
  2. PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECT $358K
  3. ARTICLE ONE PAC $254K
  4. THE TURNOUT PROJECT $242K
  5. AB PAC $175K

Largest late spenders against

  1. LAND I LOVE PAC $4.1M
  2. REAL CHANGE PAC $661K
  3. AMERICA PAC $249K
  4. NO GOING BACK PAC INC. $81K
  5. MAGA INC. $39K

Latest dissemination on these reports: November 2, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (765 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 $2.8M in itemized spending

These itemized payments cover $2.8M of the $7.7M the campaign reported spending through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Jun 30, 2026.

  • Advertising & outreach 43% $1.2M
  • Consultants & strategy 15% $429K
  • Staff & payroll 18% $496K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 10% $273K
  • Polling, research & data 4% $113K
  • Travel, meals & events 1% $32K
  • Office, technology & overhead 5% $149K
  • Legal & compliance 2% $62K
  • Other or unclassified 0.9% $26K

Largest payees

  1. GPS IMPACT $666K
  2. GUSTO $473K
  3. SB DIGITAL INC. $444K
  4. THE PIVOT GROUP, INC. $412K
  5. ACTBLUE TECHNICAL SERVICES $125K

Paid to individuals: $45K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

Payments dated Feb 10, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (636 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.

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.