2026 candidate · follow the money
Who funds Verlina Reynolds-Jackson?
The money.
- Raised
- $365K
- Spent
- $365K
- Cash on hand
- $0
- Individuals 82% $297K
- PACs & other committees 12% $44K
- Candidate's own money & loans 5% $18K
- Other receipts 2% $6,000
Campaign totals through Sep 30, 2026.
Outside groups: $20K supporting · $0 opposing
Biggest spenders supporting
Largest direct PAC contributions
- CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS $5,000
- REVENUE BASED FINANCE COALITION, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
- AMERICAN OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $3,500
- INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
- NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
Who gave.
Who gives $297K from individuals
19% in small-dollar gifts
$57K of $297K came unitemized: from donors whose gifts to the campaign this cycle total $200 or less, whom the campaign does not have to name.
86% from New Jersey · 14% from elsewhere
Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.
84% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.
Top states
- New Jersey $201K
- Pennsylvania $9,680
- Maryland $4,750
- Georgia $4,375
- Alabama $2,605
- District of Columbia $2,000
- Texas $2,000
- New York $1,800
Top employers named by donors
- KEAN UNIVERSITY $6,600
- CITY OF TRENTON $6,075
- STATE OF NEW JERSEY $1,830
- RUTGERS $1,600
- THOMAS EDISON STATE UNIVERSITY $1,400
- STATE OF NJ $1,300
- TRENTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS $1,150
- TRENTON BOARD OF EDUCATION $1,000
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: $75K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $138K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.
Summary through Sep 30, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Dec 3, 2025 to Jun 15, 2026, net of refunds (563 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: $20K for / $0 against · $0 in the final two weeks
Source: FEC regular reports. The final two weeks run Oct 21, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026, by the date each ad or mailing went out.
What it bought, per the late reports
- Digital ads 100% $20K
Largest late spenders for
Latest dissemination on these reports: May 26, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (1 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 $358K in itemized spending
- Advertising & outreach 38% $136K
- Consultants & strategy 15% $53K
- Fundraising & processing fees 13% $47K
- Polling, research & data 18% $64K
- Travel, meals & events 4% $14K
- Office, technology & overhead 0.3% $967
- Legal & compliance 12% $43K
Largest payees
- VIEWPOINT MEDIA LLC $76K
- TARGETSMART COMMUNICATIONS $44K
- MBA CONSULTING GROUP INC. $41K
- JAFRI STRATEGIES LLC $38K
- SENA KOZAR STRATEGIES $33K
Paid to individuals: $18K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.
Payments dated Dec 8, 2025 to Sep 28, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (106 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
- Brad CohenDemocrat · $867K raised · $60K 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
- 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.