New Jersey U.S. House District 5

The count.

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Side by side.

Raised excludes transfers between a candidate's own committees. Shares are of that total. Filings appear in order of money raised; this includes primary candidates who are no longer running.

Who spent from outside.

The largest independent spenders in this race, summed from each candidate's five largest spenders on each side.

• RNJ 2 SAVE AMERICA T/A RNJ 2 SASuper PAC$8,005 for Sean Joseph Kirrane

Each campaign.

• Josh GottheimerFEC filing: Josh Gottheimer · H6NJ05171 ↗

  Sitting member of Congress · Josh Gottheimer

  In the U.S. House (NJ-5) since 2017 · current term ends Jan 3, 2027

  • Recorded yea or nay on 22 of the 24 key House floor votes captured in Hugin's snapshot
  • 2 committees: Financial Services, Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence · 5 subcommittees
  • 267 committees reported contributions to them this cycle

  Linked to this filing by its exact FEC candidate ID (H6NJ05171) in the congress-legislators roster of Oct 21, 2026. Votes are one key floor vote per bill on bills named in contractor lobbying reports (Oct 29, 2026); committee seats are the roster as of Oct 24, 2026; money counts are FEC reports for 2026 as of Oct 24, 2026. These are what Hugin's snapshots captured, not complete records, and none of them is a score or evidence of motive.

  Raised

  $5.5M

  Spent

  $13M

  Cash on hand

  $14M

  • Individuals 64% $3.5M
  • PACs & other committees 23% $1.2M
  • Other receipts 13% $720K

  Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026. Excludes $314K moved between the candidate's own committees.

  No independent expenditures for or against this filing are itemized in the bulk file.

  Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEMembership group PAC $76K
  2. CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERSUnion PAC · United Brotherhood Of Carpenters And Joiners Of America $10K
  3. MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERSUnion PAC · International Association Of Machinists And Aerospace Workers $10K

  Where the money went $814K in itemized spending

  These itemized payments cover $814K of the $13M 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 5% $39K
  • Consultants & strategy 2% $17K
  • Staff & payroll 2% $16K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 27% $220K
  • Polling, research & data 0.4% $3,000
  • Travel, meals & events 3% $21K
  • Office, technology & overhead 41% $337K
  • Legal & compliance 0.3% $2,073
  • Other or unclassified 19% $158K

  Largest payees

  1. INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE $301K
  2. AMERICAN EXPRESS $156K
  3. THE FROST GROUP $87K
  4. DEMOCRACY ENGINE, LLC $63K
  5. FIRST DATA MERCHANT SERVICES $58K

  Paid to individuals: $13K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

  Payments dated Jan 2, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (426 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.

• Mary Jo-Ann GuinchardFEC filing: Mary Jo-Ann Guinchard · H4NJ05150 ↗

  Raised

  $118K

  Spent

  $120K

  Cash on hand

  $0

  • Individuals 15% $17K
  • Candidate's own money & loans 85% $101K
  • Other receipts <0.1% $31

  Campaign totals through May 1, 2026.

  No independent expenditures for or against this filing are itemized in the bulk file.

  Where the money went $48K in itemized spending

  These itemized payments cover $48K of the $120K the campaign reported spending through May 1, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to May 1, 2026.

  • Advertising & outreach 49% $24K
  • Consultants & strategy 22% $11K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 21% $10K
  • Legal & compliance 8% $3,650

  Largest payees

  1. TARGETED VICTORY LLC $13K
  2. PT STRATEGY LLC $11K
  3. HSP DIRECT $9,536
  4. MAILTRACK SOLUTIONS LLC $4,345
  5. ONPOINT DATA STRATEGY LLC $3,703

  Payments dated Jan 3, 2025 to May 1, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (23 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.

• Sean Joseph KirraneFEC filing: Sean Joseph Kirrane · H6NJ05221 ↗

  Raised

  $104K

  Spent

  $104K

  Cash on hand

  $196

  Debts

  $81K

  • Individuals 46% $47K
  • Candidate's own money & loans 54% $56K

  Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026.

  Outside groups: $8,005 supporting · $0 opposing

  Biggest spenders supporting

  1. RNJ 2 SAVE AMERICA T/A RNJ 2 SASuper PAC $8,005

  Where the money went $47K in itemized spending

  These itemized payments cover $47K of the $104K 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 4% $1,950
  • Consultants & strategy 41% $19K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 38% $18K
  • Travel, meals & events 3% $1,554
  • Office, technology & overhead 9% $4,272
  • Contributions, transfers & refunds 0.1% $40
  • Other or unclassified 5% $2,299

  Largest payees

  1. LEXI BUTLER CONSULTING $17K
  2. BANK OF AMERICA $3,629
  3. AMERICAN EXPRESS $2,299
  4. COLD SPARK MEDIA $1,786
  5. THE GLEN ROCK INN $1,471

  Paid to individuals: $19K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

  Payments dated Sep 12, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (57 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.

• Chandiha GajapathyFEC filing: Chandiha Gajapathy · H6NJ05239 ↗

  Raised

  $50K

  Spent

  $50K

  Cash on hand

  $0

  • Individuals 100% $50K

  Campaign totals through Nov 23, 2025.

  No independent expenditures for or against this filing are itemized in the bulk file.

  Where the money went $45K in itemized spending

  These itemized payments cover $45K of the $50K the campaign reported spending through Nov 23, 2025. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Oct 21, 2025.

  • Consultants & strategy 79% $35K
  • Polling, research & data 22% $9,595

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

  Payments dated Sep 30, 2025 to Oct 21, 2025, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (3 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.

Also registered for this seat, with no campaign summary or outside spending in the bulk file: Nicholas Gebo, Adam Rueda.