New Jersey U.S. House District 9

The count.

Checking the election sources…

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.

• THOMAS PAINE SOCIETY L.L.C.Filer that is not a political committee91% of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans$10K for Nelida Pou
• RNJ 2 SAVE AMERICA T/A RNJ 2 SASuper PAC$264 for Rosemary Pino
• GIVEGREEN UNITED ACTIONSuper PAC$235 for Nelida Pou
• SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTIONSuper PAC$10 for Nelida Pou

Each campaign.

• Nelida PouFEC filing: Nelida Pou · H4NJ09194 ↗

  Sitting member of Congress · Nellie Pou

  In the U.S. House (NJ-9) since 2025 · current term ends Jan 3, 2027

  • Recorded yea or nay on 24 of the 24 key House floor votes captured in Hugin's snapshot
  • 2 committees: Homeland Security, Transportation and Infrastructure · 4 subcommittees
  • 330 committees reported contributions to them this cycle · 2 committees reported outside spending for or against them

  Linked to this filing by its exact FEC candidate ID (H4NJ09194) 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

  $3.0M

  Spent

  $2.2M

  Cash on hand

  $1.1M

  • Individuals 57% $1.7M
  • PACs & other committees 42% $1.2M
  • Party committees 0.2% $6,320
  • Other receipts 0.6% $17K

  Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026. Excludes $159K moved between the candidate's own committees.

  Outside groups: $10K supporting · $0 opposing ($10K of it designated for the general election)

  Biggest spenders supporting

  1. THOMAS PAINE SOCIETY L.L.C.Filer that is not a political committee91% of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans $10K
  2. GIVEGREEN UNITED ACTIONSuper PAC $235
  3. SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTIONSuper PAC $10

  Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. EMILYS LISTPAC with no sponsoring organization $13K
  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 $944K in itemized spending

  These itemized payments cover $944K of the $2.2M 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 10% $90K
  • Consultants & strategy 19% $180K
  • Staff & payroll 20% $191K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 27% $250K
  • Polling, research & data 7% $62K
  • Travel, meals & events 4% $33K
  • Office, technology & overhead 7% $61K
  • Legal & compliance 4% $34K
  • Contributions, transfers & refunds 0.2% $1,775
  • Other or unclassified 4% $41K

  Largest payees

  1. KINETIC STRATEGIES $109K
  2. HM CONSULTING $98K
  3. H & P CONSULTING, LLC $91K
  4. KINETIC STRATEGIES LLC $66K
  5. UNITED STATES TREASURY $48K

  Paid to individuals: $132K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

  Payments dated Jan 1, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (641 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.

• Rosemary PinoFEC filing: Rosemary Pino · H6NJ09264 ↗

  Raised

  $507K

  Spent

  $535K

  Cash on hand

  $13K

  Debts

  $159K

  • Individuals 94% $476K
  • PACs & other committees 2% $11K
  • Other receipts 4% $21K

  Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026. Excludes $42K moved between the candidate's own committees.

  Outside groups: $264 supporting · $0 opposing

  Biggest spenders supporting

  1. RNJ 2 SAVE AMERICA T/A RNJ 2 SASuper PAC $264

  Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. THE GUARDIAN FUNDJoint fundraising committee $10K

  Where the money went $368K in itemized spending

  These itemized payments cover $368K of the $535K 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 18% $66K
  • Consultants & strategy 35% $129K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 39% $143K
  • Travel, meals & events 4% $13K
  • Office, technology & overhead 2% $5,629
  • Legal & compliance 3% $9,475
  • Contributions, transfers & refunds <0.1% $150
  • Other or unclassified 0.1% $550

  Largest payees

  1. TAG LLC $167K
  2. FIRST GENERATION STRATEGIES LLC $46K
  3. DIRECT MAIL FUNDRAISING, LLC $21K
  4. WINRED TECHNICAL SERVICES LLC $17K
  5. PT STRATEGY LLC $14K

  Paid to individuals: $15K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

  Payments dated Jul 14, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (628 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.

• Tiffany BurressFEC filing: Tiffany Burress · H6NJ09280 ↗

  Raised

  $146K

  Spent

  $145K

  Cash on hand

  $815

  Debts

  $34K

  • Individuals 75% $109K
  • PACs & other committees 23% $34K
  • Candidate's own money & loans 2% $3,500

  Campaign totals through Sep 30, 2026.

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

  Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. THE EYE OF THE TIGER POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC of Steve Scalise $5,000
  2. FIRST IN FREEDOM PACLeadership PAC of Richard L. Hudson Jr. $5,000
  3. ELECTING MAJORITY MAKING EFFECTIVE REPUBLICANS PACLeadership PAC of Thomas Earl Emmer Jr. $5,000

  Where the money went $136K in itemized spending

  • Advertising & outreach 18% $25K
  • Consultants & strategy 3% $3,895
  • Staff & payroll 23% $31K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 39% $53K
  • Travel, meals & events 5% $6,286
  • Office, technology & overhead 4% $5,198
  • Legal & compliance 8% $11K
  • Other or unclassified 0.7% $1,001

  Largest payees

  1. TARGETED VICTORY LLC $48K
  2. GOLDFINCH PARTNERS $18K
  3. CAMPAIGN ENGINE GROUP, LLC $6,326
  4. KING MOENCH & COLLINS, LLP $5,436
  5. INDIAN TRAIL CLUB $5,112

  Paid to individuals: $33K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

  Payments dated Jan 22, 2026 to Sep 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (143 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: Jon Carlos Serrano, Samuel Buccola, Terrisa Bukovinac.