Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle
Amy Kennedy
- Party
- Democratic
- Running for
- U.S. House · New Jersey District 2
- Filing address
- Brigantine, NJ (city and state on the FEC filing)
- FEC filing name
- KENNEDY, AMY
- Next election
- Primary July 7, 2020 · General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
New Jersey, District 2
FEC candidate ID H0NJ02171 · Principal campaign committee: AMY KENNEDY FOR CONGRESS
Total raised$5,048,012.05
Total spent$5,042,549.44
Cash on hand$5,462.61
Debts owed by the campaign$351,367.22
Loans from the candidate$500,000.00
2019–2020 cycle totals through December 31, 2020, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.
Where the money comes from
- Individual contributions$3,661,622.3573%
- PACs and other committees$572,743.7611%
- Party committees$5,000.000%
- Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$500,000.0010%
- Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$270,284.885%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$38,361.061%
Self-funding: $500,000.00 (10% of money raised): $0.00 given and $500,000.00 lent by the candidate.
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.
PAC and committee contributors
183 committees reported giving $539,051.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through December 29, 2024. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.
- COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA-COPE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL AND TRANSPORTATION WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION LEAGUE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION - COPE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- AMERIPAC: THE FUND FOR A GREATER AMERICALeadership PAC$10,000.00
- PAC TO THE FUTURELeadership PAC$10,000.00
- SHORE PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- OCEANS PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- 4 MA PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- EQUALITY PACPAC$10,000.00
- END CITIZENS UNITEDConnected PAC$10,000.00
- BRADY PACHybrid PAC$9,500.00
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY PAC (AACAP-PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$7,500.00
- NEA FUND FOR CHILDREN AND PUBLIC EDUCATION Company pagePAC$7,000.00
- CHC BOLD PACConnected PAC$7,000.00
- THE US CAMPAIGN FUNDLeadership PAC$6,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADES POLITICAL ACTION TOGETHER POLITICAL COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- DCCCParty committee$5,000.00
- MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERS Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- UAW - V - CAP (UAW VOLUNTARY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- INT'L UNION OF BRICKLAYERS AND ALLIED CRAFTWORKERS Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA (LIUNA) PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- TRANSPORT WORKERS UNION POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- UA UNION PLUMBERS & PIPEFITTERS VOTE! PAC (UNITED ASSOCIATION OF JOURNEYMEN AND APPRENTICES OF THE PLUMBING & PIPEFITTING INDUSTRY OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA)Connected PAC$5,000.00
Show all 183 committees
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pagePAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATIONConnected PAC$5,000.00
- BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS & TRAINMEN PAC FUND Company pagePAC$5,000.00
- CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS PACConnected PAC$5,000.00
- WOMEN'S POLITICAL COMMITTEE FEDERALConnected PAC$5,000.00
- MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTIONHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FUNDLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- COMMITTEE FOR A DEMOCRATIC FUTURELeadership PAC$5,000.00
- BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS IN DIVERSE GEOGRAPHIC ENVIRONMENTS PAC (BRIDGE PAC)Leadership PAC$5,000.00
- NEW DEMOCRAT COALITION ACTION FUNDConnected PAC$5,000.00
- FRONTLINE USALeadership PAC$5,000.00
- DEMOCRATS WIN SEATS (DWS PAC)Leadership PAC$5,000.00
- MADISON PAC; THELeadership PAC$5,000.00
- TRI-STATE MAXED-OUT WOMENHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- HOUSE MAJORITY PACHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- BACKPACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- PARITY PACPAC$5,000.00
- BLUE POWER PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- EVERGREEN PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- ONWARD TOGETHER COMMITTEEPAC$5,000.00
- TAKING THE HILL PACPAC$5,000.00
- VOTER PROTECTION PROJECTHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS ACTION FUND Company pageConnected PAC$4,999.00
- PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECTHybrid PAC$4,992.00
- HOYER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$4,000.00
- NANCY PELOSI FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$4,000.00
- GIFFORDS PACHybrid PAC$4,000.00
- FUTURE FORUM PACPAC$4,000.00
- ELECT DEMOCRATIC WOMENPAC$4,000.00
- WORKING HARDER PACLeadership PAC$4,000.00
- SYNERGY PACLeadership PAC$3,500.00
- PSYCHOLOGY PAC OF AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION SERVICES INC. Company pageConnected PAC$3,500.00
- PLANNED PARENTHOOD ACTION FUND INC PAC, DBA PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERAL PAC Company pageConnected PAC$3,000.00
- LOEBSACK FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$3,000.00
- PETE AGUILAR FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$3,000.00
- NATIONAL UNION OF HEALTHCARE WORKERS FEDERAL COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION Company pageConnected PAC$2,800.00
- TRUTH TO POWERLeadership PAC$2,800.00
- UNITE HERE TIP CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVT. EMPL. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- JOINT ACTION COMMITTEE FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRSConnected PAC$2,500.00
- TEAMSTERS JOINT COUNCIL 53 POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$2,500.00
- GUN SAFETY PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- COMMITTEE FOR A LIVABLE FUTURELeadership PAC$2,500.00
- POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF THEATRICAL STAGE EMPLOYEES Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- NARRAGANSETT BAY PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- BLUE HEN FEDERAL PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- PURPOSE PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- MICHIGAN'S FUTURE PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- TURQUOISE PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- CHERPACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- MIND MATTERS FEDERAL PACPAC$2,500.00
- CLEAN PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- CA LUV PAC (CALIFORNIA LEADERSHIP UNITED FOR VICTORY PAC)Leadership PAC$2,500.00
- JOBS, EDUCATION, & FAMILIES FIRST - JEFF PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- PROGRESSIVE MAJORITY PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY & MEDICARE PACConnected PAC$2,117.00
- SIERRA CLUB POLITICAL COMMITTEEConnected PAC$2,042.00
- NARAL PRO-CHOICE AMERICA PACPAC$2,000.00
- COMPOSITION ROOFERS LOCAL UNION #30 POLITICAL ACTION & EDUCATION FUNDConnected PAC$2,000.00
- CITIZENS FOR JOE KENNEDY 1988Candidate committee$2,000.00
- MORAN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- FRIENDS OF JIM CLYBURNCandidate committee$2,000.00
- LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- DOYLE FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEECandidate committee$2,000.00
- SCHIFF FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- FRIENDS OF CHRIS DODDCandidate committee$2,000.00
- AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- OCEAN STATE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (OSPAC)Leadership PAC$2,000.00
- BRIAN HIGGINS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- TRUEDEM LEADERSHIP FUNDLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- BILL FOSTER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- PAUL TONKO FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- ARTICLE 1 POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$2,000.00
- KUSTER FOR CONGRESS, INCCandidate committee$2,000.00
- TOGETHER ENCOURAGING DEMOCRACY - T.E.D. PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- COMMITTEE TO STRENGTHEN AMERICA; THELeadership PAC$2,000.00
- JEFFRIES FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- AMERICA NOWLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- JULIA BROWNLEY FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- FRIENDS OF DON BEYERCandidate committee$2,000.00
- TED LIEU FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- DONALD NORCROSS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- FAIR SHOT PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- WEXTON FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- ANDY KIM FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- KIRKPATRICK FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- BAJAAZ PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- GATEWAY TO LEADERSHIP PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- DMFI PACHybrid PAC$2,000.00
- BONNIE WATSON COLEMAN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,500.00
- PRINCETON COMMUNITY DEMOCRATIC ORGANIZATION - HEADQUARTERS FUNDPAC$1,500.00
- BALLARD SPAHR LLP PACPAC$1,500.00
- SOCIAL SECURITY WORKS PACConnected PAC$1,300.00
- DUANE MORRIS GOVERNMENT COMMITTEEPAC$1,250.00
- ENVIRONMENT AMERICA INC. VOTER ACTION (ABBV. 'ENVIRONMENT AMERICA VOTER ACTION')Connected PAC$1,250.00
- REVIVING AMERICAN JOBS AGAIN PACLeadership PAC$1,001.00
- INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS LOCAL 68 POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- KIDSPACPAC$1,000.00
- CONGRESSMAN BART GORDON COMMITTEECandidate committee$1,000.00
- RE-ELECT MCGOVERN COMMITTEECandidate committee$1,000.00
- MIKE THOMPSON FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- COMMITTEE FOR LEADERSHIP AND PROGRESSLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL INDIAN GAMING ASSOCIATION SOVEREIGNTY PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- BUILD AMERICA PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- VICTORY IN NOVEMBER ELECTION PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- THE KEYSTONE FUNDLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- PROGRESSIVE CHOICES PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- BRINGING EVERYONE TOGETHER THROUGH ADVOCACYLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- BOREN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- COHEN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- DEMOCRATS RESHAPING AMERICA (DREAMPAC)Leadership PAC$1,000.00
- JACKIE SPEIER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- INDEPENDENCE BLUE CROSS PAC (IBC PAC)Connected PAC$1,000.00
- JUDY CHU FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- MAC PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- HUSKY PACPAC$1,000.00
- DENNY HECK FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- CICILLINE COMMITTEECandidate committee$1,000.00
- VISION FOR AMERICALeadership PAC$1,000.00
- JOBS AND INNOVATION MATTER PAC (JIM PAC)Leadership PAC$1,000.00
- SCHNEIDER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- GRACE FOR NEW YORKCandidate committee$1,000.00
- OFF THE SIDELINES PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- BLUE MAJORITY PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- DEFENSE, ECONOMIC RENEWAL, EDUCATION AND KNOWLEDGE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- MAPLE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- GOOD FRIENDS PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- LEADERSHIP, OPPORTUNITY, INNOVATION SERVICE PAC - LOIS PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- HUDSON VALLEY PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- MAKING A REAL CHANGE - MARC PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- SUPPORTING HOUSE PROBLEM SOLVERS - SHP PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- VICTORY BY INVESTING BUILDING AND EMPOWERING (VIBE) PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- REASONABLE INDEPENDENT CONSTRUCTIVE AND EFFECTIVE PAC (RICE PAC)Leadership PAC$1,000.00
- JAMIE RASKIN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- BUILD OUR MOVEMENT PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- BLOCK BY BLOCK PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- I GOT YOUR BACK PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- DEB HAALAND FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- ELEPACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- DR KIM SCHRIER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- VERONICA ESCOBAR FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- BLUE LINE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- COMMON GOOD PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- MAD 4 PA PACCandidate committee$1,000.00
- JOINING IDEAS TO MOTIVATE MOVEMENT FOR YOU (JIMMY PAC)Leadership PAC$1,000.00
- ABOVE THE BEST PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- REPAIR THE WORLD PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- ELECT MORE DEMOCRATS PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- DAN FOR COLORADOCandidate committee$1,000.00
- SUNFLOWER SEEDS PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- SERVICE FIRST PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- SECURING OUR FUTURE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- MAKING A DIFFERENCE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- BETTER GOVERNMENT PACPAC$500.00
- MAKE IT IN AMERICA PACLeadership PAC$500.00
- HOBBS STRAUS TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY DEFENSE PACPAC$500.00
- FIGHT FOR PROGRESS PACHybrid PAC$500.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Amy Kennedy$272,529.49
- Independent expenditures opposing Amy Kennedy$4,922,405.39
- Company and union communications to members about Amy Kennedy$1,126.03
FEC totals for the 2020 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.
Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.
- NRCCOpposing$2,786,903.00
- CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP FUNDOpposing$992,371.00
- AMERICA'S FUTURE FIRSTSupporting$136,995.00
- UNION 2020Supporting$73,585.00
- GENERAL MAJORITY PACOpposing$62,706.00
- GARDEN STATE FORWARDSupporting$54,217.00
- AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES COMMITTEEOpposing$43,382.00
- AFT SOLIDARITYSupporting$4,000.00
- PROTECT THE VOTESupporting$1,956.00
- SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION)Supporting$1,680.00
- PLANNED PARENTHOOD VOTESSupporting$59.00
- SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTIONSupporting$10.00
The race
New Jersey U.S. House, District 2, 2020 · 8 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amy Kennedy (D) | $5,048,012.05 | $5,462.61 | 2020-12-31 |
| Jeff Van Drew (R) | $4,326,538.52 | $191,877.89 | 2020-12-31 |
| Brigid Callahan Harrison (D) | $450,486.01 | $13,610.38 | 2020-06-30 |
| Robert Patterson (R) | $305,804.83 | $0.00 | 2020-12-31 |
| William Cunningham (D) | $184,857.96 | $5.08 | 2020-09-30 |
| Brian Fitzherbert (R) | $37,862.20 | $0.00 | 2020-12-31 |
| John Hull Francis III (D) | $14,268.20 | $2,484.49 | 2020-09-30 |
| Ashley Bennett (D) | $9,309.00 | $0.00 | 2020-05-20 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
| Pollster | Dates | Sample | Margin of error | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stockton University | October 22–27, 2020 | 676 (LV) | ± 3.7% | Jeff Van Drew 45% · Amy Kennedy 46% |
| Monmouth University | September 26 – October 1, 2020 | 588 (RV) | ± 4.1% | Jeff Van Drew 44% · Amy Kennedy 49% |
| ALG Research (D) | September 14–17, 2020 | 505 (LV) | ± 4.4% | Jeff Van Drew 42% · Amy Kennedy 46% |
| Public Policy Polling (D) | September 14–15, 2020 | 550 (V) | – | Jeff Van Drew 43% · Amy Kennedy 48% |
| GQR Research (D) | August 4–6, 2020 | 400 (LV) | ± 4.9% | Jeff Van Drew 46% · Amy Kennedy 51% |
| Global Strategy Group (D) | August 1–5, 2020 | 400 (LV) | ± 4.9% | Jeff Van Drew 45% · Amy Kennedy 46% |
Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey (retrieved October 23, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.
Sources and updates
- Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: AMY KENNEDY FOR CONGRESS.
- Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.
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