Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle
Frank Pallotta
- Party
- Republican
- Running for
- U.S. House · New Jersey District 5
- Filing address
- Mahwah, NJ (city and state on the FEC filing)
- FEC filing name
- PALLOTTA, FRANK
- Next election
- Primary July 7, 2020 · General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
New Jersey, District 5
FEC candidate ID H0NJ05174 · Principal campaign committee: PALLOTTA FOR CONGRESS
| Cycle | Office | Raised | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021–2022 | U.S. House · New Jersey District 5 | $982,795.94 | Lost the general election (44.3%) |
| 2019–2020 | U.S. House · New Jersey District 5 | $2,100,505.21 | Lost the general election (45.6%) |
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$589,800.2628%
- PACs and other committees$18,270.001%
- Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$1,435,000.0068%
- Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$55,597.483%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$1,837.470%
Self-funding: $1,435,000.00 (68% of money raised): $0.00 given and $1,435,000.00 lent by the candidate. $120,000.00 of loans repaid so far.
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.
PAC and committee contributors
4 committees reported giving $13,500.00 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.
- AUTOMOTIVE FREE INTERNATIONAL TRADE PACHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- HUCK PACPAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL PRO-LIFE ALLIANCE PACConnected PAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WHOLESALER-DISTRIBUTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Frank Pallotta$12,225.66
- Independent expenditures opposing Frank Pallotta$328,458.32
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.
- HOUSE MAJORITY PACOpposing$328,398.00
- LV STRONGSupporting$10,900.00
- NEW JERSEY RIGHT TO LIFE COMMITTEE FEDERAL PACSupporting$825.00
- FAMILY POLICY ALLIANCESupporting$500.00
- PLANNED PARENTHOOD VOTESOpposing$59.00
The race
New Jersey U.S. House, District 5, 2020 · 10 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Pallotta (R) | $2,100,505.21 | $23,328.18 | 2020-12-31 |
| Josh Gottheimer (D) | $7,799,293.92 | $8,349,098.41 | 2020-12-31 |
| Mike Ghassali (R) | $948,734.15 | $0.00 | 2020-10-08 |
| Arati Kreibich (D) | $617,430.25 | $0.00 | 2020-09-11 |
| Hector L Castillo (R) | $279,590.12 | $0.00 | 2020-12-31 |
| John Joseph McCann Jr. (R) | $227,678.37 | $4,317.43 | 2020-12-31 |
| James Baldini (R) | $12,991.97 | $0.00 | 2020-12-31 |
| Louis A Vellucci (I) | $5,455.55 | $114.02 | 2020-12-31 |
| Dana Dirisio (R) | $5,375.00 | $0.00 | 2020-07-10 |
| Jon Dalrymple Jr. (R) | $700.00 | $276.41 | 2019-12-31 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
No public polling found for this race.
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: PALLOTTA 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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