Federal candidate · 2021–2022 cycle · past cycle

Thomas H. Kean, Jr.

Official portrait of Thomas H. Kean, Jr.
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for New Jersey’s 7th district
Party
Republican
Hometown
Westfield, NJ
Born
1968
In Congress
House since 2023 · 3 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
KEAN, THOMAS H. JR.
Next election
General November 8, 2022 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of New Jersey with the current district highlighted

New Jersey, District 7

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.

RepublicanU.S. House · New Jersey District 7ChallengerWon the general election (51.4%)

FEC candidate ID H0NJ07261 · Principal campaign committee: KEAN FOR CONGRESS INC

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · New Jersey District 7$5,867,419.01General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · New Jersey District 7$6,023,132.92General-election nominee
2021–2022U.S. House · New Jersey District 7$4,476,737.53Won the general election (51.4%)
2019–2020U.S. House · New Jersey District 7$3,934,329.98Lost the general election (49.4%)
Total raised$4,476,737.53
Total spent$4,476,338.05
Cash on hand$94,078.89
Debts owed by the campaign$8,311.12
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2021–2022 cycle totals through December 31, 2022, 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: $3,110,794.83PACs and other committees: $587,197.51Party committees: $10,000.00Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $740,061.54Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $28,683.65
  • Individual contributions$3,110,794.8369%
  • PACs and other committees$587,197.5113%
  • Party committees$10,000.000%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$740,061.5417%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$28,683.651%

Raised and spent over time

Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.

Committees

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

132 committees reported giving $455,669.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Thomas H. Kean Jr.$172,608.64
  • Independent expenditures opposing Thomas H. Kean Jr.$8.68
  • Company and union communications to members about Thomas H. Kean Jr.$46,891.71

FEC totals for the 2022 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.

The race

New Jersey U.S. House, District 7, 2022 · 9 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Thomas H. Kean Jr. (R)$4,476,737.53$94,078.892022-12-31
Tom Malinowski (D)$8,978,834.00$17,068.252022-12-31
Phil Rizzo (R)$261,958.34$0.002022-12-31
John Henry Isemann (R)$128,309.89$0.002022-07-02
Erik Peterson (R)$68,595.31$0.002022-07-15
John P Flora (R)$46,937.32$27.392022-09-30
Kevin Brendan Dorlon (R)$33,647.62$1,047.952022-07-15
Robert G. Trugman (R)$20,645.00$0.002022-07-29
Veronica Fernandez (I)$4,692.37−$507.952022-09-30

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportLean RJune 15, 2022
  • Inside ElectionsTilt ROctober 21, 2022
  • Sabato's Crystal BallLean RJanuary 4, 2022
  • PoliticoLean RApril 5, 2022
  • RCPLean RJune 9, 2022
  • Fox NewsLean RJuly 11, 2022
  • 538Lean RJune 30, 2022

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
GQR Research (D)September 26–29, 2022500 (LV)± 4.4%Tom Malinowski 48% · Tom Kean Jr. 48%
RMG ResearchJuly 23–28, 2022400 (LV)± 4.9%Tom Malinowski 38% · Tom Kean Jr. 46%
GQR Research (D)January 19–27, 2022600 (LV)± 4.0%Tom Malinowski 46% · Tom Kean Jr. 46%
GQR Research (D)September 26–29, 2022500 (LV)± 4.4%Generic Democrat 45% · Generic Republican 50%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2022 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: KEAN FOR CONGRESS INC.
  • 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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