Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Nellie Pou

Official portrait of Nellie Pou
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for New Jersey’s 9th district
Party
Democrat
Hometown
Borough of North Haledon, NJ
Born
1956
In Congress
House since 2025 · 1 year in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
POU, NELIDA
Next election
Primary June 2, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of New Jersey with the current district highlighted

New Jersey, District 9

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

DemocraticU.S. House · New Jersey District 9IncumbentGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H4NJ09194 · Principal campaign committee: NELLIE POU FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · New Jersey District 9$3,131,321.73General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · New Jersey District 9$642,843.46Registered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)
Total raised$3,131,321.73
Total spent$2,203,295.30
Cash on hand$1,080,499.99
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through October 14, 2026, 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: $1,706,093.39PACs and other committees: $1,243,509.00Party committees: $6,320.44Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $158,691.83Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $16,707.07
  • Individual contributions$1,706,093.3954%
  • PACs and other committees$1,243,509.0040%
  • Party committees$6,320.440%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$158,691.835%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$16,707.071%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$286,219.4018%
  • Contributions over $200$1,340,729.7082%
  • Itemized from inside New Jersey$411,968.1330%
  • Itemized from other states$958,339.6770%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: New York $212,185.80 · California $203,782.35 · Massachusetts $120,824.69 · District of Columbia $92,906.67 · Maryland $50,262.72. States with fewer than 10 contributions are not listed.

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$1.8M$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $351,113.49APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $86,491.53JULY QUARTERLY: raised $503,523.98JULY QUARTERLY: spent $140,919.14OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $491,050.71OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $143,380.26YEAR-END: raised $427,587.07YEAR-END: spent $235,162.54APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $467,853.50APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $219,055.42PRE-PRIMARY: raised $86,344.42PRE-PRIMARY: spent $145,103.05JULY QUARTERLY: raised $334,454.99JULY QUARTERLY: spent $50,931.02OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $392,592.59OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $582,045.192025-032025-092026-032026-06

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

Voting record, 119th Congress

Roll-call votes while serving674
Voted yea306
Voted nay366
Voted present2
Did not vote0 of 674
Bills and resolutions sponsored16
Sponsored that became law0
Cosponsored252

Recorded House roll-call votes from January 3, 2025 through September 16, 2026, the latest vote on record for this member. Each vote links to the official House Clerk record.

Latest roll-call votes

DateQuestionResultVote
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S 2403
Retire through Ownership Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9497
Water Resources Development Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9340
Ratepayer Protection Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HJRES 213
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbo
PassedNay
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 10326
PROOF Act
PassedNay
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 9576
National Fraud Enforcement Division Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · HR 5334
An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes
PassedNay
Sep 15, 2026On Agreeing to the Resolution · HCONRES 93
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran
PassedYea
Sep 15, 2026On Passage · HJRES 210
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vesse
PassedNay
Sep 15, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9500
Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act
PassedYea

Latest bills and resolutions sponsored

  • H.Res. 1588 Congratulating the People's Republic of Bangladesh on assuming the Presidency of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly.
    Introduced Sep 28, 2026 · Latest action Sep 28, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
  • H.R. 10596 Safe Water for Schools Act of 2026
    Introduced Sep 24, 2026 · Latest action Sep 24, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  • H.R. 10303 FLIGHT DECK Act
    Introduced Sep 4, 2026 · Latest action Sep 4, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
  • H.R. 9762 HOLDBACKS Act
    Introduced Jul 16, 2026 · Latest action Jul 16, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  • H.R. 8902 WATCH Personnel Act of 2026
    Introduced May 19, 2026 · Latest action May 20, 2026: Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security.
  • H.R. 8524 Kenya Merritt Renewing our PACT Act of 2026
    Introduced Apr 27, 2026 · Latest action Apr 27, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
  • H.R. 7986 Save the World Cup Act
    Introduced Mar 18, 2026 · Latest action Mar 18, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  • H.R. 7448 Modernizing and Improving the National Terrorism Advisory System Act of 2026
    Introduced Feb 9, 2026 · Latest action Jun 24, 2026: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 30 - 0.
  • H.R. 7449 PLATE Act
    Introduced Feb 9, 2026 · Latest action Feb 10, 2026: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability.
  • H.R. 7268 CLEAN–UP Act
    Introduced Jan 27, 2026 · Latest action Jan 28, 2026: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

Counts of the public record only; TerraCivic does not rate members or judge their votes. Votes: Voteview (Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/). Bills: GovInfo Bill Status (public domain). Retrieved October 23, 2026.

Committees

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

PAC and committee contributors

330 committees reported giving $1,061,555.00 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.

Show all 330 committees

Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Nelida Pou$10,446.01
  • Independent expenditures opposing Nelida Pou$0.00

FEC totals for the 2026 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 9, 2026 · 6 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Nelida Pou (D)$3,131,321.73$1,080,499.992026-10-14
Rosemary Pino (R)$548,325.95$13,132.562026-10-14
Tiffany Burress (R)$145,672.01$814.802026-09-30

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQSafe DSeptember 25, 2026
  • The Cook Political ReportLikely DApril 7, 2026
  • Inside ElectionsSolid DOctober 15, 2026
  • Sabato's Crystal BallLikely DJuly 30, 2026

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey (retrieved October 22, 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: NELLIE POU FOR CONGRESS.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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