Federal candidate · 2023–2024 cycle · past cycle
Nellie Pou
- 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 4, 2024 · General November 5, 2024 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
New Jersey, District 9
Official websiteX (Twitter)FacebookInstagramFEC pageCongressional biography
Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.
FEC candidate ID H4NJ09194 · Principal campaign committee: NELLIE POU FOR CONGRESS
| Cycle | Office | Raised | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–2026 | U.S. House · New Jersey District 9 | $3,131,321.73 | General-election nominee |
| 2023–2024 | U.S. House · New Jersey District 9 | $642,843.46 | Registered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000) |
Total raised$642,843.46
Total spent$490,369.90
Cash on hand$152,473.56
Debts owed by the campaign$10,000.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00
2023–2024 cycle totals through December 31, 2024, 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$316,010.4549%
- PACs and other committees$325,833.0051%
- Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$1,000.000%
Self-funding: $1,000.00 (0% of money raised): $1,000.00 given and $0.00 lent by the candidate.
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.
Committees
- House Committee on Homeland Security
- Counterterrorism and Intelligence
- House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
- Aviation
- Highways and Transit
- Water Resources and Environment
Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.
PAC and committee contributors
106 committees reported giving $292,700.00 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.
- AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$5,000.00
- CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA - COPE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERS Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NEA FUND FOR CHILDREN AND PUBLIC EDUCATION 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
- AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONS PAC OF CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC. Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA (LIUNA) PAC 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
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- INT'L ASSOCIATION OF BRIDGE, STRUCTURAL, ORNAMENTAL AND REINFORCING IRON WORKERS (IPAL) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATIONPAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- D.R.I.V.E. - DEMOCRAT, REPUBLICAN, INDEPENDENT VOTER EDUCATION (THE PAC OF THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION - COPE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF POSTAL SUPERVISORS PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- MERCK & CO., INC., EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (MERCK PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS ASSOCIATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- CHC BOLD PACConnected PAC$5,000.00
- SILK PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- PODER PACHybrid PAC$5,000.00
Show all 106 committees
- PURPOSE PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- LATINO VICTORY FUNDHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- CA LUV PAC (CALIFORNIA LEADERSHIP UNITED FOR VICTORY PAC)Leadership PAC$5,000.00
- FAIR SHOT PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- BLUE POWER PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- JOBS, EDUCATION, & FAMILIES FIRST JEFF PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- ELECT DEMOCRATIC WOMENConnected PAC$5,000.00
- GATEWAY TO LEADERSHIP PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- DEMAND JUSTICE PACHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES (ACEC/PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$4,500.00
- INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS LO 825 POLITICAL ACTION AND EDUCATION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$4,500.00
- STRONGER FAIRER FORWARD PACPAC$3,300.00
- ELECT DEMS NOW PACLeadership PAC$3,300.00
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGEONS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$3,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL AND TRANSPORTATION WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION LEAGUE Company pageConnected PAC$3,000.00
- AMERICAN HOTEL AND LODGING ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE ('HOTELPAC')Hybrid PAC$2,500.00
- UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION ACTIVE BALLOT CLUB Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- JOHNSON & JOHNSON POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$2,500.00
- AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (INSURING AMERICA PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (VERIZON PAC)PAC$2,500.00
- HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN PACConnected PAC$2,500.00
- COMCAST CORPORATION & NBCUNIVERSAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - FEDERAL Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- SHORE PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- ABBVIE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- DEFEND THE DREAMLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- SMART TD PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPORATION GOOD GOVERNMENT FUND Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- AT&T INC. EMPLOYEE FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AT&T EMPLOYEE FEDERAL PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- COMMITTEE TO RE-ELECT NYDIA M VELAZQUEZ TO CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATED POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- SCHNEIDER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- JEFFRIES FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- PETE AGUILAR FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- DOING RIGHT - RESULTS ACTION UNITY LEADERSHIP PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- INLAND EMPIRE LEADERSHIP PACPAC$2,000.00
- SHARICE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- ADRIANO ESPAILLAT FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- DMFI PACHybrid PAC$2,000.00
- IN OUR HANDSLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- TAMMY MURPHY FOR SENATECandidate committee$2,000.00
- NOVARTIS CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,500.00
- ELI LILLY AND COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,500.00
- DEMOCRATS RESHAPING AMERICA (DREAMPAC)Leadership PAC$1,500.00
- LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS ACTION FUND Company pageConnected PAC$1,100.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- PFIZER INC. PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- REWORLD WASTE, LLC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (REWORLD WASTE PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- ALTICE USA PACPAC$1,000.00
- DELOITTE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$1,000.00
- AMGEN INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- CRH AMERICAS, INC. PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- WINNING STRATEGIES WASHINGTON PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- COMMITTEE FOR A DEMOCRATIC FUTURELeadership PAC$1,000.00
- BRINGING EVERYONE TOGETHER THROUGH ADVOCACYLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- SYNERGY PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- NEW DEMOCRAT COALITION ACTION FUNDConnected PAC$1,000.00
- GIBBONS P.C. PAC, INC. Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- ASTELLAS US LLC PAC (ASTELLAS PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- PAUL TONKO FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- COMMONWEALTH PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- ROBIN KELLY FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- PUGET PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- AT THE TABLE!Leadership PAC$1,000.00
- VIBE PAC (VICTORY BY INVESTING BUILDING EMPOWERING)Leadership PAC$1,000.00
- LATINO LEADERS FOR EQUALITY, GROWTH, OPPORTUNITY, PROGRESSIVE ACTION & CHANGE (LLEGO-PAC)Leadership PAC$1,000.00
- SYLVIA GARCIA FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- DEMOCRACY SUMMER LEADERSHIP PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- GENERATION GO LEADERSHIP PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- HOPE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- TERESA FOR ALLCandidate committee$1,000.00
- LA BAMBA PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- DEFEND THE VOTEHybrid PAC$1,000.00
- ENERGY MARKETERS OF AMERICA SMALL BUSINESS COMMITTEE PAC (EMA SBC PAC)Connected PAC$500.00
- INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS LOCAL 68 POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$500.00
- HNTB HOLDINGS LTD. PACPAC$500.00
- EDF RENEWABLES, INC. PAC Company pageConnected PAC$250.00
- CONSUMER FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT PACConnected PAC$250.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Nelida Pou$0.00
- Independent expenditures opposing Nelida Pou$0.00
- Company and union communications to members about Nelida Pou$7,917.86
FEC totals for the 2024 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.
The race
New Jersey U.S. House, District 9, 2024 · 8 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nelida Pou (D) | $642,843.46 | $152,473.56 | 2024-12-31 |
| William J. Pascrell Jr. (D) | $1,271,401.16 | $988,634.23 | 2024-12-31 |
| Mohamed T. Khairullah (D) | $404,620.21 | $10,149.39 | 2024-12-31 |
| Hector L Castillo (R) | $97,550.00 | $174.63 | 2024-12-31 |
| William Sreboe Prempeh (R) | $49,755.61 | $192.89 | 2024-12-31 |
| Vincent Micco (R) | $18,943.00 | $0.00 | 2023-09-30 |
| Benjie E. Wimberly (D) | $12,182.00 | $5,154.72 | 2024-12-31 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
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Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2024 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: NELLIE POU FOR CONGRESS.
- Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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