Federal candidate · 2021–2022 cycle · past cycle

Bonnie Watson Coleman

Official portrait of Bonnie Watson Coleman
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for New Jersey’s 12th district
Party
Democrat
Hometown
Ewing Township, NJ
Born
1945
In Congress
House since 2015 · 11 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
COLEMAN, BONNIE WATSON
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 12

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

DemocraticU.S. House · New Jersey District 12IncumbentWon the general election (63.1%)

FEC candidate ID H4NJ12149 · Principal campaign committee: BONNIE WATSON COLEMAN FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · New Jersey District 12—Withdrawn
2023–2024U.S. House · New Jersey District 12$955,739.86General-election nominee
2021–2022U.S. House · New Jersey District 12$930,457.44Won the general election (63.1%)
2019–2020U.S. House · New Jersey District 12$806,729.36Won the general election (65.6%)
Total raised$930,457.44
Total spent$968,975.44
Cash on hand$68,641.92
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
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: $448,763.34PACs and other committees: $481,194.10Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $500.00
  • Individual contributions$448,763.3448%
  • PACs and other committees$481,194.1052%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$500.000%

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

134 committees reported giving $461,362.00 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 Bonnie Watson Coleman$18.68
  • Independent expenditures opposing Bonnie Watson Coleman$0.00
  • Company and union communications to members about Bonnie Watson Coleman$12,509.93

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 12, 2022 · 2 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Bonnie Watson Coleman (D)$930,457.44$68,641.922022-12-31
Darius Mayfield (R)$266,328.89$6,196.912022-12-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportSolid DJune 15, 2022
  • Inside ElectionsSolid DJanuary 10, 2022
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe DJanuary 4, 2022
  • PoliticoSolid DApril 5, 2022
  • RCPSafe DJune 9, 2022
  • Fox NewsSolid DJuly 11, 2022
  • DDHQSolid DJuly 20, 2022
  • 538Solid DJune 30, 2022
  • The EconomistSafe DSeptember 28, 2022

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

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: BONNIE WATSON COLEMAN 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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