Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Josh Gottheimer

Official portrait of Josh Gottheimer
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for New Jersey’s 5th district
Party
Democrat
Hometown
Wyckoff, NJ
Born
1975
In Congress
House since 2017 · 9 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
GOTTHEIMER, JOSH
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 5

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

DemocraticU.S. House · New Jersey District 5IncumbentGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H6NJ05171 · Principal campaign committee: JOSH FOR JERSEY

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · New Jersey District 5$5,788,812.15General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · New Jersey District 5$10,246,423.95General-election nominee
2021–2022U.S. House · New Jersey District 5$8,856,162.22Won the general election (54.7%)
2019–2020U.S. House · New Jersey District 5$7,799,293.92Won the general election (53.2%)
Total raised$5,788,812.15
Total spent$12,970,258.43
Cash on hand$13,531,046.78
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: $3,509,753.85PACs and other committees: $1,245,300.01Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $313,701.07Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $720,057.22
  • Individual contributions$3,509,753.8561%
  • PACs and other committees$1,245,300.0122%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$313,701.075%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$720,057.2212%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$40,311.721%
  • Contributions over $200$3,301,075.2499%
  • Itemized from inside New Jersey$623,820.0019%
  • Itemized from other states$2,691,747.2581%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: New York $870,971.83 · California $492,998.42 · Florida $271,810.00 · Illinois $128,150.00 · Massachusetts $127,500.00. 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

$13M$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $258,253.25APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $9,681,036.89JULY QUARTERLY: raised $52,160.85JULY QUARTERLY: spent $2,447,441.20OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $525,404.86OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $45,158.15YEAR-END: raised $1,056,471.71YEAR-END: spent $135,661.56APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $1,004,716.26APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $126,140.33PRE-PRIMARY: raised $571,835.51PRE-PRIMARY: spent $192,739.73JULY QUARTERLY: raised $1,296,302.91JULY QUARTERLY: spent $76,385.73OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $778,777.91OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $164,716.942025-032025-092026-032026-06

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

Voting record, 119th Congress

Roll-call votes while serving674
Voted yea294
Voted nay296
Did not vote84 of 674
Bills and resolutions sponsored100
Sponsored that became law0
Cosponsored963

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
PassedYea
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.R. 10872 Combatting Auto Robbery at the Source Act of 2026
    Introduced Oct 22, 2026 · Latest action Oct 22, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  • H.R. 10821 To amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to make changes to the Standard Maximum Deposit Insurance Amount, and for other purposes.
    Introduced Oct 15, 2026 · Latest action Oct 15, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
  • H.R. 10757 To provide for a limitation on contributions to the United Nations.
    Introduced Oct 6, 2026 · Latest action Oct 6, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
  • H.Res. 1618 Recognizing the third anniversary of the October 7, 2023, terrorist attacks on Israel, honoring the victims and the hostages, and calling for the complete disarmament of Hamas for a durable end to the war in Gaza.
    Introduced Oct 6, 2026 · Latest action Oct 6, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
  • H.Res. 1612 Honoring Captain Smit Machchhar and the crew and passengers of Flydubai Flight 1073, and condemning the attempted terrorist attack on that flight.
    Introduced Oct 5, 2026 · Latest action Oct 5, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
  • H.R. 10671 Securing Our Critical Infrastructure Act
    Introduced Oct 1, 2026 · Latest action Oct 1, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
  • H.R. 10670 China FIREWALL Act of 2026
    Introduced Oct 1, 2026 · Latest action Oct 1, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
  • H.R. 10519 To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, to establish a Critical Infrastructure AI Cyber Defense Pilot Program, and for other purposes.
    Introduced Sep 21, 2026 · Latest action Sep 21, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
  • H.R. 10405 Kylie’s Voices for Childhood Cancer Act
    Introduced Sep 16, 2026 · Latest action Sep 16, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  • H.R. 10363 No Grounds for Discrimination Act
    Introduced Sep 14, 2026 · Latest action Sep 14, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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

267 committees reported giving $1,069,524.00 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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The race

New Jersey U.S. House, District 5, 2026 · 6 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Josh Gottheimer (D)$5,788,812.15$13,531,046.782026-10-14
Mary Jo-Ann Guinchard (R)$117,995.41$0.002026-05-01
Sean Joseph Kirrane (R)$103,741.74$195.942026-10-14
Chandiha Gajapathy (R)$50,000.00$0.002025-11-23

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQSafe DSeptember 8, 2026
  • The Cook Political ReportSolid DAugust 13, 2025
  • Inside ElectionsSolid DMarch 7, 2025
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe DMarch 26, 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: JOSH FOR JERSEY.
  • 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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