Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past 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 July 7, 2020 · General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 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 5IncumbentWon the general election (53.2%)

FEC candidate ID H6NJ05171 · Principal campaign committee: JOSH GOTTHEIMER FOR CONGRESS

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$7,799,293.92
Total spent$3,593,230.36
Cash on hand$8,349,098.41
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2019–2020 cycle totals through December 31, 2020, 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: $5,444,585.26PACs and other committees: $1,812,949.41Party committees: $4,822.11Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $174,476.26Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $362,460.88
  • Individual contributions$5,444,585.2670%
  • PACs and other committees$1,812,949.4123%
  • Party committees$4,822.110%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$174,476.262%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$362,460.885%

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

450 committees reported giving $1,830,251.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through December 29, 2024. 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 Josh Gottheimer$197,713.67
  • Independent expenditures opposing Josh Gottheimer$12,000.00
  • Company and union communications to members about Josh Gottheimer$15,981.14

FEC totals for the 2020 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 5, 2020 · 10 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Josh Gottheimer (D)$7,799,293.92$8,349,098.412020-12-31
Frank Pallotta (R)$2,100,505.21$23,328.182020-12-31
Mike Ghassali (R)$948,734.15$0.002020-10-08
Arati Kreibich (D)$617,430.25$0.002020-09-11
Hector L Castillo (R)$279,590.12$0.002020-12-31
John Joseph McCann Jr. (R)$227,678.37$4,317.432020-12-31
James Baldini (R)$12,991.97$0.002020-12-31
Louis A Vellucci (I)$5,455.55$114.022020-12-31
Dana Dirisio (R)$5,375.00$0.002020-07-10
Jon Dalrymple Jr. (R)$700.00$276.412019-12-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportSafe DNovember 2, 2020
  • Inside ElectionsSafe DJune 2, 2020
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe DJuly 2, 2020
  • PoliticoLikely DOctober 3, 2020
  • Daily KosSafe DJune 3, 2020
  • RCPLikely DJune 9, 2020
  • NiskanenSafe DJune 7, 2020

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2020 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: JOSH GOTTHEIMER 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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