Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Rebecca Bennett

Party
Democratic
Running for
U.S. House · New Jersey District 7
Filing address
Somerville, NJ (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
BENNETT, REBECCA
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 2026 district highlighted

New Jersey, District 7

DemocraticU.S. House · New Jersey District 7ChallengerGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H6NJ07201 · Principal campaign committee: REBECCA BENNETT FOR CONGRESS

Total raised$8,757,003.38
Total spent$7,703,548.93
Cash on hand$1,053,454.45
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: $7,664,973.26PACs and other committees: $520,754.43Party committees: $4,821.85Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $327.43Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $538,484.38Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $27,642.03
  • Individual contributions$7,664,973.2688%
  • PACs and other committees$520,754.436%
  • Party committees$4,821.850%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$327.430%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$538,484.386%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$27,642.030%

Self-funding: $327.43 (0% of money raised): $327.43 given and $0.00 lent by the candidate.

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$1,347,285.2829%
  • Contributions over $200$3,219,811.2071%
  • Itemized from inside New Jersey$1,457,555.6244%
  • Itemized from other states$1,883,890.9656%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: New York $426,108.13 · California $369,236.49 · Massachusetts $244,755.95 · District of Columbia $107,988.29 · Pennsylvania $93,624.01. 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

$3.9M$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $426,718.30APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $54,015.62JULY QUARTERLY: raised $487,128.92JULY QUARTERLY: spent $187,614.19OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $477,693.72OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $227,153.99YEAR-END: raised $552,433.66YEAR-END: spent $302,497.68APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $712,027.79APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $458,325.86PRE-PRIMARY: raised $288,135.39PRE-PRIMARY: spent $950,462.19JULY QUARTERLY: raised $1,327,895.97JULY QUARTERLY: spent $646,270.17OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $3,921,382.02OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $3,637,423.812025-032025-092026-032026-06

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

PAC and committee contributors

97 committees reported giving $324,135.00 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 Rebecca Bennett$1,407,076.31
  • Independent expenditures opposing Rebecca Bennett$660,675.85

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 7, 2026 · 14 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Rebecca Bennett (D)$8,757,003.38$1,053,454.452026-10-14
Thomas H. Kean Jr. (R)$5,867,419.01$2,286,695.132026-09-30
Tina Shah (D)$2,341,544.99$38,545.002026-09-30
Brian Varela (D)$1,986,312.41−$12,585.812026-06-30
Michael Roth (D)$1,283,730.71$8,014.202026-09-30
Megan O'Rourke (D)$570,759.37$0.002026-06-30
Gregory Vartan III (D)$193,029.59$0.002026-03-31
Beth Ellen Ph.d. Adubato (D)$167,945.88$2,571.332026-09-30
Sara Sooy (D)$54,490.89$0.002026-05-27
Randall Terry (I)$45,484.00$5,694.752026-09-30

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportLean DSeptember 25, 2026
  • Decision Desk HQLikely DSeptember 17, 2026
  • Inside ElectionsTilt DJune 11, 2026
  • Sabato's Crystal BallLean DSeptember 16, 2026
  • Silver BulletinLikely DAugust 23, 2026

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
StimSight ResearchSeptember 8–12, 2026498 (LV)± 4.7%Tom Kean Jr. 42% · Rebecca Bennett 47%
Z to A ResearchMay 24–26, 2026430 (LV)± 4.7%Tom Kean Jr. 43% · Rebecca Bennett 47%
Z to A ResearchMay 24–26, 2026430 (LV)± 4.7%Tom Kean Jr. 43% · Tina Shah 46%

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: REBECCA BENNETT 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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