Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Tina Shah

Party
Democratic
Running for
U.S. House · New Jersey District 7
Filing address
Westfield, NJ (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
SHAH, TINA
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 7ChallengerLost primary

FEC candidate ID H6NJ07250 · Principal campaign committee: DR. TINA SHAH FOR CONGRESS

Total raised$2,341,544.99
Total spent$2,302,999.99
Cash on hand$38,545.00
Debts owed by the campaign$650,000.00
Loans from the candidate$650,000.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through September 30, 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: $1,511,640.54PACs and other committees: $61,550.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $650,000.00Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $118,354.45
  • Individual contributions$1,511,640.5465%
  • PACs and other committees$61,550.003%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$650,000.0028%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$118,354.455%

Self-funding: $650,000.00 (28% of money raised): $0.00 given and $650,000.00 lent by the candidate.

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$293,348.6620%
  • Contributions over $200$1,201,998.8880%
  • Itemized from inside New Jersey$232,251.0019%
  • Itemized from other states$1,009,923.5581%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: California $147,486.88 · Massachusetts $119,408.00 · New York $112,978.17 · Illinois $65,314.00 · Texas $59,126.00. 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

$1.4M$0 OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $603,809.52OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $122,413.24YEAR-END: raised $416,202.08YEAR-END: spent $251,117.46APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $960,335.49APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $230,513.17PRE-PRIMARY: raised $168,114.17PRE-PRIMARY: spent $937,065.87JULY QUARTERLY: raised $184,232.23JULY QUARTERLY: spent $627,392.00OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $8,851.50OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $134,498.252025-092025-122026-032026-052026-062026-09

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

PAC and committee contributors

21 committees reported giving $59,050.00 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.

Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Tina Shah$300,163.00
  • Independent expenditures opposing Tina Shah$0.00

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
Tina Shah (D)$2,341,544.99$38,545.002026-09-30
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
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: DR. TINA SHAH 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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