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Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Dean Dafis

Party
Democratic
Running for
U.S. House · New Jersey District 11
Filing address
Cedar Knolls, NJ (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
DAFIS, DEAN
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 11

FEC page

DemocraticU.S. House · New Jersey District 11ChallengerRegistered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)

FEC candidate ID H6NJ11252 · Principal campaign committee: DAFIS FOR CONGRESS

Total raised$98,441.98
Total spent$98,441.98
Cash on hand$0.00
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through July 20, 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: $76,703.57Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $21,737.69
  • Individual contributions$76,703.5778%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$21,737.6922%

Self-funding: $21,737.69 (22% of money raised): $21,737.69 given and $0.00 lent by the candidate.

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$13,269.0717%
  • Contributions over $200$63,434.5083%
  • Itemized from inside New Jersey$57,485.6590%
  • Itemized from other states$6,675.2510%

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$74K$0 YEAR-END: raised $65,842.05YEAR-END: spent $18,452.06PRE-SPECIAL: raised $10,342.65PRE-SPECIAL: spent $6,441.17APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $519.59APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $73,548.75JULY QUARTERLY: raised $21,737.69JULY QUARTERLY: spent $0.00TERMINATION REPORT: raised $0.00TERMINATION REPORT: spent $0.002025-122026-012026-032026-062026-07

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

The race

New Jersey U.S. House, District 11, 2026 · 20 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Dean Dafis (D)$98,441.98$0.002026-07-20
Analilia Mejia (D)$2,128,844.80$88,164.912026-09-30
Tom Malinowski (D)$1,522,900.78$17,040.302026-09-30
Brendan W Gill (D)$1,134,267.18$8,251.212026-09-30
Tahesha Way (D)$848,648.92$34,855.012026-09-30
Joe Hathaway (R)$837,601.01$42,173.472026-10-14
Zach Beecher (D)$661,945.07$0.002026-03-31
John Bartlett (D)$496,163.29$0.002026-03-31
Jeff Grayzel (D)$484,776.70$0.002026-06-04
Cammie L Croft (D)$381,640.03$0.002026-02-27

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQSafe DJuly 14, 2026
  • The Cook Political ReportSolid DAugust 13, 2025
  • Inside ElectionsSolid DMarch 7, 2025
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe DApril 10, 2025

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: DAFIS FOR CONGRESS.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the FEC candidate file.

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