Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Shanel Y Robinson

Party
Democratic
Running for
U.S. House · New Jersey District 12
Filing address
Somerset, NJ (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
ROBINSON, SHANEL Y
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 12

DemocraticU.S. House · New Jersey District 12Open seatLost primary

FEC candidate ID H6NJ12276 · Principal campaign committee: SHANEL FOR CONGRESS

Total raised$160,195.49
Total spent$160,116.72
Cash on hand$78.77
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$4,000.00

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: $131,709.72PACs and other committees: $22,425.00Party committees: $500.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $4,000.00Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $1,560.77
  • Individual contributions$131,709.7282%
  • PACs and other committees$22,425.0014%
  • Party committees$500.000%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$4,000.002%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$1,560.771%

Self-funding: $4,000.00 (2% of money raised): $0.00 given and $4,000.00 lent by the candidate. $4,000.00 of loans repaid so far.

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$33,534.7225%
  • Contributions over $200$101,925.0075%
  • Itemized from inside New Jersey$94,617.0089%
  • Itemized from other states$11,550.0011%

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

Raised and spent over time

$67K$0 YEAR-END: raised $56,892.00YEAR-END: spent $1,074.52APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $57,161.50APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $67,214.18PRE-PRIMARY: raised $26,196.77PRE-PRIMARY: spent $28,055.06JULY QUARTERLY: raised $18,180.22JULY QUARTERLY: spent $58,611.34OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $1,765.00OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $5,161.622025-122026-032026-052026-062026-09

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

PAC and committee contributors

2 committees reported giving $7,500.00 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 Shanel Y Robinson$171,957.92
  • Independent expenditures opposing Shanel Y Robinson$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 12, 2026 · 23 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Shanel Y Robinson (D)$160,195.49$78.772026-09-30
Adam Hamawy (D)$1,993,156.58$239,845.312026-10-14
Brad Cohen (D)$866,523.18$0.002026-08-31
Susan Copius Altman (D)$604,420.05$0.002026-10-20
Samuel S.-H. Wang (D)$599,332.72$10,830.132026-09-30
Squire Servance (D)$566,032.12$2,642.962026-09-30
Adrian O Mapp (D)$509,972.51$25,685.642026-09-30
Jay Vaingankar (D)$410,100.10$0.002026-09-30
Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (D)$364,557.60$0.002026-09-30
Sujit Singh (D)$141,939.61$5,253.722026-09-30

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: SHANEL 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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