Federal candidate · 2021–2022 cycle · past cycle

Jefferson Van Drew

Official portrait of Jefferson Van Drew
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for New Jersey’s 2nd district
Party
Republican
Hometown
Dennis Township, NJ
Born
1953
In Congress
House since 2019 · 7 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
VAN DREW, JEFF MR
Next election
General November 8, 2022 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of New Jersey with the current district highlighted

New Jersey, District 2

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.

RepublicanU.S. House · New Jersey District 2IncumbentWon the general election (58.9%)

FEC candidate ID H8NJ02166 · Principal campaign committee: VAN DREW FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · New Jersey District 2$2,414,607.20General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · New Jersey District 2$3,233,277.47General-election nominee
2021–2022U.S. House · New Jersey District 2$3,119,520.28Won the general election (58.9%)
2019–2020U.S. House · New Jersey District 2$4,326,538.52Won the general election (51.9%)
Total raised$3,119,520.28
Total spent$2,831,986.87
Cash on hand$479,411.30
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2021–2022 cycle totals through December 31, 2022, 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: $2,145,284.47PACs and other committees: $521,275.00Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $392,835.43Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $60,125.38
  • Individual contributions$2,145,284.4769%
  • PACs and other committees$521,275.0017%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$392,835.4313%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$60,125.382%

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

150 committees reported giving $505,635.00 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 Jeff Van Drew$1,258.44
  • Independent expenditures opposing Jeff Van Drew$8.68
  • Company and union communications to members about Jeff Van Drew$1,238.09

FEC totals for the 2022 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 2, 2022 · 4 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Jeff Van Drew (R)$3,119,520.28$479,411.302022-12-31
Timothy C Alexander (D)$502,345.28$14,871.572022-12-31
Hector Tavarez (D)$82,832.19$0.002022-12-31
Carolyn Rush (D)$64,736.08$860.032022-12-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportSolid RJune 15, 2022
  • Inside ElectionsSolid RJanuary 10, 2022
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe RJanuary 4, 2022
  • PoliticoLikely RApril 5, 2022
  • RCPSafe RJune 9, 2022
  • Fox NewsSolid RJuly 11, 2022
  • DDHQSolid RJuly 20, 2022
  • 538Solid RJune 30, 2022
  • The EconomistSafe RSeptember 28, 2022

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
Change Research (D)April 12–15, 2021641 (RV)± 4.0%Jeff Van Drew 48% · Generic Democrat 42%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2022 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: VAN DREW 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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