Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle

Raafat Barsoom

Party
Republican
Running for
U.S. House · New Jersey District 7
Filing address
Annandale, NJ (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
BARSOOM, RAAFAT
Next election
Primary July 7, 2020 · General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of New Jersey with the 2020 district highlighted

New Jersey, District 7

RepublicanU.S. House · New Jersey District 7ChallengerRunning

FEC candidate ID H8NJ07249 · Principal campaign committee: DR. BARSOOM FOR CONGRESS

Total raised$9,200.00
Total spent$3,875.00
Cash on hand$125.00
Debts owed by the campaign$9,000.00
Loans from the candidate$9,000.00

2019–2020 cycle totals through June 30, 2020, 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: $200.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $9,000.00
  • Individual contributions$200.002%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$9,000.0098%

Self-funding: $9,000.00 (98% of money raised): $0.00 given and $9,000.00 lent by the candidate.

Raised and spent over time

Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.

The race

New Jersey U.S. House, District 7, 2020 · 4 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Raafat Barsoom (R)$9,200.00$125.002020-06-30
Tom Malinowski (D)$7,494,242.57$51,095.252020-12-31
Thomas H. Kean Jr. (R)$3,934,329.98$93,679.412020-12-31
Tom Phillips (R)$19,497.00$0.002020-08-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportLean DJuly 2, 2020
  • Inside ElectionsLikely DOctober 29, 2020
  • Sabato's Crystal BallLean DJuly 2, 2020
  • PoliticoLean DOctober 12, 2020
  • RCPLean DJune 9, 2020
  • NiskanenSafe DJune 7, 2020

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
Basswood Research (R)March 10–11, 2020400 (LV)± 4.9%Tom Malinowski 38% · Thomas Kean Jr. 39%
NRCC (R)June 24–26, 2019400 (LV)–Tom Malinowski 42% · Thomas Kean Jr. 44%
NRCC (R)June 24–26, 2019400 (LV)–Tom Malinowski 42% · Generic Republican 44%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2020 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: DR. BARSOOM 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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