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New Jersey House race, District 2

Jeff Van Drew holds this seat and is running to keep it against Zack Mullock.

The November ballot

Drew
$1.9M
Mullock
$463K

Raised so far, filed with the FEC

General-election ballot as recorded August 27, 2026. Not a prediction.

The seat

Jeff Van Drew

Republican · Holds the seat now

Discloses no individual stock trades.

Cosponsored a bill that would ban it

From the member's own disclosures and congress.gov. Not cosponsoring is not a vote against a ban.

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How to vote in New Jersey

  • General electionNovember 3, 2026In 10 weeks

Register 21 days before the election.

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How they won the primary

The primary · 44,445 votes

  • Zack MullockWon39.8%17,698
  • Tim Alexander27.4%12,168
  • Bayly Winder22.2%9,846
  • Terri Reese10.6%4,733

Primary results as recorded August 25, 2026, in the canvass's own published order. Via Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), which cites each state's canvass. A primary result is a filed fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.

The money on this race

Raised by candidates
$3.3M
Outside money
$81K

Where each candidate's money comes from

11%$219KSmall donors$77K17%
69%$1.3MLarge donors$270K58%
17%$327KPACs$5K1%
--Self-funding$110K24%
2%$44KOther--

Small donors give under $200; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.

Who is spending on this race

The 1 group spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.

Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.

Not on the November ballot

6 filed

Primary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.

The district

Census context
People
784K
Median household income
$85K
Unemployment
7.0%
Living below the poverty line
11.4%
Without health insurance
6.3%

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate.

How this seat voted last time

R+17 in 2024

  • Jefferson Van DrewWon58.1%
  • Joseph F. Salerno41.2%

371,620 votes for candidates. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.

Certified returns via MIT Election Data and Science Lab, from the House Clerk's election statistics and state canvasses.

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Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain; money figures carry their own coverage dates. Dataset built 2026-08-27. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.