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2026 New Jersey House race, District 2

Jeff Van Drew (Republican), Zack Mullock (Democrat) and Ramon Mora Jr. (Independent) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for U.S. House in New Jersey District 2, as recorded September 21, 2026 from the New Jersey Division of Elections.

The November ballot

Van Drew
$1.9M
Mullock
$463K

Raised so far, filed with the FEC

Also in this race: Ramon Mora Jr. (Independent).

Official candidate list: New Jersey Division of Elections. Faces and bars are the campaigns that hold the seat or have $25,000 raised or outside spending on file; being outside that group is a filing fact, not a mark. Not a prediction.

The seat

Jeff Van Drew

Republican · Holds the seat now

First took office 2019 · Age 73

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, 2026 

Register 21 days before the election.

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How they won the primary

The primary · 44,445 votes

  • Zack Mullock Won: 39.8% 17,698
  • Tim Alexander: 27.4% 12,168
  • Bayly Winder: 22.2% 9,846
  • Terri Reese: 10.6% 4,733

Primary results as recorded October 11, 2026, ordered by votes. Source: New Jersey Division of Elections official primary results. A primary result is a recorded fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.

The money on this race

Raised by candidates
$3.3M
Outside money
$388K

Outside money, for and against

Supporting Van Drew$1.1K
Opposing Van Drew-
Supporting Mullock$305K
Opposing Mullock-

Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing. The other $81K of the race's $388K was spent on candidates not listed here. No outside money is on file for or against the other name on this ballot.

Where each candidate's money comes from

11%$219KSmall donors$77K17%
70%$1.3MLarge donors$270K58%
17%$327KPACs$5K1%
--Party$1K<1%
--Self-funding$110K24%
2%$44KOther--

Small donors give $200 or less; 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 largest groups spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.

1 to 5 of 6 groups

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

Not on the November ballot

5 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 Drew Won: 58.1%
  • Joseph F. Salerno: 41.2%

371,620 votes for candidates. Other candidates and write-ins took the remaining 0.7%. 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. Candidate totals are each campaign's latest FEC report, ending between June 30, 2026 and September 30, 2026. Outside money is the FEC's processed total of independent expenditures plus the 24- and 48-hour reports filed since each group's latest regular report. It covers this two-year cycle, the same as the candidate totals. Dataset built 2026-10-12. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.