2026 general election
New Jersey 11th District
The candidate who raised the most money won. · Incumbent re-elected.
$5.8M was spent on the 2026 New Jersey 11th District race: $3.1M raised by the campaigns, $440K of it from PACs, plus $2.8M from outside groups (FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026). Analilia Mejia (Democrat) won and was the top fundraiser.
Total money
$5.8M
Raised by campaigns
$3.1M
PAC checks
$440K
Outside money
$2.8M
Candidates
Raised by the campaign Outside money supportingOutside money attacking Democrat Republican Other
Analilia MejiaDemocrat, incumbent
✓ Won- Raised
- $2.2M
- Spent
- $2.1M
- From individuals
- $1.8M
- From PACs
- $396K
- From party
- $6K
- Own money & loans
- $11K
- Outside money for
- $474K
- Outside money against
- $0
Who paid: 18% of Mejia's money came from PACs
Trade group $6K (2%)Leadership PAC $117K (32%)Membership $22K (6%)Union $116K (32%)Super PAC $55K (15%)Other $45K (12%)
- Courage to Change Leadership PAC$25K
- Working Families Party PAC Super PAC$15K
- Service Employees International Union Union$15K
- Jayapal Leadership PAC$15K
- Communications Workers of America Union$15K
- American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO Union$15K
- American Association for Justice (Aaj) Membership$11K
- Battleground Blue PAC Other$10K
Biggest outside spenders
- Working Families Party PAC · $274K supporting
- Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC · $50K supporting
- Medicare for All · $50K supporting
- Garden State Forward · $40K supporting
- Citizens Against AIPAC Corruption · $35K supporting
Joe HathawayRepublican
✗ Lost- Raised
- $838K
- Spent
- $795K
- From individuals
- $792K
- From PACs
- $44K
- From party
- $0
- Own money & loans
- $0
- Outside money for
- $2.3M
- Outside money against
- $0
Who paid: 5% of Hathaway's money came from PACs
Corporate $5K (31%)Trade group $5K (29%)Leadership PAC $5K (29%)Other $2K (11%)
- Tkj PAC Leadership PAC$5K
- Wakefern Food Corp. Political Action Committee Corporate$5K
- National Apartment Association Trade group$5K
- Projecthealthsolutions PAC - Phspac Other$2K
- Gibbons P.C. Corporate$400
Biggest outside spenders
- Dlga PAC · $1.7M supporting
- Article One Inc. PAC · $350K supporting
- The American Centerpoint PAC Inc. · $183K supporting
- Dmfi PAC · $15K supporting
- Rolling Sea Action Fund · $15K supporting
Plus 1 other candidate on the ballot with no reported money.
Questions people ask
- How much money was spent on the 2026 New Jersey 11th District race?
- $5.8M was spent on the 2026 New Jersey 11th District race: $3.1M raised by the campaigns, $440K of it from PACs, plus $2.8M from outside groups (FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026). Analilia Mejia (Democrat) won and was the top fundraiser.
- Who raised the most money in the 2026 New Jersey 11th District race?
- Joe Hathaway (Republican) raised $838K and had $2.3M in outside spending on their side.
- Which outside groups spent the most on the 2026 New Jersey 11th District race?
- Dlga PAC ($1.7M), Article One Inc. PAC ($350K), Working Families Party PAC ($274K).
- Which PACs gave the most to candidates in the 2026 New Jersey 11th District race?
- Courage to Change gave $25K to Analilia Mejia; Working Families Party PAC gave $15K to Analilia Mejia; Seiu Cope (Service Employees International Union Committee On Political Education) gave $15K to Analilia Mejia.