Winner, unofficial result · U.S. House, NJ-07
Rebecca Bennett
- Over
- Thomas Kean Jr. (Republican), 38.3%
- Votes
- 148,433 (54,045 ahead)
- Term begins
- January 3, 2027
Unofficial result, not yet certified. Source: Wikipedia (House results table) · read 2026-11-07
Called it. Before the polls closed, Vugol.Me called this race for the Democrat (D +2.5, a toss-up, from the Vugol Vector model) and the Democrat won. Every call, frozen before polls closed
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The race
U.S. House, NJ-07. Won with 60.3%, 21.9 points ahead over Thomas Kean Jr..
- Rebecca Bennett Democratic · winner60.3%
- Thomas Kean Jr. Republican38.3%
- Seamus Patrick O'Toole Stop Israel's Genocide1.4%
Source: Wikipedia (House results table) · retrieved 2026-11-07 · unofficial until certified
Polls and models against the result
- Frozen call
- Democrat (D +2.5, a toss-up, from the Vugol Vector model)
- Result
- D +21.9
- Difference
- 19.4 points
Source: Vugol.Me calls ledger, frozen before polls closed and never edited after. Margins are Republican minus Democrat.
Money
Principal campaign committee: REBECCA BENNETT FOR CONGRESS. Covers January 1, 2025 to October 14, 2026; latest report: Pre-General. Money raised after that date appears once the next report is filed.
Where the money came from
17.7% of the $7,664,973 from individuals came in contributions the FEC does not itemize (donors who gave $200 or less in total).
- Individuals, unitemized (donors giving $200 or less in total)15.5%$1,356,659
- Individuals, itemized72.0%$6,308,315
- Other political committees (PACs)5.9%$520,754
- Party committees0.1%$4,822
- The candidate (own money and loans)0.0%$327
- Transfers, other loans and other receipts6.5%$566,126
Employers donors listed
- US NAVY$23,37870 contributions
- CAPITAL GROUP$23,0009 contributions
- JOHNSON & JOHNSON$20,02558 contributions
- HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH$10,6007 contributions
- BERKSHIRE PARTNERS$10,5003 contributions
- GOLDMAN SACHS$8,5005 contributions
- KELSAN$8,44911 contributions
- GOOGLE$7,7008 contributions
- ANTHROPIC$7,5133 contributions
- CABOT CABOT & FORBES$7,5003 contributions
Sum of itemized individual contributions by the employer the donor listed. These are employees giving as individuals, not donations by the companies. Entries such as retired, not employed or self-employed are left out of this list.
Source: Federal Election Commission (OpenFEC) · reports filed through October 14, 2026 · retrieved 2026-11-09 · filings can be amended · response hash 607937ae627b
Industries
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Record
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Contact and links
- Website
- rebeccabennettforcongress.com official
- Campaign email
- info@rebeccabennettforcongress.com · source
- Social
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All sources
- Result: Wikipedia (House results table), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2026_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_New_Jersey&oldid=1384217612
- Call time: Called by Wikipedia editors 5:14 AM ET (revision)
- Pre-election call: Vugol.Me calls ledger (frozen), /calls
- Term start: U.S. Constitution, 20th Amendment, section 1
- Campaign finance: Federal Election Commission
- Roster, FEC filing https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H6NJ07201/
- photo_curated https://rebeccabennettforcongress.com/meet-rebecca/
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