Josh Gottheimer

American politician (born 1975)

IncumbentU.S. House — NJ-05DemocraticRunning nowVugol ID VM-BSS-ME83 FEC H6NJ05171

Running for U.S. House, NJ-05, 2026

Link: vugol.me/p/josh-gottheimer

Roster source: FEC filing (2026-08-26)

Headshot · unitedstates.github.io

Josh Gottheimer — Photo — Photo · gottheimer.house.gov

Josh Gottheimer — Illustration · Vugol.me — Illustration · Vugol.me
Illustration by Vugol.me, adapted from Official U.S. Congress portrait · Public domain

Races

2026 · U.S. House, NJ-05 · General · Democratic · on the ballot · incumbent
2025 · Governor, NJ · Primary · Democratic · lost · 97,384 votes (11.6%) · source
2024 · U.S. House, NJ-05 · General · Democratic · result not on file · incumbent · source
2022 · U.S. House, NJ-05 · General · Democratic · won · 145,559 votes (54.7%) · incumbent · source
2020 · U.S. House, NJ-05 · General · Democratic · won · 225,175 votes (53.1%) · incumbent · source
2018 · U.S. House, NJ-05 · General · Democratic · won · 169,546 votes (56.1%) · source

Background

Joshua S. Gottheimer is an American politician, attorney, writer, and public policy adviser serving as the U.S. representative for New Jersey's 5th congressional district since 2017.

A member of the Democratic Party, his district stretches along the northern border of the state from New York City's densely populated metropolitan suburbs in Bergen County northwest through exurban and rural territory in northern Passaic and Sussex Counties.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 2026-09-24 · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Gottheimer

Campaign finance

$4,765,145total raised (2026 cycle)

$12,773,075cash on hand (2026 cycle)

$12,704,564total spent (2026 cycle)

As of 2026-06-30 · Source: FEC

Website and social

Official websitevia Wikidata

Campaign contact: info@josh4jersey.com · source

X / TwitterFacebookInstagram

Sources

Official portrait — public-domain congressional image set (unitedstates project)
Background — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-09-24 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Gottheimer
Website and social links — Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6288908
Official social accounts — congress-legislators dataset (unitedstates project)
Roster — FEC filing — https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H6NJ05171/
photo_headshot — https://unitedstates.github.io/
photo_gallery — https://gottheimer.house.gov
photo_gallery — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Josh_Gottheimer_at_Leonia_Memorial_Day_Parade.png

Is this you?

If you are Josh Gottheimer (or their campaign), sign in to claim this profile free and add your photo, bio and platform.

Sign in with your campaign email address — the one published for this campaign, or any address on your campaign website’s domain — and your claim is verified instantly. Other claims are identity-checked by our staff first.