Bonnie Watson Coleman

American politician (born 1945)

IncumbentU.S. House — NJ-12DemocraticPast candidateVugol ID VM-B80-XS5V FEC H4NJ12149

Ran for U.S. House, NJ-12 in 2026

Link: vugol.me/p/bonnie-watson-coleman

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

Headshot · unitedstates.github.io

Bonnie Watson Coleman — Photo — Photo · New Jersey National Guard photo by Mark C. Olsen · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Bonnie Watson Coleman — 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-12 · Primary · Democratic · result not on file · incumbent
2024 · U.S. House, NJ-12 · General · Democratic · result not on file · incumbent · source
2022 · U.S. House, NJ-12 · General · Democratic · won · 125,127 votes (63.1%) · incumbent · source
2020 · U.S. House, NJ-12 · General · Democratic · won · 230,883 votes (65.6%) · incumbent · source
2018 · U.S. House, NJ-12 · General · Democratic · won · 160,056 votes (69.0%) · source

Background

Bonnie Marie Watson Coleman is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for New Jersey's 12th congressional district since 2015.

A member of the Democratic Party, Watson Coleman is the first African-American woman to represent New Jersey in the U.S. House of Representatives.

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

Campaign finance

$0total raised (2026 cycle)

$0total spent (2026 cycle)

$0cash on hand (2026 cycle)

As of 2026-09-30 · Source: FEC

Website and social

Official websitevia Wikidata

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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/Bonnie_Watson_Coleman
Website and social links — Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4942457
Official social accounts — congress-legislators dataset (unitedstates project)
Roster — FEC filing — https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H4NJ12149/
photo_headshot — https://unitedstates.github.io/
photo_gallery — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bonnie_Watson_Coleman_2017.jpg
FEC candidate status changed — https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H4NJ12149/?cycle=2026

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