Which PACs gave the most to Josh Gottheimer?

American Israel Public Affairs Committee Political Action Committee ($76K), American Investment Council Political Action Committee ($13K), American Academy of Dermatology Association Political Action Committee (Skinpac) ($10K), Elevance Health, Inc. Political Action Committee (Elevance Health PAC) ($10K), Regions Financial Corporation Political Action Committee ($10K) in 2026.

Which super PACs spent on Josh Gottheimer's race?

Protect Progress ($512K for) in 2026.

How much has Josh Gottheimer raised across elections?

$5.8M in 2026 (New Jersey 5th District), $10M in 2024 (New Jersey 5th District), $8.9M in 2022 (New Jersey 5th District), $7.8M in 2020 (New Jersey 5th District).

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Politician

Josh Gottheimer

Democrat · New Jersey · ran 4 times since 2020, won 4 · incumbent

FEC candidate H6NJ05171

Josh Gottheimer (Democrat) raised $5.8M for the 2026 New Jersey 5th District race, $1.2M of it from PACs, and outside groups spent $512K for and $0 against them (FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026). They won.

Raised, all runs

$33M

2026, 2024, 2022, 2020

From PAC checks

21%

$6.8M from corporations, trade groups, unions and politicians

Outside money for

$665K

Super PACs and party groups helping

Outside money against

$21K

Spent attacking them

Every run

Each general election, with the money behind it and the result.

Cycle	Race	Raised	PAC share	Outside for / against	Google ads	All money	Result
2026	New Jersey 5th District	$5.8M	22%	$512K / $0	$766K	$6.3M	✓ Won
2024	New Jersey 5th District	$10M	17%	$0 / $0	$137K	$10M	✓ Won
2022	New Jersey 5th District	$8.9M	22%	$153K / $21K	$85K	$9.0M	✓ Won
2020	New Jersey 5th District	$7.8M	23%	$0 / $0	$85K	$7.8M	✓ Won

Who wrote the checks

The PACs that gave the most across every run, and what kind of money it is.

Corporate $3.4MTrade group $1.3MMembership $623KOther $600KUnion $564KLeadership PAC $319KSuper PAC $67KParty $12K

NorpacOther$106K
American Israel Public Affairs Committee Political Action CommitteeMembershipLobbyist PAC$76K
Ally Financial Inc. Advocacy Political Action CommitteeCorporateLobbyist PAC$30K
Elevance Health, Inc. Political Action Committee (Elevance Health PAC)CorporateLobbyist PAC$23K
Regions Financial Corporation Political Action CommitteeCorporateLobbyist PAC$21K
American Property Casualty Insurance Association Political Action Committee (Insuring America PAC)Trade groupLobbyist PAC$20K
American Bankers Association PAC (Bankpac)Trade groupLobbyist PAC$18K
Prudential Financial Inc. Federal Political Action Committee (Aka - Prudential Federal PAC)CorporateLobbyist PAC$15K
American Association of Orthodontists Political Action CommitteeTrade group$15K
At&T Inc. Employee Federal Political Action Committee (At&T Employee Federal PAC)CorporateLobbyist PAC$15K
Abbott Laboratories Employee Political Action CommitteeCorporateLobbyist PAC$15K
American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO Committee On Political EducationUnion$15K

Outside money, for and against

Super PACs and party groups that spent the most on these races.

Protect Progressfor $512K
Center Forward Committeefor $153K
Lv Strongagainst $21K

The payback

How they voted on their funders' bills

On the 34 key votes where Josh Gottheimer had taken $10K+ from the industry with a stake, they voted the industry's way 17 times (50%). Money is PAC checks plus credited super PAC support across every run since 2020; “with industry” is the vote the industry lobbied for.

All issues →

Vote	Industry	Their money from it	Voted
NDAA FY2027House · 2026 · 216–212	Defense contractors wanted yea	$70K	Nay · against
Stop Insider Trading ActHouse · 2026 · 232–198	Members who trade stocks wanted nay	$117M	Yea · against
Faster Labor Contracts ActHouse · 2026 · 230–193	Labor unions wanted yea	$628K	Yea · with industry
Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection ActHouse · 2026 · 216–201	Gun lobby wanted yea	–	Nay · against
Year-round E15House · 2026 · 218–203	Agriculture, food and retail wanted yeaOil, gas and coal wanted nay	$240K$71K	Yea · with industryYea · against
Farm, Food, and National Security ActHouse · 2026 · 224–200	Agriculture, food and retail wanted yea	$240K	Nay · against
Affordable HOMES ActHouse · 2026 · 263–147	Real estate and construction wanted yea	$212K	Present
Protect America's Workforce ActHouse · 2025 · 231–195	Labor unions wanted yea	$628K	Yea · with industry
ANWR coastal plain leasingHouse · 2025 · 217–209	Oil, gas and coal wanted yea	$71K	Nay · against
NDAA FY2026House · 2025 · 231–196	Defense contractors wanted yea	$70K	Yea · with industry
GENIUS Act (stablecoins)House · 2025 · 308–122	Crypto wanted yea	$517K	Yea · with industry
CLARITY Act (crypto market structure)House · 2025 · 294–134	Crypto wanted yea	$517K	Yea · with industry
One Big Beautiful Bill ActHouse · 2025 · 218–214	Oil, gas and coal wanted yeaWall Street and hedge funds wanted yea	$71K$1.2M	Nay · againstNay · against
OCC bank merger rule repealHouse · 2025 · 220–207	Wall Street and hedge funds wanted yea	$1.2M	Nay · against
California clean cars waiver repealHouse · 2025 · 246–164	Oil, gas and coal wanted yea	$71K	Present
CFPB overdraft rule repealHouse · 2025 · 217–211	Wall Street and hedge funds wanted yea	$1.2M	Present
IRS DeFi broker rule repealHouse · 2025 · 292–132	Crypto wanted yea	$517K	Yea · with industry
Methane waste emissions charge repealHouse · 2025 · 220–206	Oil, gas and coal wanted yea	$71K	Nay · against
FIT21 (crypto market structure)House · 2024 · 279–136	Crypto wanted yea	$517K	Yea · with industry
Israel Security Assistance Support ActHouse · 2024 · 224–187	Pro-Israel groups wanted yea	$218K	Yea · with industry
SAB 121 repealHouse · 2024 · 228–182	Crypto wanted yea	$517K	Yea · with industry
Antisemitism Awareness ActHouse · 2024 · 320–91	Pro-Israel groups wanted yea	$218K	Yea · with industry
Israel security supplemental (Apr 2024)House · 2024 · 366–58	Pro-Israel groups wanted yea	$218K	Yea · with industry
Ukraine security supplementalHouse · 2024 · 311–112	Defense contractors wanted yea	$70K	Yea · with industry
Protecting Health Care for All Patients ActHouse · 2024 · 211–208	Pharma and health care wanted yea	$683K	Nay · against
Joint-employer rule repealHouse · 2024 · 206–177	Labor unions wanted nay	$628K	Nay · with industry
NDAA FY2024House · 2023 · 310–118	Defense contractors wanted yea	$70K	Yea · with industry
Israel aid (Nov 2023)House · 2023 · 226–196	Pro-Israel groups wanted yea	$218K	Yea · with industry
Pistol brace rule repealHouse · 2023 · 219–210	Gun lobby wanted yea	–	Present
Lower Energy Costs ActHouse · 2023 · 225–204	Oil, gas and coal wanted yea	$71K	Nay · against
Strategic Production Response ActHouse · 2023 · 221–205	Oil, gas and coal wanted yea	$71K	Nay · against
Merger Filing Fee Modernization ActHouse · 2022 · 242–184	Tech and AI wanted nay	$170K	Yea · against
Inflation Reduction ActHouse · 2022 · 220–207	Oil, gas and coal wanted nayPharma and health care wanted nayWall Street and hedge funds wanted nay	$71K$683K$1.2M	Yea · againstYea · againstYea · against
Assault Weapons Ban of 2022House · 2022 · 217–213	Gun lobby wanted nay	–	Yea · against
Safer Communities Act (post-Uvalde)House · 2022 · 234–193	Gun lobby wanted nay	–	Yea · against
Affordable Insulin Now ActHouse · 2022 · 232–193	Pharma and health care wanted nay	$683K	Yea · against
Bipartisan Background Checks ActHouse · 2021 · 227–203	Gun lobby wanted nay	–	Yea · against
PRO Act (union organising)House · 2021 · 225–206	Labor unions wanted yea	$628K	Yea · with industry

Their own portfolio

2,500 stock trades, worth $117M–$539M

Reported under the STOCK Act from 72 filings since 2021, including trades by a spouse or dependent child. 1013 buys, 1486 sells. Heaviest in tech and ai ($114M+), wall street and hedge funds ($276K+), pharma and health care ($242K+).

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Most traded

MSFT Microsoft Corporation - Common Stock$114M+184 trades
AAPL Apple Inc. - Common Stock$85K+43 trades
FIS Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. Common Stock$60K+18 trades
SBUX Starbucks Corporation - Common Stock$55K+13 trades
TSLA Tesla, Inc. - Common Stock$52K+52 trades
LLY Eli Lilly and Company Common Stock$42K+42 trades
GOOG Alphabet Inc. - Class C Capital Stock$39K+39 trades
MELI MercadoLibre, Inc. - Common Stock$31K+17 trades

Latest trades

sellMCD2026-09-25 · stock · joint$1K–$15K
sellAMAT2026-09-15 · stock · joint$1K–$15K
buyMSFT2026-08-14 · options · joint$250K–$500K
buyMSFT2026-08-14 · options · joint$500K–$1.0M
sellMSFT2026-08-14 · options · joint$250K–$500K
sellMSFT2026-08-14 · options · joint$500K–$1.0M
buyAMAT2026-08-06 · stock · joint$1K–$15K
buyRSG2026-08-06 · stock · joint$1K–$15K

Filings on the House Clerk's site.

The revolving door

5 former aides now lobbying

Lobbyists who list a job in Josh Gottheimer's office among the government positions they held, and who they now work for. A former staffer gets the meeting.

Vincent SarubbiFormer congressional staff
Deputy Chief of Staff and Legislative Director, Rep. Josh Gottheimer; Legislative Assistant, Sen. Sherrod Brown; Senior Legislative Assistant, Rep. Donald No…
Now lobbies for Pharmaceutical Research And Manufacturers Of America, Novartis, Association For Advancing Automation, Boston Dynamics, INC. · via Dla Piper LLP (us)
Joshua FendrickFormer congressional staff
Staff Assistant, Legislative Correspondent, and Legislative Aide, Sen. Gary C. Peters; Economic Policy Adviser, Rep. Josh Gottheimer; Economic Policy Adviser…
Now lobbies for Jpmorgan Chase Holdings, LLC, Pfizer, American Airlines, INC., Visa · via Williams And Jensen, Pllc
Paul NemetzFormer congressional staff
Scheduler, Rep. Josh Gottheimer (2019-2021)
Now lobbies for The Home Depot, RTX Corporation And Affiliates, American Council Of Engineering Companies, National Association Of Realtors · via Invariant LLC
Michael LuksoFormer congressional staff
Intern-Sen. D. Durbin; Intern-Sen. B. Obama; Intern-Rep. D. Halvorson; Intern-Rep. S. Murphy; LC/Fin. Admin/Staff Asst./ Intern-Rep. M. Quigley; LA-Rep. H. S…
Now lobbies for Payward INC. (formerly Known As Payward Interactive, INC. D/b/a Kraken)
Joel HerbermanFormer congressional staff
Legislative Correspondent/Scheduler, Rep. Jim Langevin; Staff Assistant/Scheduler, Rep. Jim Langevin; Legislative Intern, Rep. Jim Langevin; Legislative Inte…
Now lobbies for National Multifamily Housing Council · via Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP

The revolving door, industry by industry →

Figures are the candidate's principal committees as filed with the FEC, cycle by cycle. See About the data.

Questions people ask

Who funded Josh Gottheimer's 2026 campaign?: Josh Gottheimer (Democrat) raised $5.8M for the 2026 New Jersey 5th District race, $1.2M of it from PACs, and outside groups spent $512K for and $0 against them (FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026). They won.
Which PACs gave the most to Josh Gottheimer?: American Israel Public Affairs Committee Political Action Committee ($76K), American Investment Council Political Action Committee ($13K), American Academy of Dermatology Association Political Action Committee (Skinpac) ($10K), Elevance Health, Inc. Political Action Committee (Elevance Health PAC) ($10K), Regions Financial Corporation Political Action Committee ($10K) in 2026.
Which super PACs spent on Josh Gottheimer's race?: Protect Progress ($512K for) in 2026.
How much has Josh Gottheimer raised across elections?: $5.8M in 2026 (New Jersey 5th District), $10M in 2024 (New Jersey 5th District), $8.9M in 2022 (New Jersey 5th District), $7.8M in 2020 (New Jersey 5th District).