Politician
Jeff Van Drew
Republican · New Jersey · ran 4 times since 2020, won 3 · incumbent
FEC candidate H8NJ02166
Jeff Van Drew (Republican) raised $2.4M for the 2026 New Jersey 2nd District race, $450K of it from PACs, and outside groups spent $601K for and $1.5M against them (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Oct 14, 2026). They lost.
Raised, all cycles
$13M
2026, 2024, 2022, 2020; counted once per cycle
From PAC checks
18%
$2.4M from corporations, trade groups, unions and politicians
Outside money for
$1.1M
Super PACs and party groups helping
Outside money against
$8.2M
Spent attacking them
Every run
Each election and its result. Campaign receipts cover the whole cycle and can appear in both regular and special contests; they count once in the totals above.
| Cycle | Race | Raised | PAC share | Outside for / against | Google ads | All money | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | New Jersey 2nd District | $2.4M | 19% | $601K / $1.5M | – | $4.5M | ✗ Lost |
| 2024 | New Jersey 2nd District | $3.2M | 14% | $0 / $0 | – | $3.2M | ✓ Won |
| 2022 | New Jersey 2nd District | $3.1M | 17% | $0 / $0 | – | $3.1M | ✓ Won |
| 2020 | New Jersey 2nd District | $4.3M | 23% | $450K / $6.8M | – | $12M | ✓ Won |
Who wrote the checks
The PACs that gave the most across every run, and what kind of money it is.
Trade group $461KCorporate $435KUnion $392KLeadership PAC $364KMembership $293KOther $192KSuper PAC $65KParty $6K
- American Dental Association Political Action CommitteeMembershipLobbyist PAC$32K
- WinredSuper PAC$25K
- Engineers Political Education Committee (Epec)/International Union of Operating EngineersUnionLobbyist PAC$20K
- National Association of Realtors Political Action CommitteeMembershipLobbyist PAC$20K
- The Eye of the Tiger Political Action CommitteeLeadership PAC$20K
- Ua Union Plumbers & Pipefitters Vote! PAC (United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing & Pipefitting Industry of the United States and Canada)UnionLobbyist PAC$20K
- Comcast Corporation & Nbcuniversal Political Action Committee - FederalCorporateLobbyist PAC$13K
- Blue Dog Political Action CommitteeOther$12K
- The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers Political Action CommitteeMembershipLobbyist PAC$12K
- Boots On the Ground - FederalOther$10K
- American Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons Political Action CommitteeOtherLobbyist PAC$10K
- Amalgamated Transit Union - CopeUnionLobbyist PAC$10K
Outside money, for and against
Super PACs and party groups that spent the most on these races.
- House Majority PACagainst $5.3M
- Project 218for $485K · against $1.3M
- DCCCagainst $1.2M
- Adpac Independent Expenditures Committeefor $303K
- The Committee to Defend the Presidentfor $258K
- Invest in Tomorrow Coalition PACagainst $182K
- American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees AFL-CIOagainst $127K
- American Represenative Majorityagainst $31K
- Working Families Party PACagainst $20K
Funding and votes
How their votes align with industry funding
Across 28 industry-vote comparisons with at least $10K in traced funding, they voted the industry's way 26 times (93%). This is a retrospective comparison using covered 2020–2026 runs; some money arrived after the vote. A vote can appear for multiple industries. Unknown coverage is excluded. “With industry” means its stated preferred side, and does not establish causation.
| Vote | Industry | Their money from it | Voted |
|---|---|---|---|
| NDAA FY2027House · 2026 · 216–212 | Defense contractors wanted yea | $10K | Yea · with industry |
| Stop Insider Trading ActHouse · 2026 · 232–198 | Reported household trades wanted nay | Unknown coverage | Yea · against |
| Faster Labor Contracts ActHouse · 2026 · 230–193 | Labor unions wanted yea | $342K | Yea · with industry |
| Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection ActHouse · 2026 · 216–201 | Gun lobby wanted yea | $6K | Yea · with industry |
| Year-round E15House · 2026 · 218–203 | Agriculture, food and retail wanted yeaOil, gas and coal wanted nay | $161K$33K | Nay · againstNay · with industry |
| Farm, Food, and National Security ActHouse · 2026 · 224–200 | Agriculture, food and retail wanted yea | $161K | Yea · with industry |
| Affordable HOMES ActHouse · 2026 · 263–147 | Real estate and construction wanted yea | $77K | Yea · with industry |
| Protect America's Workforce ActHouse · 2025 · 231–195 | Labor unions wanted yea | $342K | Yea · with industry |
| ANWR coastal plain leasingHouse · 2025 · 217–209 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $33K | Yea · with industry |
| NDAA FY2026House · 2025 · 231–196 | Defense contractors wanted yea | $10K | Yea · with industry |
| GENIUS Act (stablecoins)House · 2025 · 308–122 | Crypto wanted yea | $1 | Yea · with industry |
| CLARITY Act (crypto market structure)House · 2025 · 294–134 | Crypto wanted yea | $1 | Yea · with industry |
| One Big Beautiful Bill ActHouse · 2025 · 218–214 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yeaWall Street and hedge funds wanted yea | $33K$37K | Yea · with industryYea · with industry |
| OCC bank merger rule repealHouse · 2025 · 220–207 | Wall Street and hedge funds wanted yea | $37K | Yea · with industry |
| California clean cars waiver repealHouse · 2025 · 246–164 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $33K | Yea · with industry |
| CFPB overdraft rule repealHouse · 2025 · 217–211 | Wall Street and hedge funds wanted yea | $37K | Yea · with industry |
| IRS DeFi broker rule repealHouse · 2025 · 292–132 | Crypto wanted yea | $1 | Yea · with industry |
| Methane waste emissions charge repealHouse · 2025 · 220–206 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $33K | Yea · with industry |
| FIT21 (crypto market structure)House · 2024 · 279–136 | Crypto wanted yea | $1 | Yea · with industry |
| Israel Security Assistance Support ActHouse · 2024 · 224–187 | Pro-Israel groups wanted yea | $11K | Yea · with industry |
| SAB 121 repealHouse · 2024 · 228–182 | Crypto wanted yea | $1 | Yea · with industry |
| Antisemitism Awareness ActHouse · 2024 · 320–91 | Pro-Israel groups wanted yea | $11K | Yea · with industry |
| Israel security supplemental (Apr 2024)House · 2024 · 366–58 | Pro-Israel groups wanted yea | $11K | Yea · with industry |
| Ukraine security supplementalHouse · 2024 · 311–112 | Defense contractors wanted yea | $8K | Nay · against |
| Protecting Health Care for All Patients ActHouse · 2024 · 211–208 | Pharma and health care wanted yea | $154K | Yea · with industry |
| Joint-employer rule repealHouse · 2024 · 206–177 | Labor unions wanted nay | $280K | Yea · against |
| NDAA FY2024House · 2023 · 310–118 | Defense contractors wanted yea | $8K | Nay · against |
| Israel aid (Nov 2023)House · 2023 · 226–196 | Pro-Israel groups wanted yea | $11K | Yea · with industry |
| Pistol brace rule repealHouse · 2023 · 219–210 | Gun lobby wanted yea | $3K | Yea · with industry |
| Lower Energy Costs ActHouse · 2023 · 225–204 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $30K | Yea · with industry |
| Strategic Production Response ActHouse · 2023 · 221–205 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $30K | Yea · with industry |
| Merger Filing Fee Modernization ActHouse · 2022 · 242–184 | Tech and AI wanted nay | $2K | Nay · with industry |
| Inflation Reduction ActHouse · 2022 · 220–207 | Oil, gas and coal wanted nayPharma and health care wanted nayWall Street and hedge funds wanted nay | $18K$112K$27K | Nay · with industryNay · with industryNay · with industry |
| Assault Weapons Ban of 2022House · 2022 · 217–213 | Gun lobby wanted nay | $1K | Nay · with industry |
| Safer Communities Act (post-Uvalde)House · 2022 · 234–193 | Gun lobby wanted nay | $1K | Nay · with industry |
| Affordable Insulin Now ActHouse · 2022 · 232–193 | Pharma and health care wanted nay | $112K | Nay · with industry |
| Bipartisan Background Checks ActHouse · 2021 · 227–203 | Gun lobby wanted nay | $1K | Nay · with industry |
| PRO Act (union organizing)House · 2021 · 225–206 | Labor unions wanted yea | $131K | Yea · with industry |
Constituents vs. funders
Voted the way most of their constituents wanted on 0 of 5 key votes (0%)
On 2 votes, industries that gave them $10K+ before the vote wanted the opposite of what most of their constituents wanted. They sided with the funders 2 times and with their constituents 0. Constituent views come from the Cooperative Election Study, a survey of about 60,000 adults a year. A side counts as what constituents wanted only when it leads by more than the margin of error; closer results are shown as split. Party explains most votes, and none of this shows that money changed a vote.
| Vote | Their constituents | Their funders | Voted |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANWR coastal plain leasingHouse · 2025 | 46% support ±16NJ-02 · split · CES 2024 · related question | $33K Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | YeaVoters split |
| One Big Beautiful Bill ActHouse · 2025 | 54% support ±16NJ-02 · split · CES 2024 · related question | $33K Oil, gas and coal wanted yea$37K Wall Street and hedge funds wanted yea | YeaVoters split |
| Lower Energy Costs ActHouse · 2023 | 61% support ±16NJ-02 · split · CES 2024 · related question | $30K Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | YeaVoters split |
| Strategic Production Response ActHouse · 2023 | 61% support ±16NJ-02 · split · CES 2024 · related question | $30K Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | YeaVoters split |
| Inflation Reduction ActHouse · 2022 | 68% support ±11NJ-02 · wanted Yea · CES 2022 | $18K Oil, gas and coal wanted nay$112K Pharma and health care wanted nay$27K Wall Street and hedge funds wanted nay | NayFunders over voters |
| Assault Weapons Ban of 2022House · 2022 | 68% support ±11NJ-02 · wanted Yea · CES 2022 | No industry with a side gave $10K+ | NayAgainst voters |
| Safer Communities Act (post-Uvalde)House · 2022 | 92% support ±3New Jersey (statewide figure) · wanted Yea · CES 2024 | No industry with a side gave $10K+ | NayAgainst voters |
| Affordable Insulin Now ActHouse · 2022 | 91% support ±6NJ-02 · wanted Yea · CES 2022 · related question | $112K Pharma and health care wanted nay | NayFunders over voters |
| Bipartisan Background Checks ActHouse · 2021 | 94% support ±2New Jersey (statewide figure) · wanted Yea · CES 2024 | No industry with a side gave $10K+ | NayAgainst voters |
Figures are the candidate's principal committees as filed with the FEC, cycle by cycle. See About the data.
Questions people ask
- Who funded Jeff Van Drew's 2026 campaign?
- Jeff Van Drew (Republican) raised $2.4M for the 2026 New Jersey 2nd District race, $450K of it from PACs, and outside groups spent $601K for and $1.5M against them (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Oct 14, 2026). They lost.
- Which PACs gave the most to Jeff Van Drew?
- Engineers Political Education Committee (Epec)/International Union of Operating Engineers ($10K), Boots On the Ground - Federal ($10K), American Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons Political Action Committee ($10K), Amalgamated Transit Union - Cope ($10K), National Association of Realtors Political Action Committee ($10K) in 2026.
- Which super PACs spent on Jeff Van Drew's race?
- Project 218 ($485K for, $1.3M against), Invest in Tomorrow Coalition PAC ($182K against), Adpac Independent Expenditures Committee ($115K for) in 2026.
- How much has Jeff Van Drew raised across elections?
- $2.4M in 2026, $3.2M in 2024, $3.1M in 2022, $4.3M in 2020. Receipts are counted once per candidate and cycle.