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New Jersey · U.S. House · District 01 · 2026

New Jersey District 01 House race

General election in 50 days · Nov 3, 2026
The read · New Jersey District 01 House race

Donald Norcross has raised more than 144 times the next candidate.

Candidates in the New Jersey District 01 House race, 2026 report raising $1.6M between them. Donald Norcross reports $1.6M and Damon Galdo reports $11,125, a gap of $1.6M. Of what Donald Norcross reports, 45% came from individuals and 49% from PACs.

Public campaign-finance filings, 2026 cycle. Candidate rows are filers on record, not final ballot lists. Totals are rounded to whole dollars.

Every candidate on file

Ranked by money raised. Each row shows the campaign money mix and a plain-English read.

Donald Norcross

Donald Norcross

DIncumbent
D · incumbent

Incumbent leans on PAC money. 49% from PACs and 45% from individuals.

45% individuals49% PACs6% other
$1.6M
raised
DG

Damon Galdo

R
R · challenger

Small-donor heavy. 95% from individuals and 0% from PACs.

95% individuals0% PACs5% other
$11K
raised

Where the money came from

$0 in itemized outside money is on file for this cycle. Candidate fundraising is shown separately below.

Labor / Unions$80K
Defense & Aerospace$40K
Small donors & unclassified$10K
Insurance$10K
Real Estate & Construction$10K

Biggest itemized outside spenders

  • AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E · pac$10K
  • AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION · pac$10K
  • CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS · pac$10K
  • EMPLOYEES OF NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION PAC · pac$10K
  • EMPLOYEES OF RTX CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE · pac$10K
  • EXELON CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE · pac$10K
  • INSURED RETIREMENT INSTITUTE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (IRI PAC) · pac$10K
  • INT'L UNION OF BRICKLAYERS AND ALLIED CRAFTWORKERS · pac$10K

PACs vs the people

This split is from the candidates' own reported fundraising.

49%46%
49% PACs46% individuals5% other

The incumbent's record

Donald Norcross is the linked incumbent for this race.

Net worth (2024)
$6.0M
$2.5M+. up $4.9M since 2014.
Stock trades
None on file
No disclosed individual stock transactions.
Committees
2
Current full committee seats on file.

Where they sit

  • House Committee on Armed Services
  • House Committee on Education and Workforce

Who funds them

This is the incumbent's own funding by donor sector for the cycle.

Labor / Unions$80K
Defense & Aerospace$40K
Small donors & unclassified$10K
Insurance$10K
Real Estate & Construction$10K
Full profile: net worth, donors, trades, and votes ->

The tale of the tape

Money, side by side. Green marks the leader on each line.

Donald Norcross
D · incumbent
Donald Norcross
vs
DG
Damon Galdo
R · challenger
$1.6M
Raised
$11K
$2.4M
Cash on hand
$5K
49%
From PACs
0%
45%
From individuals
95%
Labor / Unions
Top donor sector
Too few to rank
Yes
Incumbent
No