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Christopher H. Smith

Christopher H. Smith

Representative· NJRHouse● In officeOn the ballot in 2026
Before officeBusiness executive · Businessperson
File · Money Read

What the money shows

Christopher H. Smith has an estimated net worth of $382,500. The 2026 campaign raised $572,580. Outside groups had $156,381 spent for Christopher H. Smith. Christopher H. Smith sits on Africa and House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Sources: House disclosures · Senate disclosures · FEC

Est. net worth
$383K
$215K – $550K
Raised (last cycle)
$573K
FEC · cycle 2026
Years in role
45
Representative since 1981
Net-worth filings
18
+$142K since 2008
File — Balance

Bills weighed against funded sectors

Each pan counts bills. Excluded bills are shown beside the scale when the vote or bill direction is unclear.

Ideological / Leadership

$138K in corporate money from ideological / leadership · 0 roll calls · 0 bills

against ideological / leadership
0 bills
with ideological / leadership
0 bills
No scored votes

No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.

Labor / Unions

$129K in union money · 1 roll calls · 1 bills

against labor / unions
0 bills
with labor / unions
0 bills
No scored votes

No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.

1 excluded · not weighed

Other

$119K in corporate money from other · 0 roll calls · 0 bills

against other
0 bills
with other
0 bills
No scored votes

No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.

Real Estate & Construction

$34K in corporate money from real estate · 0 roll calls · 0 bills

against real estate
0 bills
with real estate
0 bills
No scored votes

No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.

Health & Pharma

$17K in corporate money from health · 6 roll calls · 6 bills

against health
0 bills
with health
0 bills
No scored votes

No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.

6 excluded · not weighed

Foreign-policy advocacy

$10K in corporate money from foreign-policy advocacy · 0 roll calls · 0 bills

against foreign-policy advocacy
0 bills
with foreign-policy advocacy
0 bills
No scored votes

No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.

Law & Lobbying

$7K in corporate money from law · 9 roll calls · 8 bills

against law
0 bills
with law
2 bills
6 excluded · not weighed

Energy & Utilities

$5K in corporate money from energy · 10 roll calls · 9 bills

against energy
0 bills
with energy
3 bills
6 excluded · not weighed

Banking & Financial

$4K in corporate money from banking · 9 roll calls · 7 bills

against banking
0 bills
with banking
4 bills
3 excluded · not weighed
SourcesFEC money recordscongressional roster and vote records
File A — Net Worth

Net worth over time

Estimated from financial disclosures. The band shows the disclosed range; the line is the midpoint estimate.

Why negative? Financial disclosures require officials to report mortgages and loans as liabilities, but exclude personal residences and other non-income-producing assets. Someone whose main asset is their home can show a negative disclosednet worth in some years — it doesn’t necessarily mean they’re in debt. See methodology.
midpoint disclosed range govt salary
source filing →
File C — Service

Term history

  1. RepresentativeNJ-4R
    2025 – 2027 · 2 yrs
  2. RepresentativeNJ-4R
    2023 – 2025 · 2 yrs
  3. RepresentativeNJ-4R
    2021 – 2023 · 2 yrs
  4. RepresentativeNJ-4R
    2019 – 2021 · 2 yrs
  5. RepresentativeNJ-4R
    2017 – 2019 · 2 yrs
  6. RepresentativeNJ-4R
    2015 – 2017 · 2 yrs
  7. RepresentativeNJ-4R
    2013 – 2015 · 2 yrs
  8. RepresentativeNJ-4R
    2011 – 2013 · 2 yrs
  9. RepresentativeNJ-4R
    2009 – 2011 · 2 yrs
  10. RepresentativeNJ-4R
    2007 – 2009 · 2 yrs
  11. RepresentativeNJ-4R
    2005 – 2007 · 2 yrs
  12. RepresentativeNJ-4R
    2003 – 2005 · 2 yrs
  13. RepresentativeNJ-4R
    2001 – 2003 · 2 yrs
  14. RepresentativeNJ-4R
    1999 – 2001 · 2 yrs
  15. RepresentativeNJ-4R
    1997 – 1999 · 2 yrs
  16. RepresentativeNJ-4R
    1995 – 1997 · 2 yrs
  17. RepresentativeNJ-4R
    1993 – 1995 · 2 yrs
  18. RepresentativeNJ-4R
    1991 – 1993 · 2 yrs
  19. RepresentativeNJ-4R
    1989 – 1991 · 2 yrs
  20. RepresentativeNJ-4R
    1987 – 1989 · 2 yrs
  21. RepresentativeNJ-4R
    1985 – 1987 · 2 yrs
  22. RepresentativeNJ-4R
    1983 – 1985 · 2 yrs
  23. RepresentativeNJ-4R
    1981 – 1983 · 2 yrs
File D — Benchmark

If they'd just invested 20%

A disciplined-saver benchmark: 20% of each year's government salary, invested at an assumed 10%/yr return — versus actual disclosed net worth.

hypothetical retirement actual net worth salary

Hypothetical, not actual savings — see methodology.