New Jersey 12th District 2026

The money race

Campaign fundraising this cycle, with independent expenditures by outside groups for and against each candidate.

DAdam Hamawy
$1.53M
+$900K for
RGregg Mele
$79K

Bars: money raised by the campaign this cycle. Thin bars: outside spending by super PACs and other groups, for and against.

Money raised and outside spending by candidate
Candidate	Party	Raised	Outside support	Outside opposition	Small-dollar
Adam Hamawy	D	$1,533,852	$900,174	$0	1%
Gregg Mele	R	$79,425	$0	$0	8%

$1.61M

Raised by candidates

$1.52M

Spent by candidates

$900K

Outside spending

4 spenders

Candidates

Candidate	Raised	Individuals	PACs	Small-dollar	In-state	Spent	Donors
Adam Hamawy (D)	$1.53M	$1.48M	$57K	1%	49%	$1.44M	1,098
Gregg Mele (R)	$79K	$26K	$0	8%	30%	$76K	11

Outside spending

Independent expenditures reported to the FEC (Schedule E). “Dark money in” is the total of grants the spender received from 501(c) nonprofits, as traced by Poliscope.

Spender	Target	Stance	Spent	Network	Dark money in
AMERICAN PRIORITIES (AP) C00932723	Adam Hamawy	Support	$554K 2 filings		—
JUSTICE DEMOCRATS PAC C00630665	Adam Hamawy	Support	$191K 4 filings	Justice Democrats	$136K
MEDICARE FOR ALL C00685552	Adam Hamawy	Support	$150K 2 filings		—
CHRISTOPHER STREET PROJECT PAC (CSP PAC) C00893461	Adam Hamawy	Support	$5K 1 filing		—

Candidates

Adam Hamawy

D Democrat

Raised: $1.53M
Small-dollar: 1%
In-state: 49%
Outside for / against: $900K / $0

Backed by 314 Action Backed by Justice Democrats Health care industry money Union PAC money Dark money spent on their behalf

Gregg Mele

R Republican

Raised: $79K
Small-dollar: 8%
In-state: 30%
Outside for / against: $0 / $0

Source: Poliscope (poliscope.org), from FEC filings. Roster curated from FEC candidate registrations. Withdrawn and defeated primary candidates are not shown.