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Frank Pallone

Frank Pallone

Democratic · NJ U.S. RepresentativeCandidate 2026

40 years in the U.S. Congress · since 1987

Roles held

  1. Representative 1987 – present NJ Democratic
  2. Candidate 2026 – present Democratic

Years as candidate

  1. 2026
  • background Born October 30, 1951; lawyer
  • role U.S. representative for New Jersey's 6th district since 1988
  • role Ranking member of House Energy and Commerce Committee

Issue positions (15)

Documented + CivicGate vote-derived — stated positions link their source; derived positions come from votes on direction-tagged bills

Campaign finance

2026 cycle

Incumbent for U.S. House NJ-06 · 2026 General Election

  • $2,214,837 raised
  • $2,219,781 spent
  • $3,066,967 cash on hand
$2.21M
$2.19M
$735.24K
Itemized (≥ $200)$727.44K
Unitemized (< $200)$7.80K
Other committees (PACs)$1.46M
Offsets to expenditures$8.87K
Other receipts$15.02K
$2.22M
Operating expenditures$1.65M
Contribution refunds$9.55K
Other disbursements$555.79K
Cash on hand$3.07M
Debts owed by committee$0.00

Through June 30, 2026 · FEC

Data from FEC (through Jun 30, 2026)

Finance updated: Jul 23, 2026

Over time

Data from FEC per-cycle campaign finance

Money raised, spent, and cash on hand across every election cycle on record — toggle a series in the legend.

Frank Pallone campaign finance by election cycle
Cycle RaisedSpentCash on hand
1988$681,073$678,647$2,423
1990$632,450$634,109$761
1992$932,079$929,541$3,297
1994$672,935$672,626$3,604
1996$735,687$658,367$80,921
1998$1,092,115$1,144,629$28,407
2000$1,114,908$863,186$280,379
2002$1,019,656$853,887$446,149
2004$1,595,956$1,038,223$1,003,882
2006$2,279,568$874,198$2,409,252
2008$2,601,125$1,542,507$3,467,869
2010$2,235,780$2,573,747$3,129,902
2012$1,868,760$1,593,292$3,406,270
2014$2,390,700$5,292,910$504,060
2016$2,415,229$1,879,868$1,039,221
2018$2,810,635$1,722,277$2,127,577
2020$3,240,051$2,030,033$3,337,596
2022$3,144,740$3,795,593$2,686,743
2024$3,462,887$3,077,720$3,071,910
2026$2,214,837$2,219,781$3,066,967

Contributions received

Data from FEC

Recorded individual contributions: $100,060 ·

Industry PAC support

Data from FEC — PAC (political action committee) contributions, 2026/2024/2022 cycles

Total disclosed PAC money: $6,462,283. Industry is approximated from a curated map; individual (non-PAC) donations are listed separately above.

Top PAC contributors (10)
  • ACTBLUE $1,028,591
  • DEMOCRACY ENGINE LLC $52,130
  • NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS PAC (NABPAC) $38,500
  • COX ENTERPRISES PAC (COXPAC) INC $34,000
  • VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC GOOD GOVERNMENT CLUB (VERIZON PAC) $30,000 · Telecom
  • POET PAC $30,000
  • GROWTH ENERGY PAC $30,000 · Energy
  • COMCAST CORPORATION & NBCUNIVERSAL PAC $30,000 · Telecom
  • NATIONAL CABLE & TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION PAC (NCTAPAC) $30,000 · Telecom
  • HUMANA INC PAC $30,000

Top contributors (FEC)

Data from FEC, itemized campaign receipts

Top contributors — 2024 cycle

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor's reported employer (FEC Schedule A).

  • COX ENTERPRISES $28,000
  • AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS $17,200
  • JOHNSON & JOHNSON $15,500
  • RESOLUTION PUBLIC AFFAIRS $14,800
  • Employer not reported $14,375
  • PULSE VASCULAR $13,700
  • DISH NETWORK $13,200
  • CAPITOL COUNSEL LLC $11,250
  • SAKER SHOPRITES INC $9,900
  • MEHLMAN CONSULTING $9,870

Outside spending on this race

Data from FEC, Schedule E independent expenditures

Independent expenditures are money outside groups (PACs / super-PACs) spend to support or oppose a candidate without coordinating with their campaign. What's this? →

  • 2026 cycle $10 supporting · $0 opposing · 1 outside group
  • 2024 cycle $264 supporting · $0 opposing · 2 outside groups

See the outside-money leaderboard →

Documented relationships

Documented facts about Pallone, aggregated from public records. A documented relationship is not evidence of wrongdoing — it is context, not a conclusion.

  • Committee oversight & campaign money — health coverage: medium

    Sits on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, which oversees the health sector, and received 106 PAC contributions from health-sector political action committees totaling $580,000 (recent cycles).

    PAC industry is approximated from a curated keyword map, and only members with an FEC candidate id on file are covered — real totals may be higher.

    Committees House Committee on Energy and Commerce · Ranking Member
    FEC PAC contributions
  • Committee oversight & campaign money — energy coverage: medium

    Sits on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, which oversees the energy sector, and received 63 PAC contributions from energy-sector political action committees totaling $289,500 (recent cycles).

    PAC industry is approximated from a curated keyword map, and only members with an FEC candidate id on file are covered — real totals may be higher.

    Committees House Committee on Energy and Commerce · Ranking Member
    FEC PAC contributions
  • Committee oversight & campaign money — telecom coverage: medium

    Sits on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, which oversees the telecom sector, and received 31 PAC contributions from telecom-sector political action committees totaling $242,000 (recent cycles).

    PAC industry is approximated from a curated keyword map, and only members with an FEC candidate id on file are covered — real totals may be higher.

    Committees House Committee on Energy and Commerce · Ranking Member
    FEC PAC contributions
  • Committee oversight & campaign money — technology coverage: medium

    Sits on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, which oversees the technology sector, and received 28 PAC contributions from technology-sector political action committees totaling $141,000 (recent cycles).

    PAC industry is approximated from a curated keyword map, and only members with an FEC candidate id on file are covered — real totals may be higher.

    Committees House Committee on Energy and Commerce · Ranking Member
    FEC PAC contributions
  • Committee oversight & trading — energy coverage: high

    Sits on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, which oversees the energy sector, and disclosed 1 energy-sector trade (disclosed amounts up to $15,000) in Aug 2021.

    Counts only disclosed trades we could tag to a sector; sector coverage is partial, so the real total may be higher.

    Committees House Committee on Energy and Commerce · Ranking Member
    STOCK Act disclosures →

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Committee activity

Committee votes cast

Proceedings attended

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