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Thomas H. Kean

Thomas H. Kean

Republican · NJ U.S. RepresentativeCandidate 2026

4 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2023

  • role 48th governor of New Jersey from 1982 to 1990
  • role Chaired the 9/11 Commission from 2002 to 2004, releasing its report in 2004
  • role Served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1968 to 1978, including as speaker from 1972 to 1973
  • role Served as president of Drew University from 1990 to 2005
  • background Former history teacher; graduated from Princeton University with a master's from Columbia's Teachers College
  • background Born April 21, 1935

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-07 · 2026 General Election

  • $4,892,807 raised
  • $1,306,888 spent
  • $3,634,205 cash on hand
$4.89M
$3.15M
$1.96M
Itemized (≥ $200)$1.74M
Unitemized (< $200)$220.56K
Party committees$5.00K
Other committees (PACs)$1.19M
Transfers from other committees$1.69M
Offsets to expenditures$3.85K
Other receipts$45.57K
$1.31M
Operating expenditures$1.27M
Contribution refunds$41.19K
Cash on hand$3.63M
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.

Thomas H. Kean campaign finance by election cycle
Cycle RaisedSpentCash on hand
2020$3,895,268$3,803,028$92,239
2022$4,386,743$4,388,177$90,805
2024$6,022,560$6,065,078$48,287
2026$4,892,807$1,306,888$3,634,205

Contributions received — 2026 cycle

Data from FEC

Recorded individual contributions in the 2026 cycle: $29,174 ·

Industry PAC support

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

Total disclosed PAC money: $3,082,362. Industry is approximated from a curated map; individual (non-PAC) donations are listed separately above.

Top PAC contributors (10)
  • KEAN VICTORY FUND $38,203
  • EYE OF THE TIGER POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $30,000
  • KOCHPAC- KOCH INDUSTRIES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $30,000
  • NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION PAC $29,000
  • IBEW PAC VOLUNTARY FUND $25,000
  • AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE PAC $24,500
  • MVL PAC $22,900
  • WAKEPAC- WAKEFERN FOOD CORP. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $22,500
  • ELECTING MAJORITY MAKING EFFECTIVE REPUBLICANS $22,500
  • CONSERVATIVE OPPURTUNITY LEADERSHIP AND ENTERPRISE PAC (COLE PAC) $22,000

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).

  • Employer not reported $19,727
  • VETERANS GUARDIAN $13,200
  • ULINE $13,200
  • BRODIE GENERATIONAL CAPITAL PARTNERS, $13,200
  • TC SERVICES $13,200
  • STARKEY HEARING TECHNOLOGIES $13,200
  • OPEN ROAD AUTO GROUP $11,350
  • CHRISTIE 55 SOLUTIONS LLC $10,000
  • BOB CIASULLI AUTO GROUP $9,900
  • TRANS AMERICAN TRUCKING $9,792

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 $0 supporting · $590,540 opposing · 4 outside groups
  • 2024 cycle $603,863 supporting · $2,999,991 opposing · 9 outside groups

See the outside-money leaderboard →

Documented relationships

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

  • Committee oversight & trading — health coverage: high

    Sits on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and the House Committee on Energy and Commerce — Health, which oversee the health sector, and disclosed 2 health-sector trades (disclosed amounts up to $100,000) between Jan 2023 and Feb 2023.

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

  • Committee oversight & campaign money — health coverage: medium

    Sits on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and the House Committee on Energy and Commerce — Health, which oversee the health sector, and received 22 PAC contributions from health-sector political action committees totaling $58,500 (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.

    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 21 PAC contributions from energy-sector political action committees totaling $46,000 (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.

    FEC PAC contributions
  • Committee oversight & campaign money — telecom coverage: medium

    Sits on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and the House Committee on Energy and Commerce — Communications and Technology, which oversee the telecom sector, and received 12 PAC contributions from telecom-sector political action committees totaling $42,500 (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.

    FEC PAC contributions
  • Committee oversight & campaign money — technology coverage: medium

    Sits on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and the House Committee on Energy and Commerce — Communications and Technology, which oversee the technology sector, and received 6 PAC contributions from technology-sector political action committees totaling $19,500 (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.

    FEC PAC contributions

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Committee activity

Committee votes cast

Proceedings attended

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Congressional testimony