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Josh Gottheimer (Democrat) and Sean Kirrane (Republican) are the nominees for New Jersey's 5th congressional district in the November 3, 2026 general election. Josh Gottheimer is the incumbent. By their latest FEC reports, Josh Gottheimer's campaign had raised $5.8 million (through October 14, 2026) and Sean Kirrane's campaign $104,000 (through October 14, 2026). Outside groups have reported $512,000 for Josh Gottheimer and $0 against; $8,000 for Sean Kirrane and $0 against. Semblen has analyzed 2 ads in this race; 0 used at least one rhetorical technique.
Josh Gottheimer (DEM, incumbent), Sean Kirrane (REP).
2 others filed with the FEC; any ads they ran are below. 2 ads analyzed, 0 with at least one technique in the copy.
Newest first. The paid-for-by line is the advertiser's own filing. Updated 2026-10-12.
From each campaign's own website, summarised in plain English, with a quote where they gave one; under an issue, Senate votes for those who have cast them. Full detail and sources on each profile: Josh Gottheimer · Sean Kirrane.
Economy and cost of livingGottheimer: stated · Kirrane: stated
Josh Gottheimer (DEM, incumbent)
Gottheimer says New Jersey's main problem is affordability and that he would lower taxes and costs. He says he would cut red tape to build more housing, offer a $5,000 tax credit for each new job a business brings to the state, and cut taxes for people who move to New Jersey.
Kirrane says he is running on affordability and wants to bring the discipline and accountability he used in business to the federal government, which he describes as overleveraged, overregulated and underperforming.
Taxes and government spendingGottheimer: stated · Kirrane: stated
Josh Gottheimer (DEM, incumbent)
Gottheimer says he would cut property taxes by about 14.4% (roughly $1,615 a year for the average homeowner), give renters a $500 refundable credit, and create a Family Tax Credit for families with children or elderly dependents. He says he would pay for it with a 5% efficiency review of state and local government, a lawsuit against New York over taxes on New Jersey residents, and a crackdown on tax cheats.
“As Governor, I will lower New Jersey property taxes to the same average level as in Connecticut”
Health careGottheimer: stated · Kirrane: no position
Josh Gottheimer (DEM, incumbent)
Gottheimer says he has fought to protect access to affordable health care and to lower out-of-pocket prescription drug costs. He says he would lower health care costs for families and, for state employees, use an independent pharmacy benefits manager and other changes to cut health plan costs.
Social Security and MedicareGottheimer: stated · Kirrane: no position
Josh Gottheimer (DEM, incumbent)
Gottheimer says he has fought to protect Medicare and Social Security against attempts to privatize or cut them. He also proposes a $1,000 state income tax credit for long-time residents the year they turn 70.
“fought to protect Medicare and Social Security against attempts to privatize or cut these vital lifelines for our seniors”
Energy and climateGottheimer: stated · Kirrane: stated
Josh Gottheimer (DEM, incumbent)
Gottheimer says he introduced a Five Point Green Action Plan to tackle climate change. He says he would lower utility bills and plans to release further proposals on energy costs.
GunsGottheimer: no position · Kirrane: no position
Josh Gottheimer (DEM, incumbent)
No stated position on their website.
Sean Kirrane (REP)
No stated position on their website.
Crime and policingGottheimer: stated · Kirrane: no position
Josh Gottheimer (DEM, incumbent)
Gottheimer says he introduced the bipartisan Invest to Protect Act, which would create a grant program for local police departments with fewer than 200 officers. He also says he introduced legislation to fight lone-wolf terrorism and helped pass criminal justice reform.
EducationGottheimer: stated · Kirrane: no position
Josh Gottheimer (DEM, incumbent)
Gottheimer says he wants to expand universal pre-school and school meals for all children, which he says the state lacks funding to provide now. He says he would pay for that by growing the economy and making government more efficient rather than raising taxes.
Foreign policy and defenseGottheimer: stated · Kirrane: no position
Josh Gottheimer (DEM, incumbent)
Gottheimer says he has worked to strengthen the bond with Israel and introduced legislation against lone-wolf terrorism at home. He serves on the House Homeland Security Committee and a Financial Services subcommittee on national security.
Elections and ethics in governmentGottheimer: stated · Kirrane: no position
Josh Gottheimer (DEM, incumbent)
Gottheimer says he works across party lines, and he co-chairs the Problem Solvers Caucus. He says he would step up enforcement against people who don't pay the taxes they owe.
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Money in this race
From FEC filings for 2025–26. Outside spending is money a group spends on its own about a candidate — TV and online ads, mail, canvassing. It is not a donation to the campaign, and the candidate does not control it. Supporting means it was spent to help that candidate win; Opposing means it was spent to defeat them, usually on attack ads. Groups report it within 24 or 48 hours as the election nears. Raised is the campaign's own fundraising, as of its latest quarterly report. Largest donors come from each outside spender's own FEC receipts, with each donor's share of its itemized receipts; donors under $100,000 are not named. People are shown with the employer and occupation they reported. A donor that is itself a political committee is shown with its own largest donors. Companies and nonprofits don't report their funders to the FEC, so the trail ends there, and the page says so.
PROTECT PROGRESS— $512K supporting GottheimerLargest donors:
FAIRSHAKE $33.0M (>99%) (its largest donors: RIPPLE LABS INC. $48.0M, an organization; COINBASE $25.0M, an organization; COINBASE COMMERCE (EXCHANGE) $8.2M, an organization); RIPPLE LABS INC. $250K (1%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC)
METLIFE INC. EMPLOYEES' POLITICAL PARTICIPATION FUND A $2,500
MICROSOFT CORPORATION STAKEHOLDERS VOLUNTARY PAC - MSVPAC $2,500
MIZUHO AMERICAS GOOD GOVERNMENT FUND (MIZUHO AMERICAS PAC) $2,000
MORGAN STANLEY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
MORTGAGE BANKERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (MORPAC) $4,000
NATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS ASSOCIATION PAC $4,500
NATIONAL APARTMENT ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONVENIENCE STORES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL ADVISORS PAC $5,000
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS OF USA POLITICAL FUND (LETTER CARRIER POLITICAL FUND) $5,000
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS PAC $5,000
NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
NATIONAL CONFECTIONERS ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (CANDY PAC) $5,000
NATIONAL EMERGENCY MEDICINE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NEMPAC)/AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS $1,000
NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NMHC PAC) $5,000
NATIONAL POSTAL MAIL HANDLERS UNION - DIVISION OF LABORERS' INT'L UNION OF NORTH AMERICA $2,500
NATIONAL REVERSE MORTGAGE LENDERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
NATIONAL SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION NSTA PAC $2,000
NATIONAL VENTURE CAPITAL ASSOCIATION (VENTUREPAC) $1,000
NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY FINANCIAL & INVESTMENTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,000
NCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NCTA PAC) $5,000
NEA FUND FOR CHILDREN AND PUBLIC EDUCATION $2,000
NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $10K
NO LABELS PAC $10K
NOMURA HOLDING AMERICA INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NOMURAPAC) $2,500
NOVARTIS CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
ONLINE LENDERS ALLIANCE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (OLA PAC) $2,500
OTSUKA AMERICA PHARMACEUTICAL INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
PFIZER INC. PAC $1,500
PHARMACEUTICAL CARE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (PCMA) $500
PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH & MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA BETTER GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE $2,500
PHILLIPS 66 PAC $5,000
PIM BRANDS INC. EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
PITNEY BOWES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,000
POET PAC $5,000
POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE/THE BANK OF NEW YORK/MELLON CORPORATION-FEDERAL (BNY MELLON-FED) $3,500
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS PAC $5,000
PRIMERICA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (PRIMERICA PAC) $2,500
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC. FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (PRUDENTIAL FEDERAL PAC) $7,500
PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL, INC. STATE & FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AKA PRUDENTIAL STATE & FEDERAL PAC) $2,500
PTC THERAPEUTICS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (PTC-PAC) $5,000
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE GROUP INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (PEGPAC) $1,500
PURPOSE FINANCIAL INC. PAC $2,000
PURPOSE PAC $5,000
QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATED POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
RBC USA HOLDCO. CORPORATION FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $7,500
RGA REINSURANCE COMPANY FEDERAL PAC $3,500
SANOFI US SERVICES INC. EMPLOYEE'S POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
SANTANDER HOLDINGS USA INC. PAC (SANTANDER USA PAC) $2,500
SECURITIES INDUSTRY AND FINANCIAL MARKETS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (SIFMA PAC) $5,500
SHEET METAL & AIR CONDITIONING CONTRACTORS' NATIONAL ASSOC., INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (SMAC PAC) $5,000
SMART TD PAC $2,000
SOUTHERN GLAZER'S WINE & SPRITS PAC $5,000
STATE STREET BANK & TRUST COMPANY VOLUNTARY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $3,000
STRUCTURED FINANCE COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (STRUCTURED FINANCE PAC) $2,500
TD BANK N.A. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
TEACHERS INSURANCE ANNUITY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA PAC (TIAA PAC) $6,000
TECHNOLOGY NETWORK (TECHNET) FEDERAL PAC $1,000
THE ALBERTSONS COMPANIES, INC. PAC (ACI PAC) $1,000
THE CIGNA GROUP EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
THE COUNCIL OF INSURANCE AGENTS & BROKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $7,500
THE DEPOSITORY TRUST AND CLEARING CORPORATION PAC - DTCC PAC $8,500
THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,500
THE GUARDIAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - FEDERAL (GUARDIAN LIFE PAC) $2,000
THE HOME DEPOT INC. PAC $5,000
THE MPIRE STRIKES PAC $5,000
THE OPTIONS CLEARING CORPORATION PAC $5,500
THE VANGUARD GROUP COMMITTEE FOR RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT $2,500
THREE RIVERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
TRANSAMERICA CORPORATION PAC $1,000
TRANSPORT WORKERS UNION OF AMERICA POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE $1,000
TRANSUNION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (TU PAC) $2,500
TWDC ENTERPRISES 18 CORP. EMPLOYEES PAC (THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY EMPLOYEES PAC OR DISNEY PAC) $2,500
U.S. BANCORP FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
U.S. ISRAEL PAC (USI PAC) $5,000
UA UNION PLUMBERS & PIPEFITTERS VOTE! PAC (UNITED ASSOCIATION OF JOURNEYMEN AND APPRENTICES OF THE PLUMBING & PIPEFITTING INDUSTRY OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA) $5,000
UBS AMERICAS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (UBS PAC) $5,000
ULTRAGENYX PHARMACEUTICAL INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
UNITED HEALTH PAC $2,500
UNITED MOTORCOACH ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE: AKA MOTORCOACH TRAVEL PAC $2,000
UNITED PILOTS PAC/UNITED AIRLINES MASTER EXECUTIVE COUNCIL (UP-PAC) $5,000
UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION EMPLOYEE PAC - USAA EMPLOYEE PAC $1,000
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED PAC (UNITEDHEALTH GROUP PAC) $5,000
UNUM GROUP POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (UNUMPAC) $2,500
VISA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
WAKEFERN FOOD CORP. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
WALMART INC. PAC FOR RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT $1,000
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY EMPLOYEES GOOD GOVERNMENT FEDERAL FUND II $4,500
WESTERN ALLIANCE BANCORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,000
WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
WINE AND SPIRITS WHOLESALERS OF AMERICA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
WINNING STRATEGIES WASHINGTON PAC $2,000
ZENECA INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AZPAC) $2,000
ZURICH HOLDING COMPANY OF AMERICA INC. COMMITTEE FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT (Z-PAC, ZURICH PAC) $1,000
Paid for by Sean Kirrane For Congress from 2026-10-03spend $0–997,000–7,999 impressions
I'm ready to debate, but Josh Gottheimer isn't.
I’m calling on him to join me and Adam Rueda for a debate on October 14th at 7:30 PM so voters can hear directly from all candidates in CD-5.
Tune into NJBallot.com on Facebook to watch live.
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Paid for by Save Local Businessesfrom 2026-08-18 to 2026-09-162 variantsspend $2,700–3,298675,000–799,998 impressions
Thank you, Congressman Josh Gottheimer, for backing New Jersey’s franchise owners and their employees. The bipartisan American Franchise Act protects the local businesses that give entrepreneurs a path to ownership and workers a path to opportunity.
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