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2026 federal candidate record

Brian Varela

New Jersey U.S. House District 7

Democratic Party

Brian Varela is included in the 2026 FEC filing records for New Jersey U.S. House District 7. Explore the available source records below. A federal filing does not establish ballot qualification.

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Not on the reviewed printed November ballot. This FEC filing does not appear in the reviewed official printed November field for this exact contest. Registered write-ins are tracked separately where an official list is available. Absence does not establish a primary loss or withdrawal. Official primary/runoff archive ↗ · Separate November certification ↗. Earlier federal filings remain available below.

Direct answer · 2025–2026 cycle

How much has Brian Varela raised?

$1,986,312.41 in total campaign receipts.

$762,634.74 is reported as individual contributions. Total receipts can also include transfers, offsets, loans, and other FEC receipt categories, so it is broader than donations alone.

Total receipts
$1,986,312
Total spending
$1,998,898
Cash on hand
-$12,586

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Negative cash balance reported in the FEC summary; see source filing.

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Activity timeline
Filing-driven activity & election calendar

Brian Varela 2026 timeline

REAL DATES

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Latest included PAC or party transaction

Most recent itemized direct contribution or coordinated-party-expenditure row involving this candidate in the current FEC transaction release.

FEC · included source coverage
Scheduled primary election

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Official election schedule · schedule subject to change
Latest included campaign summary

End date of the candidate financial summary in Election.org's current FEC bulk-data release.

FEC · included source coverage
Federal general election

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Official election schedule · schedule subject to change

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Personal financial disclosures
House Clerk · personal filings

Personal financial disclosure filings

3 NAME/DISTRICT MATCHES

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Clerk code WJun 30, 2026Official document 8141 →Clerk code XApr 29, 2026Official document 9115789 →Clerk code CJul 7, 2025Official document 10071637 →

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Campaign finance details
Campaign money

Brian Varela campaign finance details

FEC BULK DATA
2025–2026 federal-cycle totals through June 30, 2026.
MetricReported amountWhat it means
Total receipts$1,986,312.41All campaign receipts reported in the FEC summary, not only individual donations.
Individual contributions$762,634.74Contributions reported in the FEC individual-contribution category.
Candidate contributions$10.00Contributions from the candidate in the summary record.
Total disbursements$1,998,898.22Campaign spending and other disbursements reported for the cycle.
Cash on hand-$12,585.81Reported campaign cash remaining at the end of the covered period.
Debts owed by campaign$1,000,000.00Outstanding debts the campaign reported owing.
Net cash after reported debt-$1,012,585.81Election.org calculation: cash on hand minus debts owed by the campaign.

Dollar amounts preserve the cents in the FEC record. These figures are campaign-finance totals, not personal wealth, polling, odds, endorsements, or Election.org scores.

PAC contributions and outside spending
Who gave · who spent · what the filing says

PAC contributions and outside spending involving Brian Varela

FEC ITEMIZED DATA

Direct campaign support and independent spending are not combined. Support and opposition below are the positions reported by the spender to the Federal Election Commission.

Direct committee contributions$14,800.008 transactions
Coordinated party spending$0.000 transactions
Independent spending to support$0.000 transactions
Independent spending to oppose$0.000 transactions
Direct contribution

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Coordinated party expenditure

Party spending reported in the FEC’s coordinated-expenditure category. It is separate from a direct contribution.

Independent expenditure

Outside spending expressly supporting or opposing a candidate. By definition, it is not made in coordination with the candidate or party.

Federal committees reporting direct contributions

A NEW POLICY PAC1 itemized transaction · latest May 21, 2026
AUTO CARE ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE2 itemized transactions · latest May 4, 2026
PEACE ACTION PAC/ FKA SANE/FREEZE PAC1 itemized transaction · latest Apr 30, 2026
LATINO VICTORY FUND2 itemized transactions · latest May 21, 2026
THE CENTER FOR FREETHOUGHT EQUALITY PAC1 itemized transaction · latest Feb 17, 2026

Showing 5 of 6 groups, ordered by absolute reported amount. Totals include all accepted source rows.

Source: FEC contributions-from-committees-to-candidates and independent-expenditure bulk files, checked Oct 16, 2026. Committee transactions retain only the latest filing version for stable transaction IDs. Independent-expenditure rows from superseded filings are removed through the FEC previous-filing chain. Memo entries remain included because the FEC bulk-file documentation instructs analysts to include them.

Campaign money graph
Money graph · dates, geography, and operating expenditures

How money moved through Brian Varela

FEC ITEMIZED FILES

These panels show privacy-thresholded itemized individual-receipt activity and amendment-normalized operating expenditures. They are descriptive slices of filings—not a complete substitute for the official financial summary.

Itemized individual receipt activity over time

Monthly transaction activity from the FEC individual-contributions file. Current-cycle files can contain earlier-dated transactions; signed amendments, refunds, reattributions, and memo entries remain in the source-defined analysis.

15 calendar months · 15 published cells

Only committee/month cells with at least 5 distinct reported contributors are published. A missing cell can reflect source absence or the privacy threshold; it does not mean zero activity. Published amounts are unchanged.

Source: FEC individual-contributions bulk file ↗, imported . This panel does not include PAC receipts.

Where itemized contributor addresses were reported

State is taken from the contributor address on the FEC row. It does not prove residence, citizenship, employer location, or the ultimate economic source of funds.

31.3% of published positive state-cell amounts outside New Jersey
New Jersey181 distinct reported contributors · 551 rows$594,841.0068.7%
Florida19 distinct reported contributors · 54 rows$152,474.0017.6%
New York26 distinct reported contributors · 56 rows$57,380.006.6%
California11 distinct reported contributors · 27 rows$23,325.002.7%
District of Columbia16 distinct reported contributors · 23 rows$12,500.001.4%
Maryland10 distinct reported contributors · 13 rows$10,450.001.2%
Texas8 distinct reported contributors · 8 rows$10,125.001.2%
Virginia9 distinct reported contributors · 13 rows$4,600.000.5%

Only committee/state groups with at least 5 distinct reported contributors are published. Percentages divide by the sum of all positive published, privacy-thresholded committee/state cells, including cells beyond the top 12 shown. Zero and negative state cells are excluded from this denominator; these shares do not describe all contributions or all campaign receipts.

Source: FEC individual-contributions bulk file ↗, imported .

Reported operating-expenditure categories

FEC filer-selected categories from Schedule B operating expenditures. Memo-code X rows are excluded because the FEC says they are not included in the itemization total.

1 published categories
Category not reported261 current organization-payment rows$1,318,157.29

Top organization payees in operating expenditures

Organization payees only. Election.org excludes individual payees and conservatively normalizes names; similar names are not asserted to be one legal entity.

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Ams Communications13 current itemized payments · latest 2026-05-26
$435,004.57
Bluewest Media LLC5 current itemized payments · latest 2026-05-29
$360,979.00
Bcom Solutions9 current itemized payments · latest 2025-11-13
$86,413.22
Putnam Partners2 current itemized payments · latest 2026-04-10
$73,620.00
Lake Research Partners5 current itemized payments · latest 2026-04-14
$61,349.13
Efficient Strategies11 current itemized payments · latest 2026-05-05
$45,300.00
Berger Hirschberg Strategies7 current itemized payments · latest 2025-10-01
$42,376.61
Dewey Square Group6 current itemized payments · latest 2026-05-14
$34,193.95
Authentic Campaigns9 current itemized payments · latest 2026-05-04
$29,992.67
Ngp Van15 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-04
$27,162.95
Actblue Technical Services67 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-05
$18,352.35
Jones Mandel4 current itemized payments · latest 2026-04-09
$14,983.20
Roots To Results3 current itemized payments · latest 2026-03-03
$12,000.00
Decotiis Strategies25 current itemized payments · latest 2026-03-24
$11,384.65
Scale To Win3 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-04
$10,619.61

Source: FEC operating expenditures bulk file, checked 2026-10-16. These totals cover published current organization-payment rows after amendment normalization and are not equivalent to the committee’s total disbursements.

Reported employers
Aggregated individual giving · privacy threshold applied

Reported employers among contributors to Brian Varela

FEC SCHEDULE A
This is not company money.

These totals combine itemized contributions from individuals who reported the same employer. They do not show that the employer directed, funded, or endorsed any contribution.

Decotiis Fitzpatrick Cole And Giblin L15 distinct reported contributors · 15 current itemized transactions
$9,990.00

Only employer/recipient groups with at least 5 distinct reported contributors are published, with at most 50 groups per recipient committee. Individual names and addresses are not included. Totals are net current-file amounts after amendment normalization and may include refunds, reattributions, or memo entries.

Calculated financial context
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What the reported totals show

38.4%Individual-contribution shareIndividual contributions ÷ total receipts
100.6%Spending-to-receipts ratioTotal disbursements ÷ total receipts
-$1,012,585.81Net cash after debtCash on hand − debts owed by campaign

These are Election.org calculations from the displayed FEC totals, included to make the filing easier to understand. They are descriptive, not a score or comparison.

Official filing details
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Candidate filing details

2026 CYCLE
Candidate
Brian Varela
Office sought
U.S. House — New Jersey District 7
Party affiliation
Democratic Party
Incumbency
Challenger
Candidate status
Current candidate
Principal committee
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FEC candidate ID
H2NJ08265
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