The NJ Residents Giving the Most Money to Trump’s 2024 Campaign
New Jersey may be a blue state but as far as Donald Trump is concerned, it’s green.
Townsquare Media looked through campaign filings with the Federal Election Commission to see which New Jersey residents have donated the most money to the presidential campaigns so far. Below, you will find a list of Trump’s biggest boosters in the state.
Out of all the presidential candidates seeking the White House next year, Donald Trump has so far hauled in the most campaign donations from New Jersey, a state he lost to Joe Biden by 16 points in 2020.
An important caveat, though: This is just the money received by the official campaigns. It doesn't include the legally unlimited amounts of money being raised by the independent groups known as super PACs, which have not yet released their financial reports.
In terms of the official campaign fundraising, however, President Biden is not only losing to Trump in the money race in the Garden State but he’s lagging former Gov. Chris Christie, who ended his governorship of New Jersey with his approval rating in tatters.
Trump appears to be benefiting from many donations of smaller amounts from many contributors. Nationwide out of all declared candidates, the former president took in nearly $15.74 million in donations of $200 or less. Donations to Trump of $2,000 or more amounted to just $1.69 million, according to FEC data ending in June.
By contrast, Ron DeSantis, Trump’s closest GOP competitor, raised just $3.48 million in donations of $200 or less and $14.32 million from donations of $2,000 or more.
Biden’s campaign receipts were balanced among large and small donations: $9.3 million of the smallest variety and $7.94 million on the higher end.
Who is giving to Donald Trump’s campaign?
Before we look at the biggest contributors to Trump’s second re-election campaign, here’s a quick look at how much money the biggest candidates have raised from people in New Jersey.
How much presidential candidates have raised in New Jersey
Here are Trump's top financial supporters from New Jersey.
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NJ residents giving most money to Trump 2024 campaign
How much money does each campaign have?
These are the amounts received as of June 30 by the official campaign committees of the major presidential candidates. These figures do not include the contributions made to super PACs, which are legally allowed to raise and spend unlimited amounts to support candidates as long as they do not coordinate with the campaigns.
🔴 Donald Trump
Total received: $35.99 million
Total individual contributions: $90,906
Transfers from authorized committees: $33 million
Total spent: $13.47 million
Spending by others to support: $52,342
Spending by others to oppose: $1.7 million
🔵 President Joe Biden
Total received: $31.98 million
Total individual contributions: $8.67 million
Transfers from authorized committees: $17.38 million
Total spent: $12.1 million
Spending by others to support: $2.14 million
Spending by others to oppose: $1.66 million
🔴 Ron DeSantis
Total received: $20.49 million
Total individual contributions: $20.12 million
Transfers from authorized committees: $352,000
Total spent: $8.25 million
Spending by others to oppose: $160.08
🔴 Vivek Ramaswamy
Total received: $19.16 million
Total individual contributions: $3.16 million
Loan from candidate: $15.25 million
Total spent: $10.13 million
🔴 Nikki Haley
Total received: $10.47 million
Total individual contributions: $7.61 million
Transfers from authorized committees: $2.85 million
Total spent: $3.66 million
Spending by others to oppose: $15,187
🔴 Tim Scott
Total received: $7.58 million
Total individual contributions: $6.5 million
Transfers from authorized committees: $425,900
Total spent: $8.25 million
Spending by others to oppose: $90.24
🔵Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Total received: $6.37 million
Total individual contributions: $6.35 million
Total spent: $1.77 million
🔵 Marianne Williamson
Total received: $1.85 million
Total individual contributions: $1.46 million
Transfers from authorized committees: None
Loans by candidate: $241,000
Total spent: $1.8 million
🔴 Chris Christie
Total received: $1.66 million
Total individual contributions: $1.65 million
Total spent: $66,213
Spending by others to oppose: $105.08
🔴 Mike Pence
Total received: $1.17 million
Total individual contributions: $1.16 million
Total spent: $74,343
Spending by others to oppose: $218.52
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