Gottheimer, Josh
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Joshua S. Gottheimer ( GOT-hy-mər; born March 8, 1975) is an American politician, attorney, writer, and public policy adviser serving as the U.S. representative for New Jersey's 5th congressional district since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, his district stretches along the northern border of the state from New York City's densely populated metropolitan suburbs in Bergen County northwest through exurban and rural territory in northern Passaic and Sussex Counties. Gottheimer was a speechwriter for Bill Clinton and served as an adviser to the presidential campaigns of Wesley Clark, John Kerry, and Hillary Clinton. He has also worked for Burson Cohn & Wolfe, the Federal Communications Commission, Ford Motor Company, and Microsoft. Gottheimer's net worth was between $16.9 and $75.3 million in 2023, and he and his wife Marla Tusk, who is general counsel at the political consulting firm Tusk Strategies, reported $897,617 in joint income.
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Core attributes
- Current office
- Representative
- Office level
- federal
- Canonical name
- Gottheimer, Josh
- First name
- Josh
- Last name
- Gottheimer
- Occupation
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- Education
- —
- Year of birth
- —
Races
- New Jersey 5th Congressional District — 2026 General Election 2026-11-03 DEM C
- New Jersey 5th Congressional District — 2024 General Election 2024-11-05 DEM C
- New Jersey 5th Congressional District — 2022 General Election 2022-11-08 DEM C
Campaign finance
Money at a glance
2026 cycle
- Coverage
- 2025-01-01 to 2026-12-31
- Source
- Derived from itemized transactions
- Outside spending
- Outside spending details
- Total receipts
- $4,765,145.35
- Total disbursements
- $12,704,563.59
- Cash on hand
- Not available
- Net self-funded
- Not available
- Debts owed by the committee
- Not available
Receipt components disclose $4,765,145.35 in total receipts for the 2026 cycle.
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Last pulled: 5 days ago (2026-08-25)
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FEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2024:H6NJ05171
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2026:H6NJ05171
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2022:H6NJ05171
View source recordUS Congress Legislators (unitedstates/congress-legislators) (campaign_finance/federal/congress)
Source record ID: house:G000583
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H6NJ05171:2022
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H6NJ05171:2024
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H6NJ05171:2026
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- Identifiers
- 5
Identifiers
- bioguide_id
- G000583
- fec_candidate_id
- H6NJ05171
- fec_candidate_ids
- H6NJ05171
- govtrack_id
- 412714
- wikidata_id
- Q6288908