Kean, Thomas
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Thomas Howard Kean Jr. ( KAYN; born September 5, 1968) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for New Jersey's 7th congressional district since 2023. Previously, he represented New Jersey's 21st legislative district in the New Jersey Senate from 2003 to 2022, serving as minority leader from 2008 to 2022, and represented the same district in the New Jersey General Assembly from 2001 to 2003. First elected to the New Jersey General Assembly in 2001, he was later elected to the New Jersey Senate in 2003. In 2006, Kean ran for U.S. Senate, losing to interim senator Bob Menendez. In January 2008, Kean became minority leader of the New Jersey Senate. After Governor Chris Christie's re-election in 2013, Christie unsuccessfully tried to remove him as minority leader. Kean was frequently named as a potential candidate for governor in 2017, but he did not run. He is a moderate member of the Republican Party. Kean was first elected to Congress in 2022, defeating incumbent Democrat Tom Malinowski in a rematch. He was re-elected in 2024, defeating former New Jersey Working Families Party director Sue Altman.
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Core attributes
- Current office
- Representative
- Office level
- federal
- Canonical name
- Kean, Thomas
- First name
- Thomas
- Last name
- Kean
- Occupation
- —
- Education
- —
- Year of birth
- —
Races
- New Jersey 7th Congressional District — 2026 General Election 2026-11-03 REP C
- New Jersey 7th Congressional District — 2024 General Election 2024-11-05 REP C
- New Jersey 7th Congressional District — 2022 General Election 2022-11-08 REP 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
- $4,892,806.59
- Total disbursements
- $1,306,887.91
- Cash on hand
- Not available
- Net self-funded
- Not available
- Debts owed by the committee
- Not available
Receipt components disclose $4,892,806.59 in total receipts for the 2026 cycle.
Receipt source components are not loaded yet.
Sources: FEC candidate and committee summaries
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| Label | Values |
|---|
Fundraising detail
Itemized totals do not match committee summary totals, so this view uses itemized-only contribution facts.
- Small-dollar share
- Small-dollar share unavailable
- Small-dollar amount
- Committee summary totals are not available yet.
- Coverage
- 2025-01-01 to 2026-12-31
Individual contribution totals
- 2026 cycle
- $1,616,854.00
- Itemized
- $1,616,854.00
- Unitemized
- $0.00
- Itemized transactions
- 1797 transactions
Only itemized individual contributions are included; unitemized totals are unavailable for this view.
Itemized individual contributions total $1,616,854.00 in the 2026 cycle.
Monthly contribution columns
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| January 2025 | Dollars: $10,517.00;Transactions: 41;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2025 | Dollars: $136,477.00;Transactions: 91;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2025 | Dollars: $193,008.00;Transactions: 127;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2025 | Dollars: $63,106.00;Transactions: 53;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2025 | Dollars: $69,103.00;Transactions: 105;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2025 | Dollars: $205,868.00;Transactions: 185;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2025 | Dollars: $74,274.00;Transactions: 96;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2025 | Dollars: $104,991.00;Transactions: 117;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2025 | Dollars: $139,621.00;Transactions: 133;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2025 | Dollars: $60,995.00;Transactions: 85;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2025 | Dollars: $69,428.00;Transactions: 61;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2025 | Dollars: $102,856.00;Transactions: 119;Coverage: Covered |
| January 2026 | Dollars: $74,981.00;Transactions: 92;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2026 | Dollars: $82,258.00;Transactions: 109;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2026 | Dollars: $168,047.00;Transactions: 204;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2026 | Dollars: $47,824.00;Transactions: 120;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2026 | Dollars: $13,500.00;Transactions: 59;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
Unitemized contributions are excluded from count and geography charts.
Itemized contribution-size buckets discloses $1,616,854.00 across 1,667 reported transactions in the 2026 cycle.
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
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| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| $200 and under | Dollars: $19,014.00;Transactions: 596 |
| $200.01-$499.99 | Dollars: $35,848.00;Transactions: 134 |
| $500-$999.99 | Dollars: $150,560.00;Transactions: 291 |
| $1,000-$1,999.99 | Dollars: $328,515.00;Transactions: 290 |
| $2,000 and over | Dollars: $1,082,917.00;Transactions: 356 |
Reported rows exclude unitemized counts and do not equal unique donors.
District geography uses a Census 119th-Congress / 2020-ZCTA approximation.
- District share
- 24% in district
- District share basis
- $384,967.00 in district and $1,221,787.00 out of district; $10,100.00 unknown district excluded from the share.
Unknown is included in the visible geography denominator. Unknown is $10,100.00 with 5 reported transactions; visible denominator is $1,616,854.00.
Geography dollar share
District geography uses a Census 119th-Congress / 2020-ZCTA approximation.
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
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| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| In district | Dollars: $384,967.00;Transactions: 366;Denominator: $1,616,854.00 |
| Elsewhere in state | Dollars: $476,906.00;Transactions: 410;Denominator: $1,616,854.00 |
| Out of state | Dollars: $744,881.00;Transactions: 1,016;Denominator: $1,616,854.00 |
| Unknown | Dollars: $10,100.00;Transactions: 5;Denominator: $1,616,854.00 |
Top reported contributor names
| Reported contributor name | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| SILVERMAN, JEFFREY | $10,500.00 | 3 transactions |
| HEIMGARTNER, TOM | $10,500.00 | 2 transactions |
| CATALDO, JENNIFER | $9,000.00 | 3 transactions |
| KRAKAUER, RANDALL | $8,500.00 | 3 transactions |
| RYAN, W. RODMAN MR. | $8,000.00 | 3 transactions |
| JAVARAS, JAMES | $7,000.00 | 5 transactions |
| CICATIELLO, ANTHONY S. MR. | $7,000.00 | 4 transactions |
| CHUNG, JERRY | $7,000.00 | 3 transactions |
| EISENBERG, LEWIS | $7,000.00 | 3 transactions |
| BERGSTROM, HANS | $7,000.00 | 2 transactions |
Top reported employer names
Top employers aggregate raw employer names from itemized individual contributions only.
The raw ranking remains employer-name data; see Methodology for source-linking and evidence limitations.
| Employer | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| Unclassified / not provided | $667,741.00 | 1012 transactions |
| HOMEMAKER | $45,000.00 | 21 transactions |
| WSW | $10,001.00 | 9 transactions |
| OPEN ROAD AUTO GROUP | $8,000.00 | 3 transactions |
| SULLIVAN CROMWELL | $7,800.00 | 3 transactions |
| BHR COMPANIES | $7,000.00 | 5 transactions |
| FAMILY OFFICE | $7,000.00 | 3 transactions |
| FRONTIER PERFORMANCE POLYMERS | $7,000.00 | 3 transactions |
| AFFILIATED MANAGEMENT,INC. | $7,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| AMBER MOUNTAIN | $7,000.00 | 2 transactions |
Industries among top reported employer names
Industries are assigned from reported employer names by the server. This rollup covers only eligible returned top-employer rows for the selected cycle.
| Industry | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown / unclassified | $60,801.00 | 30 transactions |
Classified: $0.00 and 0 transactions out of $60,801.00 and 30 transactions among eligible top-employer rows.
Finance data loading
Source and freshness
Last pulled: 5 days ago (2026-08-25)
Data is current.
FEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2026:H0NJ07261
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2022:H0NJ07261
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2024:H0NJ07261
View source recordUS Congress Legislators (unitedstates/congress-legislators) (campaign_finance/federal/congress)
Source record ID: house:K000398
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H0NJ07261:2026
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H0NJ07261:2022
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H0NJ07261:2024
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Key metrics
- Identifiers
- 5
Identifiers
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- fec_candidate_id
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