Voter Guide / Federal Candidates

Jay Vaingankar

Filing this cycle Candidate for U.S. House · NJ-12 · Dem · 2026 cycle

$285K
Total raised
$249K
Total spent
$36K
Cash on hand
97%
From individual donors

Where the money comes from

Share of contribution dollars from individual people vs. organizations (PACs and party committees), from the campaign's official FEC summary.

Individual donors, 97% PACs & party committees, 3%

Includes $7,000 of the candidate's own money (contributions + loans).

Top donors

Itemized donor detail for this state is still being loaded into the guide. The total raised and the individual-versus-organization split above are from the candidate’s official FEC summary and are complete.

Platform, in their words

Summarized from the campaign's own materials, how the candidate describes their positions, not our assessment. Source: the campaign's website.

Jay Vaingankar is a 28-year-old Democrat running in NJ-12 who emphasizes clean energy, community organizing, and economic opportunity for working families. His platform centers on implementing clean energy investments, lowering energy bills through community solar, and bringing fresh leadership to Congress based on his White House and Department of Energy experience.

What you do with this is up to you. BallotBase doesn't rate, rank, or endorse candidates or measures. Every number on this page comes from official disclosure filings, cited below.
Sources

Explainer text is generated from the official source text above and reviewed for neutrality: it describes only what the text says, in conditional terms, with no evaluations or predictions. Spot an error? Tell us and we'll fix it.

← Back to all candidates · Voter Guide home