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COHEN, BRAD

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FEC candidate id
H6NJ12268
Internal id
38f5f96b-5b49-46cd-80f0-8de568a9eca5
Status
open seat

Who this candidate represents

Who lives here β€” American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024), NJ-12. Source.

CategoryMetricValue
PeoplePopulation778,950
PeopleMedian age40
IncomeMedian household income$113,235
IncomePer-capita income$56,867
IncomeIn poverty9.0%
IncomeUnemployed6.0%
IncomeGini inequality index0.469
RaceWhite alone40.9%
RaceBlack alone15.7%
RaceAsian alone20.0%
RaceHispanic or Latino22.8%
RaceTwo or more races9.5%
OriginForeign-born32.1%
LanguageSpeaks English only at home58.1%
LanguageSpeaks Spanish at home18.2%
EducationHigh school or higher70.0%
EducationBachelor's or higher48.8%
EducationAdvanced degree22.8%
HouseholdFamily households69.6%
HouseholdAvg household size2.68
HouseholdNever married (15+)34.2%
HousingMedian home value$470,600
HousingMedian gross rent$1,812
HousingSingle-family detached51.2%
HousingBuilt before 19404.8%
HousingOvercrowded (>1 per room)4.7%
HousingVacant units3.5%
ServiceVeterans (18+)3.2%
HealthWith a disability9.7%
ConnectivityHouseholds with broadband94.0%
ConnectivityHouseholds with no internet4.2%
CommuteDrove alone60.6%
CommutePublic transit5.2%
CommuteWorked from home20.0%

Cycle financials

Source: FEC weball bulk file (cycle summary). Numbers in USD; 0 = no activity reported.

CycleRaisedSpentCash on handDebtsIndiv. contribs.
2026$424,371$237,079$187,292$10,000$417,621

Elections

Committees

Election prediction

Cycle 2026 Β· model baseline-v1 Β· base rate 15.1%

P(win) = 20.1%

FeatureΞ” P(win)
Base rate (historical)15.1%
D (major party)+10.0%
open seat-5.0%

Baseline model (incumbency Γ— party Γ— office). Calibration: backtest Brier score is the reference, see npm run db:ingest -- --source=predict-backtest-election. Future model versions must beat baseline Brier on the same held-out cohort or they don't ship.

Independent expenditures

Money spent by super PACs and other non-connected committees for or against this candidate. Source: FEC Schedule E (independent_expenditure CSV bulk).

CycleSupportOpposeIEs
2026$41,000$02

Recent (latest 25)

DateSpenderFor / againstAmountPurpose
2026-05-11VOICE OF THE ELECTORATE (VOTE)support$6,150Estimated Advertising - Digital
2026-05-11VOICE OF THE ELECTORATE (VOTE)support$34,850Estimated Advertising - TV

Transfers from committees

Direct contributions from PACs and party committees. Source: FEC pas2 bulk (committee-to-candidate transactions).

DateFrom committeeTypeAmount
2026-01-27INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS LO 8…24K$5,000

Connected on the graph

Inbound (3)

datefromtypeamountrolesource
2026-05-11VOICE OF THE ELECTORATE (VOTE)supports_independently$6,150fec_ies
2026-05-11VOICE OF THE ELECTORATE (VOTE)supports_independently$34,850fec_ies
2026-01-27INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS LO 825 POLITICAL ACTION AND EDUCATION COMMITTEEcontributed_to$5,000pas2

Outbound (1)

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