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H4NJ12149

COLEMAN, BONNIE WATSON Incumbent

 ·  NJ-12 (House)
40.9
Influence Score · 2026
Moderately exposed
Sitting member — full twelve-axis v8 score available. View full dossier  →

Score components

AxisRawNormalized (pts)Coverage
Direct contributions $553K 2.63 2026 cycle, principal committee
Outside spending — direct support $0 PACs that directly supported this candidate
Outside spending — indirect (OPPOSE against opponents) $8K OPPOSE spending against opponents in the same race, attributed proportionally
Outside spending — OPPOSE against this candidate $0 PACs that spent to defeat this candidate (not scored on this axis)
Total outside spending in favor $8K 0.02 direct + indirect — drives the outside-spending axis
Lobbying exposure $17.56M 6.00 Committee jurisdiction match
Vote alignment 0.809 5.75 Sponsor-aligned roll calls
Contribution timing — money arriving near key votes 0.0263 5.32 Receipts timed to legislative action
Dark-money exposure 0.0000 0.00 Disclosed-vs-dark outside spending share
Personal trade direction 0.000 0.00 STOCK Act buys in jurisdiction

Race matchup  NJ-12

Candidate Party Status Direct $ Outside $ Score Tier
COLEMAN, BONNIE WATSON DEM Inc. $553K $29 40.9 Moderately exposed
HAMAWY, ADAM DEM Open $508K $1.66M 3.7 Modestly backed
COHEN, BRAD DEM Open $391K $49K 1.8 Lightly backed
ALTMAN, SUSAN COPIUS DEM Open $389K $0 1.5 Lightly backed
ROBINSON, SHANEL Y DEM Open $74K $180K 0.9 Lightly backed
REYNOLDS-JACKSON, VERLINA DEM Open $147K $8K 0.7 Lightly backed
VAINGANKAR, JAY DEM Open $118K $8K 0.6 Lightly backed
MAPP, ADRIAN O MR DEM Open $63K $8K 0.4 Lightly backed

Challenger and open-seat scores reflect contributions, outside spending, and dark-money exposure only — a maximum of about 23. They are not directly comparable to incumbent scores, which run 0–100 across all twelve axes. Compare the dollar columns (Direct $, Outside $) for a like-for-like view.