ELEC: 2025 Gubernatorial Primary Election Tops All State Elections
Combined spending by candidates and independent expenditure committees in the 2025 gubernatorial election exceeded $145 million, according to reports filed with the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC).
Candidates spent more than $62 million while independent expenditure committees sank almost $83 million into the election.
The total eclipsed the record $98 million gubernatorial general election in 2005 and the record $57 million primary election in 2017. Those previous records are expressed in current dollars.
See the full ELEC release here:
