The New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC) has approved $1.8 million in public matching funds for six major party candidates in the 2025 gubernatorial primary election.
It is the ninth disbursement from the state’s Gubernatorial Public Financing Program.
To date, $32.9 million has been provided to eight candidates.

Qualified candidates may file additional submissions for public matching funds through November 5, 2025.

March 24, 2025 was the deadline for primary candidates to qualify for participation in the Gubernatorial Public Financing Program. For more information on the Gubernatorial Financing Program please visit: https://www.elec.nj.gov/pdffiles/publicfinancedocs/gpf_manual.pdf.