| County | Rush Holt* (D) |
Buster Soaries (R) |
Carl Mayer (Green) |
Thomas Abrams (Libertarian) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunterdon County (pt.) | 4,700 | 54.0% | 3,746 | 43.0% | 130 | 1.5% | 67 | 0.8% | 63 | 0.7% | 954 | 8,706 | |||||||
| Mercer County (pt.) | 34,585 | 68.0% | 15,151 | 29.8% | 577 | 1.1% | 361 | 0.7% | 162 | 0.3% | 19,434 | 50,836 | |||||||
| Middlesex County (pt.) | 40,160 | 63.1% | 22,061 | 34.7% | 753 | 1.2% | 366 | 0.6% | 285 | 0.4% | 18,099 | 63,625 | |||||||
| Monmouth County (pt.) | 20,727 | 51.9% | 18,205 | 45.6% | 317 | 0.8% | 380 | 1.0% | 298 | 0.7% | 2,522 | 39,927 | |||||||
| Somerset County (pt.) | 4,634 | 53.8% | 3,775 | 43.8% | 94 | 1.1% | 85 | 1.0% | 31 | 0.4% | 859 | 8,619 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 104,806 | 61.0% | 62,938 | 36.7% | 1,871 | 1.1% | 1,259 | 0.7% | 839 | 0.5% | 41,868 | 171,713 | |||||||
| Total R vote: 62,938 (36.7%) Total D vote: 104,806 (61.0%) Total Other vote: 3,969 (2.3%) | |||||||||||||||||||
| * incumbent | |||||||||||||||||||
| Campaign finance data for this election**: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total Disbursements: | $1,787,770 | $624,115 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Total Receipts: | $2,046,950 | $637,682 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Cash on Hand: | $363,241 | $13,567 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Contributions by Candidate: | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Loans by Candidate: | $0 | $64,000 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Total Individual Contributions: | $1,413,316 | $486,242 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Party Contributions: | $3,232 | $5,000 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Other Committee Contributions: | $530,035 | $80,672 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Transfers from Other Committees: | $25,008 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Independent Expenditures Supporting: | $22 | $85,964 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Independent Expenditures Opposing: | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $22 | $85,964 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Net Spending: | $1,787,792 | $710,079 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
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**Financial data shown here takes into account all elections for this office during this cycle, including primary, special and runoff elections, if any.
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Other candidates included: Karen Zaletel (Conservative), 839 votes |
Campaign finance data for this election**:
| Rush Holt* | |
| Total Disbursements: | $1,787,770 |
| Total Receipts: | $2,046,950 |
| Cash on Hand: | $363,241 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $1,413,316 |
| Party Contributions: | $3,232 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $530,035 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $25,008 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $22 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $22 |
| Net Spending: | $1,787,792 |
| Buster Soaries | |
| Total Disbursements: | $624,115 |
| Total Receipts: | $637,682 |
| Cash on Hand: | $13,567 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $64,000 |
| Individual Contributions: | $486,242 |
| Party Contributions: | $5,000 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $80,672 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $85,964 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $85,964 |
| Net Spending: | $710,079 |
**Financial data shown here takes into account all elections for this office during this cycle, including primary, special and runoff elections, if any.
Source: https://www.fec.gov/data/elections/house/NJ/12/2002
| Republican Primary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Candidate | Votes | % | $** |
| 1 | Buster Soaries | 9,596 | 80.6% | $624,115 |
| 2 | Deborah Jones | 2,306 | 19.4% | |
| TOTAL VOTES | 11,902 | |||