NJ-02: Winder, Mullock are neck-and-neck in Dem fundraising

From a financial standpoint, the race for the Democratic nomination in New Jersey’s Republican-leaning 2nd district is a neck-and-neck contest between former USAID official Bayly Winder and Cape May Mayor Zack Mullock.

Winder, who’s been running since last summer, has raised $643,021 for his campaign overall and $191,176 in the most recent quarter; he ended the 1st quarter with $246,909 on-hand.

Mullock entered the race much more recently and quickly raised $274,340, but $110,000 of that was self-funded, so it may be less sustainable than Winder’s more regular fundraising hauls. He had $250,091 still on-hand.

A third candidate, civil rights attorney Tim Alexander, has struggled with fundraising ever since his first campaign for Congress in 2022, and that hasn’t changed; he raised $29,795 in the 1st quarter and has just $6,812 left to spend. Then again, Alexander nearly won a competitive Democratic primary in 2024 without much money, and he also has party support in four of the district’s six counties, so he can’t be counted out.


https://newjerseyglobe.com/congress/winder-mullock-are-neck-and-neck-in-nj-2-dem-fundraising/