Christopher H. Smith

Republican U.S. House · NJ-4 · cycle 2024 · data as of 2026-11-02 · 2026 races in NJ

94.5%

Direct-contributionshare

Aggregate-only · no individual donor names on the card

What the money says

Plain language · cited

Raised $838,737 in the 2024 cycle. FEC ↗ Placed at approximately the 8th percentile among other U.S. House members this cycle.

26.7% of individual money came from small-dollar donors under $200. PACs supplied 38% of contributions. FEC ↗

Direct contributions — individuals, PACs, and party — make up 94.5% of receipts (excluding self-funding and loans); the rest is transfers from other committees and other receipts, also disclosed. FEC ↗

Auto-generated from the data above

Small-dollar donors under $200 supplied 26.7% of this campaign's individual money — among the more small-dollar-funded campaigns in the U.S. House.

Funding profile

Unweighted · never a blended score

Small-donor (grassroots) share26.7%

From the unitemized (sub-$200) total, which reconciles exactly against FEC's individual-contribution figure. Small gifts that ActBlue/WinRed itemize aren't counted here — see the size-based measure below.

Small-dollar by transaction size30.3%

Share of itemized + unitemized contributions received in individual transactions under $200 (FEC schedule_a/by_size), counting each gift by its own amount — so it captures small repeat donors the unitemized field hides. Its denominator is raw itemized receipts, so it reads conservatively.

PAC share of contributions38%

Committee & JFC transfer share5.4%

Share of receipts (excluding self-funding and loans) that arrived as transfers from joint-fundraising and other authorized committees rather than direct contributions — reported in the sending committees’ filings, never undisclosed “dark” money. This bar is the transfer component only, not the whole non-direct remainder — a determined 0% means no transfer receipts (other complement receipts such as offsets may still exist); “—” means no external receipts to decompose.

In-state contributor share64.7%

Share of itemized individual dollars from in-state donors — unitemized (<$200) contributions have no state breakdown.

Top-20 donor concentration—

Share from the 20 largest individual donors this 2-year period, by exact name — a neutral concentration measure, approximate (recurring small-dollar donors may be undercounted), not a score.

How the money splits

Exact, from FEC aggregates

Individual contributions

Small-dollar (<$200) vs. larger itemized giving

26.7%

73.3%

Small-dollar under $200Itemized $200+

All contributions

Individuals vs. political action committees

62%

38%

IndividualsPACs

Funding mix & position over time

Across every election cycle on record

Small-dollar share up from 0% (1984) to 24% (2026) A cycle with too little reported money to trust any ratio is left out entirely; a cycle where one specific figure can't be computed (e.g. an all-itemizing committee has no small-dollar figure to read) is left out of just that line.

Small-dollar share

1984 0%1988 0%1990 0%1992 0%1994 0%1996 0%1998 0%2000 0%2002 27.4%2004 44.4%2006 51.8%2008 49.7%2010 49%2012 37.5%2014 42.7%2016 31.3%2018 24.3%2020 30.6%2022 18.3%2024 26.7%2026 24%

Direct-contribution share

1980 0%1982 0%1984 0%1986 30.4%1988 40.6%1990 41.5%1992 34.8%1994 32.9%1996 32.4%1998 40.3%2000 31.1%2002 82.9%2004 99.1%2006 98.8%2008 97.7%2010 97.5%2012 99.7%2014 99.8%2016 99.8%2018 99.7%2020 90.3%2022 99%2024 94.5%2026 96.7%

PAC share of contributions

1984 0%1986 100%1988 39.7%1990 43.2%1992 33%1994 33.3%1996 34%1998 41%2000 32.3%2002 42.2%2004 37.1%2006 39.5%2008 25.3%2010 33%2012 31.1%2014 36.6%2016 36.6%2018 30.7%2020 34.4%2022 29.8%2024 38%2026 37.6%

Cash on hand

1980 $01982 $01984 $14K1986 $6281988 $78K1990 $65K1992 $21K1994 $59K1996 $103K1998 $215K2000 $109K2002 $117K2004 $213K2006 $223K2008 $75K2010 $146K2012 $182K2014 $209K2016 $272K2018 $43K2020 $142K2022 $226K2024 $364K2026 $488K

Committee assignments

congress-legislators (CC0)

Current committee and subcommittee seats, from the public congressional record. Listed independently of the funding figures on this page — a committee seat is not evidence of why any contribution was made.

House Committee on Foreign Affairs

Majority

House Committee on Foreign Affairs — Africa

Chair

House Committee on Foreign Affairs — Western Hemisphere

Majority

Outside spending

Separate FEC filings · not counted above

Outside groups reported $130K in independent expenditures naming this candidate this cycle: $130K supporting, $0 opposing (FEC Schedule E). These are filed by the groups themselves, not this candidate's committee, and are not part of the receipts above. FEC ↗

AUTISM HEAR US NOW PAC FEC ↗

$117K supporting

SUPPORT OUR FIREFIGHTERS AND PARAMEDICS PAC FEC ↗

$12K supporting

NEW JERSEY RIGHT TO LIFE COMMITTEE FEDERAL PAC FEC ↗

$2K supporting

Individual-donor detail

Held for the deep-table phase. v1 shows aggregate figures only — by design, not by omission.

NameCity / StateEmployerOccupationAmountDateStreet addressPhone

Statutory notice. When individual detail ships, street address and phone are never shown, and the data may not be used to solicit contributions or for any commercial purpose (52 U.S.C. §30111(a)(4)). Named individuals appear only here in the deep table — never on a shareable card — each with a match-confidence indicator.