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U.S. House, District 9: who gets your vote?

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U.S. representatives work with the Senate on U.S. laws and spending.

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Data last updated: Oct 19, 2026 (federal ballot roster). Verify approaching elections with your state election office.

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NELIDA POU

U.S. House · New Jersey District 9

NationalDemocrat

Candidate
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ROSIE PINO

Running for U.S. House · New Jersey District 9

NationalRepublican

NELIDA POUCurrent repROSIE PINOChallenger

Job fit

NELIDA POU

Offices held

  • First elected to the Senate in 2011, she was re-elected in 2013, 2017, 2021, and 2023. 1
  • Before her time in the Senate, Congresswoman Pou served in the New Jersey General Assembly beginning in 1997 1

Education

  • Nellie attended Paterson public schools and later attended Kean University (formerly Kean College of New Jersey) 2

ROSIE PINO

Offices held

  • Rosie decided to run for the Clifton Board of Education. She was elected in 2013. 3
  • Rosie energized voters and won, making history as the first minority elected to the Clifton City Council. 3

Other work

  • she earned a highly coveted job at the U.S. Department of the Treasury as a bank examiner. 3

Top issues

Ranked by what Americans say matters most (Pew, 2026)

NELIDA POU

No stated positions on file yet.

ROSIE PINO

  • Health care costs
    I support lowering healthcare costs and expanding access by increasing competition, transparency, and choice, not government mandates. 4
  • Cost of living & jobs
    In Congress, I will oppose massive spending packages and bureaucratic expansions that fuel inflation and drive up the cost of living. 4
  • Crime & safety
    At the federal level, I support fully funding law enforcement, and I strongly oppose any effort to defund or weaken the police. 4

No public stance found on: Guns

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How they voted on top issues

We haven't found votes on top issues for either candidate yet.

Who pays them

NELIDA POU

Where the campaign money came from5

small donorslarge donorsother politicianscompanieslabor unionsOther kinds of donors
small donors$232Klarge donors$1.2Motherpoliticians$216Kcompanies$213Klabor unions$186KOther kinds ofdonors$362K$2.5M raised
$231,9715Small individual donors
$1,244,2535Large individual donors

ROSIE PINO

Where the campaign money came from6

small donorslarge donors
small donors$251Klarge donors$125K$377K raised
$251,3726Small individual donors
$125,4096Large individual donors

Checks

NELIDA POU

No stock-trade or missed-vote records on file yet. That is not a zero.

ROSIE PINO

No voting record to check yet

Based on current data. May change in a future update.

Sources

  1. Biography · checked 2026-10-14 used in: Experience
  2. About · checked 2026-10-14 used in: Experience
  3. About · checked 2026-10-14 used in: Experience
  4. rosiepinofornj.com used in: Top issues
  5. FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money
  6. FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money
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Candidate A

NELIDA POU

DemocratShown above

🚩 $2.5M raised, 50% from large donors, 41% from organized interests. Group coverage unverified: filing cutoffs and receipt scope have not been reconciled. Named amounts are not a complete split of the filed PAC total.
Filed PAC total: $1,019,109.00 (41% of $2,501,102.15 raised), 2026 cycle.
Named group amounts (not a complete filed split): $976,240.00, Group filing cutoff unavailable. Group source

Sources

1 Background: Biography · checked 2026-10-14

2 Background: About · checked 2026-10-14

3 The money: FEC · 2026 cycle

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Candidate B

ROSIE PINO

RepublicanShown above

No federal record yet. Campaign money: $377K raised, 33% from large donors, organized-interest share unavailable.

Says they are for: leaving health care to the market, lower taxes and fewer rules on business, tougher sentences and more police.

Sources

1 Background: About · checked 2026-10-14

2 The money: FEC · 2026 cycle

3 leaving health care to the market: Candidate statement

4 lower taxes and fewer rules on business: Candidate statement

5 tougher sentences and more police: Candidate statement

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Candidate C

TERRISA BUKOVINAC

Independent

We don't have campaign money records for this race yet.

Sources

1 Background: Meet Terrisa · checked 2026-10-21

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