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New Jersey District 12 election, 2026

Adam Hamawy vs. Gregg Mele. Today's article: every forecast for this race →

VotePredictor forecast
Adam Hamawy favored
Safe D · predicted margin D+31.4
99%
chance to win
2024 presidential margin
D+24.0
2026 national environment
D+8.0
District polls
none
Forecast spread
±7.2 points

Margin from the district's presidential lean on its 2026 lines, one fitted intercept and the national environment as a uniform swing; the win probability adds a decaying incumbency premium (open seat: none). No district poll is blended in.

Democratic

Adam Hamawy

Major-party general-election nominee.

Republican

Gregg Mele

Major-party general-election nominee.

Other listed candidates

  • Winston Jordan · Independent
  • Andres Jinete · Green

Polls

No district-level 2026 general-election poll is currently in VotePredictor's verified polling feed for NJ-12. The forecast above is the model alone: lean, incumbency and the national environment.

Campaign money

FEC reports through October 14, 2026
Adam HamawyDEM$2.0M raised
Spent $1.8MCash on hand $240k20% from donors under $200
Top contributors, industries and states

Contributors

  1. A NEW POLICY PAC$10k
  2. MIAN, FADIYAH$10k
  3. HOZIEN, NIDAL$7k
  4. AKHRAS, RAMI$7k
  5. ALAQRABAWI, ABDUALLAH$7k

Industries

  1. Unemployed$279k
  2. Self-Employed & Freelance$268k
  3. Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals$109k
  4. Education & Academia$27k
  5. Legal & Professional Services$27k

States

  1. NJ$698k
  2. CA$109k
  3. NY$97k
  4. TX$94k
  5. IL$67k
Every contribution on GovMoneyGraph ↗
Gregg MeleREP$102k raised
Spent $88kCash on hand $14kDebts $112k19% from donors under $200Self-funded $54k
Top contributors, industries and states

Contributors

  1. MELE, GREGG$54k
  2. WILKES, BARRY$4k
  3. E. STANLEY, PATRICIA$4k
  4. FREEDMAN, CAROL$4k
  5. JERSEY DESERVES BETTER PAC$4k

Industries

  1. Retired$14k
  2. Finance, Insurance & Real Estate$4k
  3. Self-Employed & Freelance$3k

States

  1. NJ$18k
  2. NY$2k
  3. GA$1k
  4. TX$1k
  5. CA$535
Every contribution on GovMoneyGraph ↗

What each candidate's own campaign committees reported for the 2025–26 cycle; outside spending by PACs and parties is not included. Industries are classified from donors' reported employers. The House forecast's win probability reads the two nominees' shares of individual contributions shown here, a small term that never moves the predicted margin. Data: GovMoneyGraph, based on FEC records.

Other forecasts

We have not yet ingested a district rating from these independent forecasters for NJ-12; links go to their current national House ratings. Missing is shown as missing—not converted into a probability.

Cook Political Report
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Inside Elections
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Sabato's Crystal Ball
View House analysis ↗

Past results

Every election in New Jersey's 12th district we hold a result for. District numbers are reused across redistricting, so older rows may cover different ground than the seat does today.

YearWinnerMargin
2010Rush Holt(D)D+7.2

Candidate news

No recent verified candidate stories are available in the site's news feed for this race yet.

Candidate field source: 2026 House election roster ↗

Nearby in the directory: NJ-11 · NJ-2