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John Hsu

Running for U.S. House District 6 — 2026 election

Raised · 2026 cycle

$105K

Source: FEC

As of July 2026, John Hsu is a Democratic candidate for U.S. House District 6 in New Jersey in the 2026 election. Federal Election Commission filings report $105,277 in total receipts for the 2026 cycle. All figures on this page are drawn from primary sources — FEC filings, congressional records, and STOCK Act disclosures — and link back to them.

Data last updated July 2026.

John Hsu is a software engineer from Edison, New Jersey, and the Democratic challenger for New Jersey's 6th Congressional District in 2026, challenging incumbent Frank Pallone Jr. in the June 2, 2026 Democratic primary. According to FEC filings, his statement of candidacy was filed on July 26, 2025. His work history includes over two decades at Educational Testing Service as a Senior Software Engineer (2003-2013) and Principal Software Engineer (2017-2025), a stint as Founder of Language Pilgrim LLC (2013-2017), and an MBA from Rutgers (2014). He previously ran in the same district's 2024 Democratic primary, receiving 16% of the vote.

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Individual donors make up 71% of fundraising, with the remainder from PACs and party committees.

$105K

Total raised

$101K

Total spent

$3K

Cash on hand

Where the money comes from

Individual donations ≥$200$60K · 57%
Small dollar donations <$200$15K · 14%
PAC contributions$125 · 0%
Loans and other receipts$30K · 28%

Reflects money received by the campaign committee itself. “Loans and other receipts” covers candidate or bank loans, offsets to operating expenditures, interest and other non-contribution receipts reported to the FEC. Independent expenditures by super PACs are not included.

Totals through 2026-06-30 · Source: FEC