Brian Varela
Running for U.S. House District 7 — 2026 election
Raised · 2026 cycle
$2.0M
Source: FEC
As of July 2026, Brian Varela is a Democratic candidate for U.S. House District 7 in New Jersey in the 2026 election. Federal Election Commission filings report $1,986,312 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.
Brian Varela was a Democratic candidate for the U.S. House in New Jersey's 7th Congressional District in 2026. He lost the June 2, 2026 Democratic primary, finishing third with 8,500 votes (18.2%). A small business owner, he previously ran for New Jersey's 8th Congressional District in 2022 but withdrew from that race. Varela earned a bachelor's degree from Kean University in 2011 and a graduate degree from the University of North Carolina in 2020.
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$2.0M
Total raised
$2.0M
Total spent
$-12586
Cash on hand
Where the money comes from
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