Samuel Wang
Running for U.S. House District 12 — 2026 election
Raised · 2026 cycle
$583K
Source: FEC
As of July 2026, Samuel Wang is a Democratic candidate for U.S. House District 12 in New Jersey in the 2026 election. Federal Election Commission filings report $582,721 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.
Sam Wang is a Princeton-based neuroscientist and founder of the Princeton Gerrymandering Project. According to FEC records (H6NJ12391) and Ballotpedia, he was a Democratic candidate in New Jersey's 12th Congressional District 2026 House race, having announced on January 27, 2026. His campaign and Wikipedia describe him as a Professor of Neuroscience at Princeton University whose research focuses on the cerebellum and autism. The campaign site adds that he served as an expert witness in the lawsuit that struck down New Jersey's "county line" ballot system, and Wikipedia notes he previously worked as a Congressional Science Fellow.
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81% of fundraising comes from individual donors — one of the more grassroots-funded profiles in this cycle.
$583K
Total raised
$572K
Total spent
$11K
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