Contribution Rules & Limits


Entities Making
Contributions
Entities Receiving Contributions
    Candidate Committee* Political Committee** Continuing
Political Committee
Legislative
Leadership Committee
State Political
Party
Committee
County
Political
Party Committee
Municipal Political Party Committee
Individual to:     $2,600
per election
$7,200 per election $7,200 per year $25,000 per year $25,000 per year $37,000 per year $7,200 per year
Corporation or
Union to:
    $2,600
per election
$7,200 per election $7,200 per year $25,000 per year $25,000 per year $37,000 per year $7,200 per year
Association or
Group to:
    $2,600
per election
$7,200 per election $7,200 per year $25,000 per year $25,000 per year $37,000 per year     $7,200 per year
Candidate Committee to:     $8,200
per election
$7,200
per election
$7,200
per year
$25,000 per year $25,000 per year $37,000 per year     $7,200 per year
Political Committee to:     $8,200
per election
$7,200
per election
$7,200
per year
$25,000 per year $25,000 per year $37,000 per year     $7,200 per year
Continuing
Political Committee to:
    $8,200
per election
$7,200
per election
$7,200
per year
$25,000 per year $25,000 per year $37,000 per year     $7,200 per year
Legislative
Leadership
Committee to:
NO LIMITS
State Political
Party Committee
to:
NO LIMITS
County Political
Party Committee
to:

From January 1st through June 30th of each year, a county political party committee is prohibited from making a contribution to another county political party committee and a county political party committee is prohibited from accepting a contribution from another county political party committee. A county political party committee is subject to other restrictions; see N.J.A.C. 19:25-11.7.

Municipal
Political Party
Committee to:
NO LIMITS
National Political
Party
Committee to:
    $8,200
per election
$7,200
per election
$7,200
per year
$25,000 per year $72,000
per year
$37,000 per year     $7,200 per year
 

A “National Political Party Committee” is the principal organization supporting election activities of a State political party committee, which activities include making contributions to that State political party committee pursuant to N.J.S.A. 19:44A-11.4a(2). There shall be no more than a single national political party committee of a political party for each State political party committee.

*NOTE: The contribution limit to a 2017 gubernatorial candidate is $4,300.00.

**Public Question Political Committee and Independent Expenditure only committees may receive unlimited contributions.