Bonnie Watson Coleman
U.S. Representative · NJ-12 · Democrat
From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 9, 2026 · How we measure
Money and votes
2023–24 cycle · through Nov 5, 2024MethodWatson Coleman’s campaign, Because Women Can PAC, is now registered with the FEC as a leadership PAC, not a campaign, so the FEC’s files no longer list 2025–26 campaign money under Watson Coleman’s name. The figures below are from 2023–24.
79 PACs of the 115 that gave
Of the 115 PACs that gave to Watson Coleman and have a lobbying organization behind them, 79 belong to organizations that lobbied on bills she faced a vote on, cosponsored or sponsored.
69% · House median: 53%
360 bills
Those PACs’ organizations lobbied on 360 bills. Watson Coleman voted Yea on 33, Nay on 83, did not vote on 4, and sponsored or cosponsored 240 with no recorded vote.
$300K of $545K
Those 79 PACs gave Watson Coleman $300K, 55% of all the PAC money she received.
House median: 40%
A filing shows that an organization lobbied on a bill, not which side it took. The PAC gives the money; the organization behind it does the lobbying.
Top three bills by gifts from PACs whose organizations lobbied
Top 3 of 392 bills by gifts from PACs whose organizations lobbied, 32 broad must-pass bills among them
Who funds Watson Coleman 163 PACs in 2023–24
- AbbvieCorporate PAC · funds 150 other members52% to Democrats
- Amalgamated Transit UnionLabor union PAC · funds 136 other members100% to Democrats
- American College of Radiology AssociationIndependent PAC · funds 106 other members52% to Republicans
All 392 bills with each PAC’s gift and filing, the amounts and lobbying spend of the top PACs, money by cycle Pro
Free account See ProCampaign totals from Watson Coleman’s own reports
No 2025–26 campaign report under Watson Coleman’s name in the FEC’s files.
Gifts from the PACs’ FEC reports through Nov 5, 2024; lobbying from LDA filings through Q3 2026; votes from Voteview. Broad must-pass bills sort below narrow ones and do not set the money-bar scale.
Broad must-pass bills are left out of the figures above; 13 more PACs belong to organizations that lobbied only on those.
48 of Watson Coleman’s PACs have no federal lobbying on record or no organization Oathstar could match.
Filings lag, so recent gifts can take weeks to appear. Watson Coleman’s leadership PAC (Because Women Can PAC) is reported separately.