Top 10 Self-Financed Campaigns**
| Candidate | Party | Year | Office | Amount | Inflation Adjusted | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jon Corzine* | Democrat | 2000 | US Senate | $60,198,967 | $86,230,301 |
| 2 | Steve Forbes | Republican | 1996 | President | $37,394,000 | $58,787,229 |
| 3 | Steve Forbes | Republican | 2000 | President | $38,675,038 | $55,398,960 |
| 4 | Jon Corzine* | Democrat | 2005 | Governor | $43,135,570 | $54,480,026 |
| 5 | Doug Forrester | Republican | 2005 | Governor | $29,927,189 | $37,797,902 |
| 6*** | Bob Hugin | Republican | 2018 | US Senate | $36,831,210 | $36,831,210 |
| 7 | Jon Corzine | Democrat | 2009 | Governor | $27,460,000 | $31,572,018 |
| 8 | Phil Murphy* | Democrat | 2017 | Governor | $22,537,081 | $22,537,081 |
| 9 | Frank Lautenberg* | Democrat | 1982 | US Senate | $5,100,000 | $13,036,076 |
| 10 | Doug Forrester | Republican | 2002 | US Senate | $7,485,000 | $10,262,771 |
*Elected
**Shows personal wealth spent on campaign, not total spending. For more information on the history of self-financed campaigns, see "White Paper No. 26- Legislative Elections 2013: Big Spending, Little Change Plus A History of Self-financing by Legislators and Others."
***Includes $806,210 to county parties and $25, 000 to Republican State Committee
Last update: February 02 2019