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Seamus Patrick O'Toole

Holds no public office that the desk could find. The state's candidate list gives a post office box in Clark. Campaign affiliation: Independent; ballot slogan STOP ISRAEL'S GENOCIDE.

Voter guide

Background, stated goals, record, and money

Goals come from the campaign's own platform. Record lines are official actions.

How this guide is built

Background comes from official records, and from the campaign's own biography where the bullet says so; goals are summarized from the campaign's own platform and stay attributed; the record lines are official actions with the government source attached; money is shown as filed, with the filings it covers in the note under the table, and is not evidence of why any position was taken.

Seamus Patrick O'Toole

Background

  • Printed on the ballot with the slogan STOP ISRAEL'S GENOCIDE, with a post office box in Clark as his address.
  • Filed 299 petition signatures, 49 more than required, and stayed on the ballot after a challenge by a former Hillsborough Democratic chair was withdrawn.

What they say they want to do

  • His ballot slogan is STOP ISRAEL'S GENOCIDE. No platform, campaign site or statement beyond the slogan was found.

What the official record shows

No public office or earlier candidacy was found. He does not appear on the state's 2024 or 2026 primary results for any House seat, has no FEC registration, and the only reporting found concerns his 2026 petition.

Campaign money from other committees, by type

No FEC registration exists for him, so there are no filings to read. A House candidate must register once he raises or spends more than 5,000 dollars; whether he has is not something the record shows.

Issues in this record

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Evidence timeline

Dated records, with sources attached.

  1. race event

    Official candidate list: three printed candidates

    The state's revised official list and amended certification print three candidates: Kean, Bennett and O'Toole. The Stated Record checked both on September 23, 2026.

  2. race event

    Official candidate list: four candidates

    The Division of Elections' official list printed four candidates for this seat: Kean, Bennett, Leguía and O'Toole.

  3. race event

    O'Toole keeps his ballot line

    A challenge to O'Toole's nominating petition was withdrawn after an administrative law judge upheld 17 disputed signatures.

  4. race event

    Primary election

    Kean won the Republican nomination with 35,080 votes and Bennett the Democratic nomination with 27,525.

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Sources8 source records

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  1. Official list, candidates for House of Representatives, general election November 3, 2026 (September 4 edition) (document)

    New Jersey Division of Elections · Published Sep 4, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Official list dated September 4, 2026, which supersedes the July 27 list. It prints three candidates for the Seventh District: Kean, Bennett and O'Toole. Leguía is not on it.

    official election record

    For: Current role; Background, goals, record and campaign money; Official candidate list: three printed candidates

  2. 'Stop Israel's Genocide' NJ-7 candidate survives Dem petition challengehttps://newjerseyglobe.com/congress/stop-israels-genocide-nj-7-candidate-survives-dem-petition-challenge/

    New Jersey Globe · Published Jun 9, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Reports that O'Toole filed 299 signatures against a 250 threshold, that an administrative law judge upheld 17 challenged signatures, and that the challenge was withdrawn. The only reporting found that describes him at all, and it describes his candidacy, not his views.

    original reporting

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; O'Toole keeps his ballot line

  3. Unofficial list, candidates for U.S. House, general election, email addresses (document)

    New Jersey Division of Elections · Published Jul 27, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The state's contact list for general-election House candidates. For O'Toole it gives only a Gmail address named for his ballot slogan; it lists no website for any candidate.

    official election record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money

  4. Official general election results, House of Representatives, November 5, 2024 (document)

    New Jersey Division of Elections · Published Dec 5, 2024 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Official results list dated December 5, 2024. Seventh District: Kean 223,331, Sue Altman 200,025, Andrew Black (Green) 4,258, Lana Leguia (Libertarian Party) 3,784.

    official election record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money

  5. Official primary election results, House of Representatives, June 2, 2026 (document)

    New Jersey Division of Elections · Published Jul 27, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Official results list dated July 27, 2026. Kean is marked the Republican winner with 35,080 votes and Bennett the Democratic winner with 27,525.

    official election record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Primary election

  6. Candidates for U.S. House, New Jersey District 07, 2026https://www.fec.gov/data/candidates/house/?state=NJ&district=07&election_year=2026

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Read from OpenFEC on September 23, 2026: fourteen registered 2026 candidates for this seat, including Kean (H0NJ07261), Bennett (H6NJ07201) and Leguía (H4NJ07164). No Seamus O'Toole is registered for this seat, and a name search of New Jersey candidates for O'Toole returned no one.

    fec filing

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money

  7. Amended certification, 7th Congressional District (document)

    New Jersey Division of Elections · Published Sep 4, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The state's amended certification for this seat, dated September 4, 2026. Candidate totals: one Democratic, one Republican, one STOP ISRAEL'S GENOCIDE; three in all.

    official election record

    For: Official candidate list: three printed candidates

  8. Official list, candidates for House of Representatives, general election November 3, 2026 (document)

    New Jersey Division of Elections · Published Jul 27, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Official list dated July 27, 2026. It prints four candidates for the Seventh District: Kean (Republican, marked incumbent), Bennett (Democratic), Leguía (Libertarian Party) and O'Toole (slogan STOP ISRAEL'S GENOCIDE), each in all six counties.

    official election record

    For: Official candidate list: four candidates