WASHINGTON -- Gov. Chris Christie said thank you to the House Republicans who supported his unsuccessful run for the White House, using his leadership political action committee to contribute $12,000 to their re-election efforts in the final week of the campaign.

Leadership Matters for America made the donations to the six GOP incumbents, including four from New Jersey, part of the $28,000 contributed on Nov. 2 to help elect Republicans to Congress.

The New Jersey House Republicans who endorsed Christie -- Reps. Frank LoBiondo (R-2nd Dist.), Tom MacArthur (R-3rd Dist.), Leonard Lance (R-7th Dist.) and Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-11th Dist.) -- each received $2,000. So did Rep. Patrick Meehan (R-Pa.) and Susan Brooks (R-Ind.), both of whom also backed Christie for president. Meehan was a member of the campaign's finance team.

Christie later unsuccessfully touted Brooks as the Republican nominee for Indiana governor when Mike Pence ended his re-election bid to run for vice president with Donald Trump.

The PAC contributed $2,000 to the campaign Rep. Tom Marino (R-Pa.), who like Christie was an early Trump supporter; and $5,000 apiece to House and Senate Republican super PACs.

The leadership committee also gave $2,000 to Reps. Scott Garrett (R-5th Dist.) and Chris Smith (R-4th Dist.), both of whom did not support Christie's bid for the Republican presidential nomination. Smith, later joined the Trump campaign as a co-chair of an anti-abortion group backing the Republican presidential nominee.

Not that most of the members of the state's congressional delegation -- Republican or Democratic -- needed the money; all but one New Jersey incumbent of both parties raised more than his or her opponent en route to winning re-election.

The only exception was Garrett, who was outraised by Democratic challenger Josh Gottheimer and lost his bid for an eighth term.

"Money is not the only factor, but it certainly has a very high correlation with success," said Sheila Krumholz, executive director of the Center for Responsive Politics, a Washington-based research group.

Gottheimer set a fundraising record for a New Jersey congressional candidate by bringing in $4.8 million through Nov. 28. Garrett raised $2.5 million.

Two challengers, Republican David Pinckney in the 10th District and Democrat Joseph Wenzel in the 11th District, didn't report raising any money. A third, Democrat Frederick John LaVergne in the 3rd District, didn't file any reports after April 15, when he reported raising $600.

LaVerge's opponent, Rep. Tom MacArthur (R-3rd Dist.), who borrowed $5 million of his own money to win the congressional seat two years ago, made a personal loan of only $200,000 this time around.

Another freshman, Rep. Donald Norcross (D-1st Dist.) lent his campaign $249,661, and after raising $2.4 million was able to only pay back most of that loan but the $149,223 he had lent his 2014 campaign as well.

Gottheimer wound up spending $29.82 per vote, more than among any congressional candidate in the state. Garrett was second with $29.65. Rep. Donald Payne Jr. (D-10th Dist.) was the most frugal, spending just $2.64.

After Gottheimer, the challenger who raised the most money was Democrat Peter Jacob in the 7th District. Jacob, who was endorsed by U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), brought in $320,802, with $208,186, or 65 percent, coming in amounts of $200 or less.

On the other hand, nine of the 12 incumbents raised at least $1 million.

Here's what members of the state's congressional delegation and their opponents raised and spent through Nov. 28.

Jonathan D. Salant may be reached at jsalant@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @JDSalant. Find NJ.com Politics on Facebook