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Candidates › IL-02 race › 2025–2026
DemocraticU.S. House, IL-02Illinois
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FEC filings, Jul 1, 2025 to Mar 31, 2026 · Official FEC bulk data · committee C00912196
99¢ of every dollar raised has been spent across 4 reports ($144.7K of $146.1K). Cash on hand went from $44.4K on Sep 30, 2025 to $1.4K on Mar 31, 2026.
| Report | Raised in the period | Spent in the period | Cash on hand at its close |
|---|---|---|---|
| OCTOBER QUARTERLY 2025 through Sep 30, 2025 | $79,354 | $34,977 | $44,377 |
| YEAR-END 2025 through Dec 31, 2025 | $39,493 | $55,949 | $27,921 |
| PRE-PRIMARY 2026 through Feb 25, 2026 | $19,202 | $35,426 | $11,697 |
| APRIL QUARTERLY 2026 through Mar 31, 2026 | $8,082 | $18,372 | $1,407 |
Each report’s own period, as filed with the FEC; a report filed again counts once, as its latest copy.
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A donor who gave several times appears once. The 12 largest donors by total given are listed. In all, 143 itemized contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $112.4K.
The 7 largest committees by total given are listed. In all, 7 committee contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $13.5K. Counted from the givers' own filings, which can run above the total the campaign itself reports.
Total reported receipts $146,131
Every dollar the committee reported receiving this cycle, split by the source the FEC filing attributes it to. FEC filings through Mar 31, 2026.
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92% of the money placed by state came from inside Illinois: $103.9K of $112.5K.
| Name | Amount |
|---|---|
| 126 contributions · 92% | $103,935 |
| 1 contribution · 3.1% | $3,500 |
| 2 contributions · 1.8% | $2,000 |
| 1 contribution · 0.9% | $1,000 |
| 4 contributions · 0.8% | $950 |
What the committees giving to Preston’s campaign or spending on ads about Preston are: a company or industry, a union, a cause, a party or politician. Money from individual donors is not included.
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Money groups spent on their own, not through a campaign. Each ad is filed against the candidate it names, so money attacking an opponent shows on the opponent’s row. Open a candidate to see who spent it.
Each group that spent in this race is followed to where its own money came from, and what it spent is split by those shares: a group whose money was 60% one person's counts as 60% of its spending theirs. Of what traced, 55% to named individuals, 14% to organizations, 21% to tax-exempt organizations that need not name their donors, 10% not itemized in the filings.
| Name | Amount |
|---|---|
| Organization · tax-exempt: need not name its donors · behind Affordable Chicago NOW! | $975.2K |
| Person · Co-Founder, Andreessen Horowitz · behind Think Big and Fairshake | $531K |
| Person · President/managing Partner, Linden Capital Partners · behind Affordable Chicago NOW! | $487.6K |
| Person · Retired · behind Affordable Chicago NOW! | $487.6K |
| Person · Cofounder and GP, Andreessen Horowitz · behind Think Big | $460.6K |
The campaign also refunded $650 in contributions, which the categories below do not include.
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| Name | Amount |
|---|---|
| 8 payments · 13% of all spending | $18,424 |
| 4 payments · 9.1% of all spending | $13,132 |
| 8 payments · 8.6% of all spending | $12,500 |
| 2 payments · 5.5% of all spending | $8,000 |
| 29 payments · 5.2% of all spending | $7,482 |
| 6 payments · 4% of all spending | $5,836 |
| 1 payment · 3.6% of all spending | $5,239 |
| 1 payment · 3.6% of all spending | $5,145 |
The people, firms and committees paid the most, across every kind of payment. Each share is of everything the committee reported spending this cycle, not only the itemized payments above. A payee that is itself a committee links to its own profile.
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Lost · 2,415 votes (2.9%) · 5 of 10 · Full results ↗
Every contest for this seat that named this candidate, most recent last; a result is shown once the race is called. Election dates and results from civicAPI (civicapi.org). civicAPI aggregates results from Secretaries of State and equivalent election bodies, and makes its own race calls. civicapi.org ↗
Official FEC filing record for the current cycle. The priorities they publish are quoted from their own site, in their order.
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| 1 contribution · 0.2% |
| $250 |
| 1 contribution · 0.2% | $250 |
| 1 contribution · 0.2% | $250 |
By the state each donor wrote on the filing, across 10 states and territories. Donors who have given $200 or less this cycle are not itemized, so they cannot be placed on a map. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total.
| Employer as filed | Amount |
|---|---|
| Written instead of an employer · 20 contributions · 22% of ranked | $24,600 |
| Written instead of an employer · 26 contributions · 12% of ranked | $13,946 |
| 4 contributions · 6.2% of ranked | $7,000 |
| 2 contributions · 6.2% of ranked | $7,000 |
| 2 contributions · 4.5% of ranked | $5,000 |
| 3 contributions · 4% of ranked | $4,500 |
| 4 contributions · 3.6% of ranked | $4,000 |
| 1 contribution · 3.1% of ranked | $3,500 |
A further $400 came from donors whose answer names no employer (blank), so it is not ranked. Itemized gifts over $200, grouped by the words donors filed: not an industry classification, and a gift from an employee is not a gift from the employer. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total. Gifts of $200 or less ($15,883) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
| Occupation as filed | Amount |
|---|---|
| Written instead of an occupation · 15 contributions · 20% of ranked | $22,350 |
| 7 contributions · 13% of ranked | $14,750 |
| Written instead of an occupation · 26 contributions · 12% of ranked | $13,946 |
| 9 contributions · 10% of ranked | $11,500 |
| 3 contributions · 4% of ranked | $4,500 |
| 3 contributions · 4% of ranked | $4,500 |
| 4 contributions · 3.8% of ranked | $4,220 |
| 4 contributions · 3.6% of ranked | $4,000 |
A further $400 came from donors whose answer names no occupation (blank), so it is not ranked. Itemized gifts over $200, grouped by the words donors filed: not an industry classification, and a gift from an employee is not a gift from the employer. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total. Gifts of $200 or less ($15,883) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
“Proposed” marks money from groups whose place is not yet reviewed by a person. Each group is placed by its filings and its own words, never by which party it backs. Every interest · How groups are placed
| Organization · tax-exempt: need not name its donors · behind Affordable Chicago NOW! |
| $342.3K |
| Person · Investments, GCM Grosvenor · behind Affordable Chicago NOW! | $292.6K |
| Organization · behind Fairshake | $283.7K |
| Person · behind Affordable Chicago NOW! | $251.6K |
| Person · behind Think Big | $230.3K |
| Person · President and Co-Founder, Openai · behind Think Big | $230.3K |
| Organization · behind Fairshake | $162.5K |
Read for all 13 groups that spent. Shares are of what each group received, not a record of which dollar went where; an organization that need not name its donors ends the trail; a person who gave by more than one route is counted once here. It shows who stood behind the money, not what it was for.
Total itemized disbursements $132,432
Every itemized payment the committee reported this cycle, sorted by what it said each one was for. The categories are ours; the wording they are matched against is the committee’s own. Open a category to read the filed descriptions and who was paid. FEC filings through Mar 31, 2026.
All 350 itemized payments filed this cycle. Spending below the itemization threshold is not filed line by line.