There is one U.S. Senate race in Illinois. Illinois will elect 17 members to its U.S. House delegation.
The U.S. Senate seat in Illinois is open. The average raised by the two Democratic women running for the seat is higher than the nine Democratic men. Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi, who is running for the seat, has raised the most with over $8M. Juliana Stratton has raised over $3M. Representative Robin Kelly has raised $632,253.
Delia Ramirez (IL-3), Nikki Budzinski (IL-13), Lauren Underwood (IL-14), Mary Miller (IL-15) are seeing reelection. Ramirez, Budzinski, and Underwood are Democrats; Miller is a Republican. The average amount raised by the Democratic women incumbents exceeds the average amount raised by Democratic men. Representative Underwood has raised the most of the women incumbent candidates with nearly $1.2M. The average amount raised by Miller, $706,327, is higher than the average raised by the two Republican men.
In the crowded race for IL-2, which The Cook Political Report labels “Solid Democratic”, campaign finance information is available for nine Democratic candidates including two women. Donna Miller leads the money race with over $1.2M. Large fields of candidates also characterize IL-7, IL-8, and IL-9, which are open seats that are expected to elect a Democrat. In IL-7, there is campaign finance data for four women and 10 men. Jason Friedman leads that money race with nearly $1.8M.
In IL-8, campaign finance data are available for three Democratic women and six Democratic men. Of the top three fundraisers in the Democratic field, one—Melissa Bean—is a woman; Bean, a former congresswoman, has raised over $1.2M. Campaign finance data are available for 10 Democratic men and four Democratic women in IL-9. Katherine Abughazaleh leads the money race with nearly $2.7M.
Looking at the average raised for Democratic candidates running for open seats, the average is higher for Democratic women than Democratic men. But Democratic women are underrepresented as open-seat candidates for seats considered to be solidly Democratic according to The Cook Political Report: women make up less than one-third of the Democratic candidates with campaign finance data for those races.
Republican Niki Conforti (IL-6) has raised the most of the challenger candidates with $200,279. Democratic men are more reliant on self-financing in open-seat races compared with women, 26% to 17%.
Seventy percent of Abughazaleh’s funds are from small contributions. Overall, Republican women running for Congress from Illinois have a higher average share of small contributions (33%) than Republican men. In open-seat races, Democratic women have a higher average proportion of funds from small contributions than Democratic men. Within both parties, women also have a higher average proportion of funds from small contributions than men in challenger races.
This statistic is the average total amount raised to date from individuals (including self-financing).
This statistic is the average amount from self-financing as a proportion of total raised (from individuals including the candidate) by candidate subgroup. Primary challengers to incumbents are excluded.
This statistic is the average amount of contributions $200 or less as a proportion of total raised (excluding self-financed contributions) by candidate subgroup.