2026 candidate · follow the money
Who funds Anthony Driver Jr.?
The money.
- Raised
- $249K
- Spent
- $249K
- Cash on hand
- $0
- Individuals 71% $177K
- PACs & other committees 23% $57K
- Party committees 0.8% $2,000
- Candidate's own money & loans 5% $13K
- Other receipts <0.1% $2
Campaign totals through Jun 30, 2026.
Outside groups: $538K supporting · $0 opposing
Biggest spenders supporting
Largest direct PAC contributions
- CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS $5,000
- MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERS $5,000
- SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION) $5,000
- UNITE HERE TIP CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE $5,000
- LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA (LIUNA) PAC $5,000
Who gave.
Who gives $177K from individuals
27% in small-dollar gifts
$47K of $177K came unitemized: from donors whose gifts to the campaign this cycle total $200 or less, whom the campaign does not have to name.
73% from Illinois · 27% from elsewhere
Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.
81% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.
Top states
- Illinois $90K
- Texas $6,350
- Pennsylvania $5,825
- District of Columbia $4,925
- California $2,372
- Maryland $2,300
- New York $2,000
- Wisconsin $1,610
Top employers named by donors
- CITY OF CHICAGO $4,800
- SEIU LOCAL 73 $1,900
- SEIU $1,860
- SEIU LOCAL 1 $1,250
Employers as donors wrote them on the form. A company listed here did not give this money; people who work there did.
Retired, self-employed, not employed or not given: $23K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $89K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.
Summary through Jun 30, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Jul 28, 2025 to Mar 31, 2026, net of refunds (228 entries). Every itemized contribution on FEC.gov ↗
From the principal campaign committee's FEC reports; joint-fundraising transfers and later reports are not included, and no donor is named here. A contribution is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing.
Outside money in the final weeks.
Outside spending including late reports: $538K for / $0 against · $0 in the final two weeks
Source: FEC regular reports. The final two weeks run Oct 21, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026, by the date each ad or mailing went out.
$558K of the $564K on late reports was filed as an estimate. A 24- or 48-hour report is due within a day or two of the spending; the spender's later regular report carries the final cost.
What it bought, per the late reports
- Digital ads 46% $258K
- Mail, print & signs 51% $289K
- Phones & texts 3% $16K
- Ad production 0.2% $1,079
Largest late spenders for
- UNITED WE CAN $564K
Latest dissemination on these reports: March 15, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (38 entries). These reports on FEC.gov ↗
Outside spending is, by law, made without coordinating with the candidate and is not the candidate's money. Purposes are grouped from each spender's own description, so the groups are approximate. A dollar figure is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing.
Where it went.
Where the money went $232K in itemized spending
- Advertising & outreach 31% $72K
- Consultants & strategy 18% $43K
- Staff & payroll 17% $39K
- Fundraising & processing fees 7% $16K
- Polling, research & data 0.9% $2,000
- Travel, meals & events 7% $16K
- Office, technology & overhead 6% $13K
- Legal & compliance 11% $26K
- Other or unclassified 2% $5,377
Largest payees
- NINETEEN SIXTY CAMPAIGNS $39K
- MINUTEMEN PRESS $15K
- POLITICAL COMPLIANCE MANAGEMENT SERVICES $14K
- PAYCHEX $13K
- LAME DUCK STRATEGIES $12K
Paid to individuals: $93K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.
Payments dated Jul 16, 2025 to Jun 29, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (235 entries). Every payment on FEC.gov ↗
Grouped by each campaign's own description of the payment, so the groups are approximate. Payments of $200 or less to one payee need not be itemized, detail filed only as memo entries counts under other or unclassified, and spending by the candidate's other committees or by outside groups is not included. A payment is not evidence of a favor or wrongdoing.
Others who filed for this seat.
- Jason FriedmanDemocrat · $2.5M raised · $409K outside
- Thomas FisherDemocrat · $917K raised · $120K outside
- Melissa Conyears-ErvinDemocrat · $825K raised · $5.0M outside
- La Shawn K FordDemocrat · $819K raised · $2.5M outside
- Richard BoykinDemocrat · $454K raised
- Reed ShowalterDemocrat · $368K raised
- Anabel MendozaDemocrat · $294K raised
- Rory E. HoskinsDemocrat · $214K raised
- Danny K. DavisDemocrat · $101K raised
- Chad KoppieRepublican · $60K raised
- Kina I CollinsDemocrat · $55K raised
- Jazmin J. RobinsonDemocrat · $21K raised
Questions worth asking.
Money shows who backed a campaign, not how a person will act. Compare it with what they did and said: their votes or official actions if they have held office, their own statements, and their answers to a finding. Use the same questions for every candidate.
FEC bulk data read November 4, 2026. Campaign totals come from each filing's own FEC summary through its latest processed report. Outside spending is independent expenditures itemized in committee reports in the FEC bulk files, primaries included; late 24- and 48-hour reports, party coordinated spending, communication costs and groups that do not report to the FEC are not included. Outside spending is, by law, made without coordinating with the candidate, and it is not the candidate's money. A contribution or expenditure is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing. This page identifies the filing by its FEC candidate ID; a person can hold more than one filing.