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Who funds Daniel Biss?

Illinois U.S. House District 9DemocratFiled for an open seatFEC H6IL09228
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The money.

Daniel BissFEC filing: Daniel Biss · H6IL09228 ↗
Raised
$3.4M
Spent
$2.8M
Cash on hand
$609K
  • Individuals 91% $3.1M
  • PACs & other committees 9% $307K
  • Candidate's own money & loans <0.1% $3,205
  • Other receipts 0.1% $4,396

Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026.

Outside groups: $1.2M supporting · $1.4M opposing

Biggest spenders supporting

  1. CONGRESSIONAL PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS PACPAC with no sponsoring organizationSpent mainly in primaries $547K
  2. 314 ACTION FUNDHybrid PAC (super PAC account)Spent mainly in primaries $410K
  3. J STREET ACTION FUNDSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $150K
  4. MEDICARE FOR ALLLeadership PAC of Pramila JayapalSpent mainly in primaries $98K
  5. LOCAL 881 UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION FUNDUnion PAC · Local 881 United Food And Commercial Workers Union $15K

Biggest spenders opposing

  1. ELECT CHICAGO WOMEN AKA ECWSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $1.4M

Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. JSTREETPACMembership group PAC · J Street $39K
  2. CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERSUnion PAC · United Brotherhood Of Carpenters And Joiners Of America $10K
  3. AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES (ACEC/PAC)Trade association PAC · American Council Of Engineering Companies $10K
  4. INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEUnion PAC · International Brotherhood Of Electrical Workers $10K
  5. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATIONUnion PAC $10K

Who gave.

Who gives $3.1M from individuals

5% in small-dollar gifts

$162K of $3.1M came unitemized: from donors whose gifts to the campaign this cycle total $200 or less, whom the campaign does not have to name.

The itemized gifts below add up to $2.6M of the $3.0M the campaign reported itemizing through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet processed the rest into its bulk file, which runs to Jun 30, 2026 for this campaign.

81% from Illinois · 19% from elsewhere

Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.

75% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.

Top states

  1. Illinois $2.1M
  2. New York $90K
  3. Massachusetts $79K
  4. California $64K
  5. Texas $40K
  6. District of Columbia $24K
  7. Colorado $23K
  8. Maryland $17K

Top employers named by donors

  1. NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY $45K
  2. UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO $18K
  3. IN NGP $14K
  4. TAFT STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER LLP $12K
  5. JENNER & BLOCK LLP $12K
  6. CITY OF EVANSTON $12K
  7. LATHAM & WATKINS $9,250
  8. NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY $8,750
  9. NORTHWESTERN $8,325
  10. NEW TRIER HIGH SCHOOL $7,350

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: $1.3M. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $1.0M, not listed so no one donor is singled out.

Summary through Oct 14, 2026. Itemized gifts dated May 8, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, net of refunds (2,949 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: $1.2M for / $1.4M 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.

$645K of the $2.6M 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

  • TV, radio & streaming TV 21% $567K
  • Digital ads 2% $54K
  • Ads, medium not stated 53% $1.4M
  • Mail, print & signs 19% $506K
  • Phones & texts 3% $75K
  • Ad production 2% $41K

Largest late spenders for

  1. CONGRESSIONAL PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS PAC $547K
  2. 314 ACTION FUND $410K
  3. J STREET ACTION FUND $150K
  4. MEDICARE FOR ALL $98K
  5. LOCAL 881 UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION FUND $15K

Largest late spenders against

  1. ELECT CHICAGO WOMEN AKA ECW $1.4M

Latest dissemination on these reports: March 12, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (33 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 $2.6M in itemized spending

  • Advertising & outreach 67% $1.7M
  • Consultants & strategy 7% $180K
  • Staff & payroll 11% $291K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 3% $83K
  • Polling, research & data 6% $145K
  • Travel, meals & events 0.9% $23K
  • Office, technology & overhead 3% $84K
  • Legal & compliance 3% $74K
  • Contributions, transfers & refunds <0.1% $250
  • Other or unclassified net −$2,805

Largest payees

  1. NOVEL MESSAGING, LLC $1.7M
  2. AUTHENTIC CAMPAIGNS $116K
  3. SJL COMMUNICATIONS LLC $92K
  4. GUSTO $86K
  5. IMPACT RESEARCH, INC. $80K

Paid to individuals: $257K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

Payments dated May 16, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (588 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.

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.