2026 candidate · follow the money
Who funds Jeff Cohen?
The money.
- Raised
- $793K
- Spent
- $793K
- Cash on hand
- $0
- Debts
- $110K
- Individuals 37% $293K
- Candidate's own money & loans 63% $500K
Campaign totals through Aug 27, 2026.
No independent expenditures for or against this filing are itemized in the bulk file.
Who gave.
Who gives $293K from individuals
3% in small-dollar gifts
$9,724 of $293K 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 $220K of the $283K the campaign reported itemizing through Aug 27, 2026. The FEC has not yet processed the rest into its bulk file, which runs to Mar 30, 2026 for this campaign.
74% from Illinois · 26% from elsewhere
Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.
100% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.
Top states
- Illinois $164K
- California $8,401
- North Carolina $8,000
- Massachusetts $6,750
- Florida $5,750
- New York $3,800
- Colorado $3,500
- New Jersey $3,500
Top employers named by donors
- ANALYSIS GROUP INC $5,500
- NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY $4,500
- ANALYSIS GROUP $3,201
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: $62K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $145K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.
Summary through Aug 27, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Sep 3, 2025 to Mar 30, 2026, net of refunds (204 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.
No 24- or 48-hour report in the FEC file read November 4, 2026 names Jeff Cohen.
Where it went.
Where the money went $340K in itemized spending
These itemized payments cover $340K of the $793K the campaign reported spending through Aug 27, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Aug 21, 2026.
- Advertising & outreach 28% $95K
- Consultants & strategy 26% $90K
- Staff & payroll 12% $42K
- Fundraising & processing fees 16% $53K
- Polling, research & data 5% $17K
- Travel, meals & events 0.1% $330
- Office, technology & overhead 5% $16K
- Legal & compliance 8% $26K
- Other or unclassified 0.3% $1,151
Largest payees
- GMMB $93K
- NORTH SHORE STRATEGIES, LLC $75K
- HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC $43K
- ARROWHEAD STRATEGIES LLC $24K
- COMMONCENTSCONSULTING, LLC $24K
Paid to individuals: $4,160, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.
Payments dated Sep 8, 2025 to Aug 21, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (154 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.
- Katherine M. AbughazalehDemocrat · $4.1M raised · $1.2M outside
- Daniel BissDemocrat · $3.4M raised · $2.6M outside
- Laura FineDemocrat · $2.8M raised · $4.9M outside
- Philip Jerome AndrewDemocrat · $1.4M raised · $263K outside
- Bushra AmiwalaDemocrat · $1.2M raised · $112K outside
- Khai-Hoan HuynhDemocrat · $1.0M raised · $89K outside
- Bruce LeonDemocrat · $902K raised
- Mike SimmonsDemocrat · $466K raised
- Janice D SchakowskyDemocrat · $415K raised
- Sam PolanDemocrat · $377K raised
- Nick PyatiDemocrat · $273K raised
- Howard RosenblumDemocrat · $156K 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.