2026 candidate · follow the money
Who funds Junaid Ahmed?
The money.
- Raised
- $1.7M
- Spent
- $1.7M
- Cash on hand
- $15K
- Debts
- $245K
- Individuals 81% $1.4M
- PACs & other committees 3% $50K
- Candidate's own money & loans 16% $272K
- Other receipts <0.1% $184
Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026.
Outside groups: $109K supporting · $664K opposing
Biggest spenders supporting
Biggest spenders opposing
Largest direct PAC contributions
Who gave.
Who gives $1.4M from individuals
5% in small-dollar gifts
$74K of $1.4M came unitemized: from donors whose gifts to the campaign this cycle total $200 or less, whom the campaign does not have to name.
66% from Illinois · 34% from elsewhere
Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.
73% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.
Top states
- Illinois $843K
- Texas $116K
- California $112K
- Florida $27K
- Pennsylvania $27K
- New York $25K
- Maryland $22K
- Washington $22K
Top employers named by donors
- ADVOCATE HEALTH CARE $19K
- SAHARA HOME CARE $18K
- SAHARA HOMECARE $17K
- CISCO SYSTEMS INC $11K
- ASCENT INNOVATIONS LLC $9,400
- COMMUNITY PHYSICIANS $9,000
- VNVK LLC $9,000
- ACCENTURE $8,700
- MERCY HEALTH $7,250
- AMAZONCOM INC $5,750
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: $431K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $720K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.
Summary through Oct 14, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Jun 5, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, net of refunds (991 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: $112K for / $664K against · $0 in the final two weeks
That is $2,363 more than the $773K in regular reports alone. Source: FEC regular reports plus 24- and 48-hour reports they do not yet cover. The final two weeks run Oct 21, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026, by the date each ad or mailing went out.
$50K of the $773K 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 5% $36K
- Digital ads 7% $50K
- Ads, medium not stated 84% $650K
- Phones & texts 0.1% $738
- Canvassing & field 0.1% $425
- Ad production 5% $35K
- Other or unclassified 0.2% $1,200
Largest late spenders for
Largest late spenders against
Latest dissemination on these reports: March 30, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (19 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 $1.5M in itemized spending
These itemized payments cover $1.5M of the $1.7M the campaign reported spending through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Oct 5, 2026.
- Advertising & outreach 64% $939K
- Consultants & strategy 8% $119K
- Staff & payroll 14% $209K
- Fundraising & processing fees 6% $87K
- Polling, research & data 4% $54K
- Travel, meals & events 0.3% $4,735
- Office, technology & overhead 0.9% $14K
- Legal & compliance 3% $40K
- Contributions, transfers & refunds 0.2% $2,500
Largest payees
- GPS IMPACT $840K
- HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC $206K
- ARC STRATEGIES $45K
- ACTBLUE TECHNICAL SERVICES $39K
- GDA WINS $39K
Paid to individuals: $51K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.
Payments dated Jun 11, 2025 to Oct 5, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (258 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.
- S. Raja KrishnamoorthiDemocrat · $3.9M raised · $3,750 outside
- Neil KhotDemocrat · $3.1M raised
- Melissa Luburich BeanDemocrat · $2.4M raised · $5.5M outside
- Jennifer DavisRepublican · $1.8M raised
- Dan TullyDemocrat · $728K raised · $96K outside
- Kevin B. MorrisonDemocrat · $661K raised
- Yasmeen BankoleDemocrat · $559K raised
- Sanjyot DunungDemocrat · $392K raised
- Mark RiceRepublican · $140K raised
- Ryan VetticadDemocrat · $123K raised
- Christ KallasDemocrat · $13K 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.