2026 candidate · follow the money
Who funds Katherine M. Abughazaleh?
The money.
- Raised
- $4.1M
- Spent
- $4.1M
- Cash on hand
- $2
- Debts
- $13K
- Individuals 99.6% $4.1M
- PACs & other committees 0.3% $12K
- Other receipts <0.1% $892
Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026.
Outside groups: $2,268 supporting · $1.2M opposing
Biggest spenders supporting
- UNITY & JUSTICE FUND $2,268
Biggest spenders opposing
Largest direct PAC contributions
- A NEW POLICY PAC $15K
- NO DEM LEFT BEHIND PAC $5,000
- PEACE, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND LEADERSHIP PAC $5,000
- WAY TO LEAD PAC $2,000
- SUNRISE PAC $1,017
Who gave.
Who gives $4.1M from individuals
66% in small-dollar gifts
$2.7M of $4.1M came unitemized: from donors whose gifts to the campaign this cycle total $200 or less, whom the campaign does not have to name.
Adding itemized gifts from donors whose itemized total is $200 or less, about 68%. Many small gifts sent through ActBlue or WinRed are itemized anyway, so the first figure runs low; this estimate groups donors by name and ZIP code as filed and counts only itemized gifts already in the FEC bulk file.
26% from Illinois · 74% from elsewhere
Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address; $1,000 had no usable state. Giving from other states is lawful and common.
98% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.
Top states
- Illinois $362K
- California $232K
- New York $85K
- Washington $81K
- Massachusetts $67K
- Texas $54K
- Florida $44K
- Virginia $42K
Top employers named by donors
- GOOGLE $11K
- GOOGLE INC $9,764
- CROWDSTRIKE $7,750
- QPI $7,473
- NVIDIA $6,500
- MICROSOFT $5,511
- SALESFORCECOM $4,850
- UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO $4,800
- DOD $4,342
- APPLE INC $3,728
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: $523K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $763K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.
Summary through Oct 14, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Mar 24, 2025 to May 7, 2026, net of refunds (10,421 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: $2,268 for / $1.2M 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.
What it bought, per the late reports
- Ads, medium not stated 89% $1.1M
- Mail, print & signs 7% $81K
- Phones & texts 2% $20K
- Ad production 3% $33K
Largest late spenders against
Latest dissemination on these reports: March 10, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (7 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 $4.0M in itemized spending
- Advertising & outreach 51% $2.0M
- Consultants & strategy 6% $245K
- Staff & payroll 13% $515K
- Fundraising & processing fees 18% $738K
- Polling, research & data 1% $55K
- Travel, meals & events 2% $82K
- Office, technology & overhead 5% $181K
- Legal & compliance 4% $152K
- Contributions, transfers & refunds 0.3% $10K
- Other or unclassified 0.1% $4,856
Largest payees
- YOSEMITE CONSULTING $1.1M
- GOODMAN CAMPAIGNS, LLC $568K
- GUSTO $486K
- THE WIN COMPANY $445K
- HIGHPOINT CAMPAIGNS $304K
Paid to individuals: $288K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.
Payments dated Mar 30, 2025 to Oct 7, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (1,136 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.
- 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
- Jeff CohenDemocrat · $793K 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.