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Who funds Laura Fine?

Illinois U.S. House District 9DemocratFiled for an open seatFEC H6IL09194
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The money.

Laura FineFEC filing: Laura Fine · H6IL09194 ↗
Raised
$2.8M
Spent
$2.8M
Cash on hand
$1,700
  • Individuals 98% $2.7M
  • PACs & other committees 1% $33K
  • Candidate's own money & loans 0.6% $17K
  • Other receipts 0.4% $11K

Campaign totals through Sep 30, 2026.

Outside groups: $4.9M supporting · $2,751 opposing

Biggest spenders supporting

  1. ELECT CHICAGO WOMEN AKA ECWSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $4.4M
  2. EDW ACTION FUNDHybrid PAC (super PAC account)Spent mainly in primaries $500K

Biggest spenders opposing

  1. THE PEOPLE'S LOBBYFiler that is not a political committee $2,101
  2. PROGRESSIVE CHANGE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEEPAC with no sponsoring organization $650

Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEMembership group PAC · National Association Of Realtors $5,000
  2. TO PROTECT OUR HERITAGE PACPAC with no sponsoring organization $5,000
  3. ELECT DEMOCRATIC WOMENPAC with no sponsoring organization $5,000
  4. SCHNEIDER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee $2,000
  5. ILLINOIS SOYBEAN GROWERS (ISG PAC)Trade association PAC $2,000

Who gave.

Who gives $2.7M from individuals

3% in small-dollar gifts

$84K of $2.7M came unitemized: from donors whose gifts to the campaign this cycle total $200 or less, whom the campaign does not have to name.

27% from Illinois · 73% from elsewhere

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

14% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.

Top states

  1. Illinois $692K
  2. California $517K
  3. Florida $295K
  4. New York $240K
  5. Massachusetts $91K
  6. New Jersey $87K
  7. Connecticut $72K
  8. Texas $60K

Top employers named by donors

  1. GIBSON DUNN $11K
  2. KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP $10K
  3. STATE OF ILLINOIS $9,860
  4. UBS $7,500
  5. KIRKLAND & ELLIS $5,600
  6. HOWARD PROPERTIES $3,000
  7. NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY $3,000
  8. MORGAN STANLEY $1,850
  9. LEVENFELD PEARLSTEIN LLC $1,450
  10. ENDEAVOR HEALTH $1,235

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: $1.2M. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $1.3M, not listed so no one donor is singled out.

Summary through Sep 30, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Apr 29, 2025 to Jun 22, 2026, net of refunds (2,699 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: $5.3M for / $2,751 against · $0 in the final two weeks

That is $400K more than the $4.9M 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.

$500K of the $4.9M 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 10% $500K
  • Digital ads <0.1% $47
  • Ads, medium not stated 78% $3.8M
  • Mail, print & signs 10% $474K
  • Phones & texts 2% $80K
  • Canvassing & field <0.1% $935
  • Ad production 0.8% $39K

Largest late spenders for

  1. ELECT CHICAGO WOMEN AKA ECW $4.4M
  2. EDW ACTION FUND $500K

Largest late spenders against

  1. THE PEOPLE'S LOBBY $2,102

Latest dissemination on these reports: September 4, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (32 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 $2.7M in itemized spending

  • Advertising & outreach 62% $1.7M
  • Consultants & strategy 8% $212K
  • Staff & payroll 10% $256K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 10% $270K
  • Polling, research & data 5% $128K
  • Travel, meals & events 2% $42K
  • Office, technology & overhead 2% $43K
  • Legal & compliance 2% $64K
  • Other or unclassified 0.1% $2,308

Largest payees

  1. SP MEDIA GROUP $1.6M
  2. NEW CHICAGO CONSULTING LLC $124K
  3. DEMOCRACY ENGINE, LLC $108K
  4. GBAO INC. $85K
  5. IMPRINT LLC $83K

Paid to individuals: $283K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

Payments dated May 11, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (844 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.