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Who funds S Krishnamoorthi?

Illinois U.S. SenateDemocratFiled for an open seatFEC S6IL00482
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What they did in office.

Sitting member of Congress · Raja Krishnamoorthi

In the U.S. House (IL-8) since 2017 · current term ends Jan 3, 2027

  • Recorded yea or nay on 24 of the 24 key House floor votes captured in Hugin's snapshot
  • 3 committees: Oversight and Government Reform, Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party · 3 subcommittees
  • 190 committees reported contributions to them this cycle · 7 committees reported outside spending for or against them

Linked to this filing by its exact FEC candidate ID (S6IL00482) in the congress-legislators roster of Oct 21, 2026. Votes are one key floor vote per bill on bills named in contractor lobbying reports (Oct 29, 2026); committee seats are the roster as of Oct 24, 2026; money counts are FEC reports for 2026 as of Oct 24, 2026. These are what Hugin's snapshots captured, not complete records, and none of them is a score or evidence of motive.

The money.

S KrishnamoorthiFEC filing: S Krishnamoorthi · S6IL00482 ↗
Raised
$12M
Spent
$32M
Cash on hand
$33K
Debts
$7,821
  • Individuals 90% $11M
  • PACs & other committees 4% $495K
  • Party committees <0.1% $500
  • Other receipts 6% $679K

Campaign totals through Sep 30, 2026. Excludes $19M moved between the candidate's own committees.

Outside groups: $442K supporting · $3.3M opposing

Biggest spenders supporting

  1. PROGRESSIVE VALUES ILLINOISSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $198K
  2. THE IMPACT FUNDHybrid PAC (super PAC account)Spent mainly in primaries $194K
  3. PROTECT PROGRESSSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $30K
  4. LOCAL 881 UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION FUNDUnion PAC · Local 881 United Food And Commercial Workers Union $20K

Biggest spenders opposing

  1. ILLINOIS FUTURE PACSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $3.3M
  2. THE PEOPLE'S LOBBYFiler that is not a political committee $4,467

Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS--PAC OF AAOSMembership group PAC · American Association Of Orthopaedic Surgeons $10K
  2. FIGHTING FOR SOUTH TEXAS PACPAC with no sponsoring organization $10K
  3. LA BAMBA PACLeadership PAC of Ritchie John Torres $10K
  4. DLZ CORP INFRASTRUCTURE ADVOCACY FEDERAL PACCorporate PAC · Dlz Corporation $10K
  5. COYOTE PACLeadership PAC of Wiley Nickel $10K

Who gave.

Who gives $11M from individuals

6% in small-dollar gifts

$646K of $11M 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 $6.9M of the $10M the campaign reported itemizing through Sep 30, 2026. The FEC has not yet processed the rest into its bulk file, which runs to May 15, 2026 for this campaign.

42% from Illinois · 58% from elsewhere

Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address; $1,520 had no usable state. Giving from other states is lawful and common.

53% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.

Top states

  1. Illinois $2.9M
  2. California $1.2M
  3. New York $401K
  4. Texas $396K
  5. Florida $351K
  6. New Jersey $255K
  7. Maryland $163K
  8. Massachusetts $151K

Top employers named by donors

  1. KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP $98K
  2. KIRKLAND & ELLIS $92K
  3. BLACKSTONE $63K
  4. WILLKIE FARR & GALLAGHER LLP $36K
  5. PWC $35K
  6. ANTHROPIC $32K
  7. UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO $30K
  8. SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP $27K
  9. MCKINSEY & COMPANY $25K
  10. ACCENTURE $23K

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: $1.5M. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $4.5M, not listed so no one donor is singled out.

Summary through Sep 30, 2026. Itemized gifts dated May 3, 2025 to May 15, 2026, net of refunds (10,133 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: $442K for / $3.3M 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.

$3.3M of the $3.8M 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

  • Digital ads <0.1% $47
  • Ads, medium not stated 94% $3.5M
  • Mail, print & signs 5% $199K
  • Phones & texts 0.7% $25K
  • Canvassing & field 0.1% $3,302
  • Ad production 0.1% $2,150

Largest late spenders for

  1. PROGRESSIVE VALUES ILLINOIS $198K
  2. THE IMPACT FUND $184K
  3. PROTECT PROGRESS $30K

Largest late spenders against

  1. ILLINOIS FUTURE PAC $3.3M
  2. THE PEOPLE'S LOBBY $4,469

Latest dissemination on these reports: March 16, 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 $27M in itemized spending

These itemized payments cover $27M of the $32M the campaign reported spending through Sep 30, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Jun 30, 2026.

  • Advertising & outreach 82% $23M
  • Consultants & strategy 6% $1.5M
  • Staff & payroll 6% $1.6M
  • Fundraising & processing fees 1% $361K
  • Polling, research & data 2% $596K
  • Travel, meals & events 0.4% $108K
  • Office, technology & overhead 1% $356K
  • Legal & compliance 0.2% $64K
  • Contributions, transfers & refunds <0.1% $3,500
  • Other or unclassified 1% $304K

Largest payees

  1. ADELSTEIN & ASSOCIATES LLC $21M
  2. GUSTO $1.6M
  3. MISSION CONTROL, INC. $1.1M
  4. LIFTOFF CAMPAIGNS LLC $592K
  5. GBAO STRATEGIES $564K

Paid to individuals: $179K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

Payments dated May 2, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (1,373 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.