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Who funds S. Raja Krishnamoorthi?

Illinois U.S. House District 8DemocratFiled as incumbentFEC H6IL08147
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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 (H6IL08147) 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. Raja KrishnamoorthiFEC filing: S. Raja Krishnamoorthi · H6IL08147 ↗
Raised
$3.9M
Spent
$21M
Cash on hand
$47K
Debts
$11K
  • Individuals 81% $3.2M
  • PACs & other committees 9% $367K
  • Other receipts 10% $386K

Campaign totals through Sep 30, 2026.

Outside groups: $0 supporting · $3,750 opposing

Biggest spenders opposing

  1. ILLINOIS AGAINST MAGASuper PAC $3,750

Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. TECHNOLOGIES PUBLIC AFFAIRS COUNCIL (HONPAC)Corporate PAC · Honeywell International Inc. $10K
  2. KPMG PARTNERS/PRINCIPALS AND EMPLOYEES PACPAC with no sponsoring organization $10K
  3. JSTREETPACMembership group PAC · J Street $8,500
  4. INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS LOCAL 150 POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEUnion PAC $7,500
  5. ILLINOIS CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT FUND-FEDERALPAC with no sponsoring organization $6,000

Who gave.

Who gives

53% from Illinois · 47% from elsewhere

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

38% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.

Top states

  1. Illinois $1.6M
  2. California $231K
  3. Florida $171K
  4. New York $155K
  5. Texas $149K
  6. Washington $88K
  7. Maryland $64K
  8. District of Columbia $55K

Top employers named by donors

  1. KIRKLAND & ELLIS $128K
  2. KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP $44K
  3. KIRKLAND $18K
  4. NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY $15K
  5. MAYER BROWN LLP $12K
  6. KIRKLAND AND ELLIS $8,100

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: $1.5M, not listed so no one donor is singled out.

Itemized gifts dated Jan 1, 2025 to Jun 27, 2025, net of refunds (1,543 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 S. Raja Krishnamoorthi. The outside spending shown from regular reports is the latest available.

Where it went.

Where the money went $1.8M in itemized spending

These itemized payments cover $1.8M of the $21M the campaign reported spending through Sep 30, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Sep 30, 2026.

  • Advertising & outreach 14% $262K
  • Consultants & strategy 21% $393K
  • Staff & payroll 11% $203K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 8% $148K
  • Polling, research & data 14% $253K
  • Travel, meals & events 0.2% $4,318
  • Office, technology & overhead 12% $212K
  • Legal & compliance 0.5% $9,255
  • Contributions, transfers & refunds 14% $255K
  • Other or unclassified 5% $97K

Largest payees

  1. LIFTOFF CAMPAIGNS LLC $261K
  2. RAJA FOR ILLINOIS $255K
  3. SAPPHIRE STRATEGIES $252K
  4. PAYLOCITY CORPORATE TAX $198K
  5. SPIROS CONSULTING $180K

Paid to individuals: $9,250, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

Payments dated Jan 2, 2025 to Sep 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (277 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.