2026 candidate · follow the money
Who funds Thomas Fisher?
The money.
- Raised
- $917K
- Spent
- $875K
- Cash on hand
- $53K
- Debts
- $48K
- Individuals 89% $814K
- PACs & other committees 5% $50K
- Candidate's own money & loans 6% $54K
Campaign totals through Jun 30, 2026. Excludes $11K moved between the candidate's own committees.
Outside groups: $120K supporting · $0 opposing
Biggest spenders supporting
- 314 ACTION FUND $120K
Largest direct PAC contributions
- AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
- AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION PAC $5,000
- AMERICAN OSTEOPATHIC INFORMATION ASSOCIATION - OSTEOPATHIC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
- NATIONAL EMERGENCY MEDICINE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE / AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS $5,000
- AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY INC POLITICAL COMMITTEE (OPHTHPAC) $5,000
Who gave.
Who gives $814K from individuals
12% in small-dollar gifts
$95K of $814K came unitemized: from donors whose gifts to the campaign this cycle total $200 or less, whom the campaign does not have to name.
44% from Illinois · 56% from elsewhere
Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.
100% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.
Top states
- Illinois $291K
- California $58K
- New York $58K
- Maryland $42K
- Massachusetts $28K
- Virginia $26K
- District of Columbia $22K
- New Jersey $19K
Top employers named by donors
- UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO $20K
- GOOGLE $12K
- HCSC $8,600
- VITUITY $6,900
- UIC $3,600
- BMO $2,500
- NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY $2,175
- UI HEALTH $1,950
- VA $1,800
- RUSH $1,750
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: $138K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $462K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.
Summary through Jun 30, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Aug 6, 2025 to Jun 8, 2026, net of refunds (1,127 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: $120K for / $0 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 100% $120K
Largest late spenders for
- 314 ACTION FUND $120K
Latest dissemination on these reports: February 23, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (2 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 $819K in itemized spending
- Advertising & outreach 71% $582K
- Consultants & strategy 4% $29K
- Staff & payroll 12% $96K
- Fundraising & processing fees 0.7% $6,116
- Polling, research & data 4% $36K
- Travel, meals & events 1% $7,895
- Office, technology & overhead 4% $34K
- Legal & compliance 3% $28K
- Other or unclassified <0.1% $322
Largest payees
- LC MEDIA LLC $484K
- GUSTO $96K
- MOMENTUM CAMPAIGNS $47K
- MISSION CONTROL INC $45K
- ACTBLUE TECHNICAL SERVICES $31K
Paid to individuals: $9,182, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.
Payments dated Aug 12, 2025 to Jun 29, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (278 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.
- Jason FriedmanDemocrat · $2.5M raised · $409K outside
- Melissa Conyears-ErvinDemocrat · $825K raised · $5.0M outside
- La Shawn K FordDemocrat · $819K raised · $2.5M outside
- Richard BoykinDemocrat · $454K raised
- Reed ShowalterDemocrat · $368K raised
- Anabel MendozaDemocrat · $294K raised
- Anthony Driver Jr.Democrat · $249K raised · $538K outside
- Rory E. HoskinsDemocrat · $214K raised
- Danny K. DavisDemocrat · $101K raised
- Chad KoppieRepublican · $60K raised
- Kina I CollinsDemocrat · $55K raised
- Jazmin J. RobinsonDemocrat · $21K 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.