2026 candidate · follow the money
Who funds Yasmeen Bankole?
The money.
- Raised
- $559K
- Spent
- $559K
- Cash on hand
- $0
- Individuals 53% $297K
- PACs & other committees 4% $23K
- Candidate's own money & loans 42% $236K
- Other receipts 0.4% $2,215
Campaign totals through May 18, 2026.
No independent expenditures for or against this filing are itemized in the bulk file.
Largest direct PAC contributions
- INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
- CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS PAC $5,000
- HIGHER HEIGHTS FOR AMERICA PAC $3,000
- ILLINOIS POLITICAL ACTIVE LETTER CARRIERS $1,500
- INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADES POLITICAL ACTION TOGETHER POLITICAL COMMITTEE $1,000
Who gave.
Who gives $297K from individuals
52% in small-dollar gifts
$154K of $297K came unitemized: from donors whose gifts to the campaign this cycle total $200 or less, whom the campaign does not have to name.
62% from Illinois · 38% from elsewhere
Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.
94% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.
Top states
- Illinois $85K
- California $10K
- Florida $10K
- Virginia $4,600
- District of Columbia $4,550
- Massachusetts $3,700
- Maryland $2,550
- Indiana $2,000
Top employers named by donors
- STATE OF ILLINOIS $1,600
- UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO $1,250
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: $50K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $83K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.
Summary through May 18, 2026. Itemized gifts dated May 14, 2025 to Mar 19, 2026, net of refunds (502 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 Yasmeen Bankole.
Where it went.
Where the money went $415K in itemized spending
These itemized payments cover $415K of the $559K the campaign reported spending through May 18, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to May 13, 2026.
- Advertising & outreach 29% $119K
- Consultants & strategy 9% $38K
- Staff & payroll 10% $42K
- Fundraising & processing fees 32% $131K
- Polling, research & data 1% $5,020
- Office, technology & overhead 8% $32K
- Legal & compliance 8% $33K
- Other or unclassified 4% $16K
Largest payees
- GOODMAN CAMPAIGNS LLC $144K
- GUSTO $42K
- ACUITY POLITICS, LLC $33K
- SWITCHBOARD $33K
- NGP VAN $29K
Paid to individuals: $56K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.
Payments dated May 20, 2025 to May 13, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (217 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.
- S. Raja KrishnamoorthiDemocrat · $3.9M raised · $3,750 outside
- Neil KhotDemocrat · $3.1M raised
- Melissa Luburich BeanDemocrat · $2.4M raised · $5.5M outside
- Jennifer DavisRepublican · $1.8M raised
- Junaid AhmedDemocrat · $1.7M raised · $773K outside
- Dan TullyDemocrat · $728K raised · $96K outside
- Kevin B. MorrisonDemocrat · $661K raised
- Sanjyot DunungDemocrat · $392K raised
- Mark RiceRepublican · $140K raised
- Ryan VetticadDemocrat · $123K raised
- Christ KallasDemocrat · $13K 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.