Illinois 8th District 2026

The money race

Campaign fundraising this cycle, with independent expenditures by outside groups for and against each candidate.

DMelissa Bean
$2.46M
+$5.48M for · $60K against
RJennifer Davis
$1.78M

Bars: money raised by the campaign this cycle. Thin bars: outside spending by super PACs and other groups, for and against.

Money raised and outside spending by candidate
Candidate	Party	Raised	Outside support	Outside opposition	Small-dollar
Melissa Bean	D	$2,457,207	$5,478,102	$59,596	30%
Jennifer Davis	R	$1,782,175	$0	$0	30%

$4.24M

Raised by candidates

$3.66M

Spent by candidates

$5.54M

Outside spending

8 spenders

Candidates

Candidate	Raised	Individuals	PACs	Small-dollar	In-state	Spent	Donors
Melissa Bean (D)	$2.46M^†	$1.45M	$276K	30%	46%	$2.16M^†	935
Jennifer Davis (R)	$1.78M^†	$462K	$14K	30%	53%	$1.50M^†	122

† The FEC's official total. Poliscope's figure disagreed (usually a report it has not loaded yet), so the other columns for that candidate may cover an earlier period.

Outside spending

Independent expenditures reported to the FEC (Schedule E). “Dark money in” is the total of grants the spender received from 501(c) nonprofits, as traced by Poliscope.Provisional

Spender	Target	Stance	Spent	Network	Dark money in
ELECT CHICAGO WOMEN AKA ECW C00936724	Melissa Bean	Support	$3.99M 25 filings		—
NEW DEMOCRAT MAJORITY C00859660	Melissa Bean	Support	$935K 2 filings		—
PROTECT PROGRESS C00848440	Melissa Bean	Support	$557K 3 filings	Crypto super PACs	—
JUSTICE DEMOCRATS PAC C00630665	Melissa Bean	Oppose	$57K 2 filings	Justice Democrats	—
THE PEOPLE'S LOBBY C90015868	Melissa Bean	Oppose	$2K 4 filings		—
PROGRESSIVE CHANGE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE C00458000	Melissa Bean	Oppose	$650 1 filing		—
DMFI PAC C00710848 Donors include Deborah Simon ($2.50M)	Melissa Bean	Support	$382 1 filing		—
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION C00483693	Melissa Bean	Support	$10 1 filing		—

Candidates

Melissa Bean

D Democrat

Raised: $2.46M
Small-dollar: 30%
In-state: 46%
Outside for / against: $5.48M / $60K

Backed byAIPAC Crypto super PACsOpposed byJustice Democrats Union PAC Realtors PAC Self-funded

Jennifer Davis

R Republican

Raised: $1.78M
Small-dollar: 30%
In-state: 53%
Outside for / against: $0 / $0

Backed byThe Uihleins Self-funded

Source: Poliscope (poliscope.org), from FEC filings. Roster curated from FEC candidate registrations. Withdrawn and defeated primary candidates are not shown.