Illinois · U.S. House · District 09 · 2026

Illinois District 09 House race

General election in 52 days · Nov 3, 2026

The read · Illinois District 09 House race

Janice D. Schakowsky ranks No. 10 in money raised.

Candidates in the Illinois District 09 House race, 2026 report raising $16.9M between them. Katherine Abughazaleh reports $4.1M and Daniel Biss reports $2.9M, a gap of $1.1M. Of what Katherine Abughazaleh reports, 100% came from individuals and 0% from PACs.

Public campaign-finance filings, 2026 cycle. Candidate rows are filers on record, not final ballot lists. Totals are rounded to whole dollars.

Every candidate on file

Ranked by money raised. Each row shows the campaign money mix and a plain-English read.

Katherine Abughazaleh

D · challenger

Small-donor heavy. 100% from individuals and 0% from PACs.

100% individuals0% PACs0% other

$4.1M

raised

Daniel Biss

D · challenger

Small-donor heavy. 93% from individuals and 7% from PACs.

93% individuals7% PACs0% other

$2.9M

raised

Laura Fine

D · challenger

Small-donor heavy. 98% from individuals and 1% from PACs.

98% individuals1% PACs1% other

$2.8M

raised

Philip Andrew

D · challenger

71% from individuals, 0% from PACs, and 29% from other sources.

71% individuals0% PACs29% other

$1.4M

raised

Bushra Amiwala

D · challenger

Small-donor heavy. 99% from individuals and 0% from PACs.

99% individuals0% PACs1% other

$1.2M

raised

Khai-Hoan Huynh

D · challenger

78% from individuals, 1% from PACs, and 21% from other sources.

78% individuals1% PACs21% other

$1.0M

raised

Bruce Leon

D · challenger

Still has cash to spend. $618K on hand from $902K raised.

11% individuals1% PACs88% other

$902K

raised

Jeff Cohen

D · challenger

37% from individuals, 0% from PACs, and 63% from other sources.

37% individuals0% PACs63% other

$793K

raised

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Mike Simmons

D · challenger

Small-donor heavy. 94% from individuals and 5% from PACs.

94% individuals5% PACs1% other

$466K

raised

Janice D. Schakowsky

DIncumbent

D · incumbent

Incumbent leans on PAC money. 21% from PACs and 79% from individuals.

79% individuals21% PACs0% other

$413K

raised

Sam Polan

D · challenger

25% from individuals, 1% from PACs, and 74% from other sources.

25% individuals1% PACs74% other

$377K

raised

Nick Pyati

D · challenger

Small-donor heavy. 96% from individuals and 0% from PACs.

96% individuals0% PACs4% other

$273K

raised

Howard Rosenblum

D · challenger

Small-donor heavy. 93% from individuals and 0% from PACs.

93% individuals0% PACs7% other

$141K

raised

Miracle Jenkins

D · challenger

Small-donor heavy. 100% from individuals and 0% from PACs.

100% individuals0% PACs0% other

$29K

raised

Justin Ford

D · challenger

11% from individuals, 0% from PACs, and 89% from other sources.

11% individuals0% PACs89% other

$28K

raised

Dongbo Su

R · challenger

81% from individuals, 5% from PACs, and 14% from other sources.

81% individuals5% PACs14% other

$24K

raised

Jill Manrique

D · challenger

Small-donor heavy. 99% from individuals and 0% from PACs.

99% individuals0% PACs1% other

$5K

raised

Paul Friedman

R · challenger

Small-donor heavy. 100% from individuals and 0% from PACs.

100% individuals0% PACs0% other

$5K

raised

Bethany Johnson

D · challenger

Small-donor heavy. 93% from individuals and 0% from PACs.

93% individuals0% PACs7% other

$3K

raised

David Abrevaya

D · challenger

No receipts on file yet.

0% individuals0% PACs100% other

raised

Where the money came from

$0 in itemized outside money is on file for this cycle. Candidate fundraising is shown separately below.

Labor / Unions$15K

Health & Pharma$10K

Transportation$8K

Ideological / Leadership$5K

Foreign-policy advocacy$4K

Real Estate & Construction$3K

Insurance$3K

Law & Lobbying$3K

Agriculture$3K

Biggest itemized outside spenders

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE ANESTHETISTS SEPARATE SEGREGATED FUND (CRNA-PAC) · pac$5K
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION · pac$5K
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL AND TRANSPORTATION WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION LEAGUE · pac$5K
PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECT · super pac$5K
COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA - COPE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE · pac$4K
JSTREETPAC · pac$4K
NATIONAL ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS PAC/ INTN'L UNION OF ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS (NEC PAC) · pac$4K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE · pac$3K

PACs vs the people

This split is from the candidates' own reported fundraising.

84%14%

2% PACs84% individuals14% other

The incumbent's record

Janice D. Schakowsky is the linked incumbent for this race.

Net worth (2025)

−$210K

−$775K+. down $354K since 2008.

Stock trades

None on file

No disclosed individual stock transactions.

Committees

Current full committee seats on file.

Where they sit

House Committee on Energy and Commerce

Who funds them

This is the incumbent's own funding by donor sector for the cycle.

Labor / Unions$15K

Health & Pharma$10K

Transportation$8K

Ideological / Leadership$5K

Foreign-policy advocacy$4K

Real Estate & Construction$3K

Full profile: net worth, donors, trades, and votes ->

The tale of the tape

Money, side by side. Green marks the leader on each line.

Katherine Abughazaleh D · challenger KA	vs	Daniel Biss D · challenger
$4.1M	Raised	$2.9M
$17K	Cash on hand	$262K
0%	From PACs	7%
100%	From individuals	93%
Too few to rank	Top donor sector	Too few to rank
No	Incumbent	No