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Bill Foster

Bill Foster

Representative· ILDHouse● In officeOn the ballot in 2026
Before officeBusinessperson · Physicist · Entrepreneur · Fermilab
File · Money Read

What the money shows

Bill Foster has an estimated net worth of $20.3M. The 2026 campaign raised $2.2M. Outside groups had $28,100 spent against Bill Foster and $103,156 spent for Bill Foster. Bill Foster sits on Financial Institutions and Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Artificial Intelligence.

Sources: House disclosures · Senate disclosures · FEC

Est. net worth
$20M
$10M+
Raised (last cycle)
$2.2M
FEC · 2026
Years in role
13
Representative since 2013 · 18y in office
Net-worth filings
16
−$1.3M since 2008
File A — Net Worth

Net worth over time

Estimated from financial disclosures. The band shows the disclosed range; the line is the midpoint estimate.

midpoint disclosed range govt salary
source filing →

† Includes one or more open-ended top brackets (over $50M). The high end is a floor, so the true figure may be higher.

File C — Service

Term history

  1. RepresentativeIL-11D
    2025 – 2027 · 2 yrs
  2. RepresentativeIL-11D
    2023 – 2025 · 2 yrs
  3. RepresentativeIL-11D
    2021 – 2023 · 2 yrs
  4. RepresentativeIL-11D
    2019 – 2021 · 2 yrs
  5. RepresentativeIL-11D
    2017 – 2019 · 2 yrs
  6. RepresentativeIL-11D
    2015 – 2017 · 2 yrs
  7. RepresentativeIL-11D
    2013 – 2015 · 2 yrs
  8. RepresentativeIL-14D
    2009 – 2011 · 2 yrs
  9. Show 1 earlier term2008–2009▸
    1. RepresentativeIL-14D
      2008 – 2009 · 1 yrs
File D — Benchmark

If they'd just invested 20%

A disciplined-saver benchmark: 20% of each year's government salary, invested at an assumed 10%/yr return — versus actual disclosed net worth.

hypothetical retirement actual net worth salary

Hypothetical, not actual savings — see methodology.