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Money
$377.4K raised, $377.4K spent, $0 cash on hand (through Jul 3, 2026). Where it comes from
Who gives
8.8% of individual money from donors at $200 or less · 55% from Illinois · largest committee giver BACK THE BOLD, $5K
Their wordsWhat does Polan say they will do?
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MoneyWho pays for the campaign, and where does it go?
Raised
$377.4K
$377,429
Spent
$377.4K
$377,429
Cash on hand
$0
$0
FEC filings, Jul 1, 2025 to Jul 3, 2026 · Official FEC bulk data · committee C00916767 ↗
Raised, spent and cash over time by FEC report
$1.00 has been spent for every dollar raised across 6 reports ($377.4K of $377.4K). Cash on hand went from $306.5K on Sep 30, 2025 to $0 on Jul 3, 2026.
Raised in the period
Spent in the period
Cash on hand at its close
$200K$400K
Sep ’25
Dec ’25
Feb ’26
Mar ’26
Jun ’26
Jul ’26
Raised, spent and cash on hand by FEC report
Report
Raised in the period
Spent in the period
Cash on hand at its close
OCTOBER QUARTERLY 2025 through Sep 30, 2025
$343,412
$36,942
$306,470
YEAR-END 2025 through Dec 31, 2025
$18,652
$185,881
$139,240
PRE-PRIMARY 2026 through Feb 25, 2026
$9,981
$105,039
$44,182
APRIL QUARTERLY 2026 through Mar 31, 2026
$5,385
$27,396
$22,171
JULY QUARTERLY 2026 through Jun 30, 2026
$0
$19,513
$2,658
TERMINATION REPORT 2026 through Jul 3, 2026
$0
$2,658
$0
Each report’s own period, as filed with the FEC; a report filed again counts once, as its latest copy.
Where the money came from $377,429 reported receipts
LoansMoney the campaign borrowed this cycle, from the candidate or a lender, which it may repay.$275,00073%
Who lent it
Sam Polanthe candidate’s own money · lent Sep 30, 2025 · repaid$275,000
Each loan as the campaign’s report through Jul 3, 2026 lists it, with what is still owed. A loan from an earlier cycle can appear here, and one repaid in full drops off the report, so the list need not add up to the row.
Itemized (over $200)Donors who have given more than $200 this cycle, so the FEC itemizes (names) them.$86,89623%
Largest donors
Tanya Baker2 contributions, latest Jun 24, 2026 · WOODBRIDGE, VA$10,500
Greg Polan2 contributions, latest Jun 24, 2026 · WILMETTE, IL$10,500
Kim Polan2 contributions, latest Jun 30, 2026 · WILMETTE, IL$10,500
Laura E. Soskin2 contributions, latest Jun 2, 2026 · WILMETTE, IL$6,500
Megan EshelmanOne contribution on Aug 18, 2025 · ATTORNEY · BEUS O'CONNOR MCGRODER, PLLC · TEMPE, AZ$3,500
Pj ReddingtonOne contribution on Jan 27, 2026 · FIELD SERVICE REP. · VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS · SUNSET BEACH, NC$3,500
Peter ReddingtonOne contribution on Dec 31, 2025 · SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR · GRAND + BENEDICTS · PORTLAND, OR$3,421
Max Polan2 contributions, latest Mar 10, 2026 · VP OF OPERATIONS · BEACON MOBILITY · WINNETKA, IL$3,000
Jacqueline HallOne contribution on Dec 30, 2025 · GRAPHIC DESIGNER · SELF-EMPLOYED · ALEXANDRIA, VA$2,925
Lori N. AndreOne contribution on Oct 27, 2025 · OWNER · LORI'S SHOES · CHICAGO, IL$2,500
David Reddington2 contributions, latest Mar 18, 2026 · SENIOR ADVISOR · SAM POLAN FOR CONGRESS · CHICAGO, IL$2,500
Alan RothOne contribution on Aug 22, 2025 · ATTORNEY · WINSTON & STRAWN, LLP · WILMETTE, IL$2,500
A donor who gave several times appears once. The 12 largest donors by total given are listed. In all, 106 itemized contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $100.9K.
Unitemized ($200 or less)Donors who have given $200 or less this cycle, so the FEC does not itemize (name) them.$8,3962.2%
PACs and other committeesPolitical action committees and other candidates' committees. Corporations and unions cannot give directly.$5,0001.3%
Committees that gave
Back the Bold1 receipt, latest Sep 26, 2025 · PAC (qualified)$5,000
The largest of the committees is listed. In all, 1 committee contribution was filed this cycle, totaling $5K. Counted from the givers' own filings, which can run above the total the campaign itself reports.
The candidateMoney the candidate gave their own campaign.$2,0000.5%
Other receiptsInterest, dividends and other income the committee files on a line of its own.$138<0.1%
Total reported receipts $377,429
Every dollar the committee reported receiving this cycle, split by the source the FEC filing attributes it to. Open a source marked + to see who gave. FEC filings through Jul 3, 2026.
Who donated: where they live, their employers and jobs
Where the donors live $100,895 placed by state
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under $2.2K
$2.2K+
$9K+
$20.1K+
$35.8K+
none
Outlined: Illinois, home state
Home state and away
Illinois 55%IL 55%Elsewhere 45%
55% of the money placed by state came from inside Illinois: $56K of $100.9K.
Top states
Top donor states
Name
Amount
Illinois home48 contributions · 55%
$55,965
Virginia8 contributions · 16%
$15,675
California10 contributions · 5%
$5,000
Arizona4 contributions · 4.7%
$4,750
Oregon
Outside spending $9,182,107 across this race
Money groups spent on their own, not through a campaign. Each ad is filed against the candidate it names, so money attacking an opponent shows on the opponent’s row. Open a candidate to see who spent it.
The campaign also refunded $12,000 in contributions, which the categories below do not include.
Consulting and strategyStrategic, political, legal, and compliance consulting, and campaign management.$112,09431%
Filed as
COMMUNICATIONS CONSULTING$26,700
COMPLIANCE CONSULTING, POSTAGE, AND SUBSCRIPTION$24,645
DIGITAL CONSULTING$20,887
FIELD CONSULTING
Largest vendors
Largest vendors
Name
Amount
Human Capital Management, LLC27 payments · 26% of all spending
$98,255
40 North Advocacy2 payments · 9.1% of all spending
$34,416
Spruce Street Compliance7 payments · 8.7% of all spending
$32,745
Touchstone2 payments · 7.1% of all spending
$26,953
Tilting Toward Hope, LLC4 payments · 7.1% of all spending
$26,700
Meta Platforms, Inc.82 payments · 6.2% of all spending
$23,452
Borich Hernandez Solutions3 payments · 6% of all spending
$22,725
Bcom Solutions, LLC8 payments · 5.5% of all spending
$20,625
The people, firms and committees paid the most, across every kind of payment. Each share is of everything the committee reported spending this cycle, not only the itemized payments above. A payee that is itself a committee links to its own profile.
EndorsementsWho does Polan’s campaign say backs them?
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Every contest for this seat that named this candidate, most recent last; a result is shown once the race is called. Election dates and results from civicAPI (civicapi.org). civicAPI aggregates results from Secretaries of State and equivalent election bodies, and makes its own race calls. civicapi.org ↗
March 17, 2026 · Result (unofficial, 95% reporting) · Each pollster's last poll ending in the 21 days before the vote, read for the two leading finishers; the median leaves out polls a side paid for
Poll data from The New York Times, licensed CC BY 4.0 · Updated October 28, 2026 · 8 polls paid for by a party or campaign are left out
Official FEC filing record for the current cycle. The priorities they publish are quoted from their own site, in their order.
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2 contributions · 3.9%
$3,921
Pennsylvania11 contributions · 3.9%
$3,900
North Carolina2 contributions · 3.7%
$3,750
Texas2 contributions · 2.2%
$2,250
By the state each donor wrote on the filing, across 16 states and territories. Donors who have given $200 or less this cycle are not itemized, so they cannot be placed on a map. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total.
Donors’ employers as filed
Donors’ employers
Employer as filed
Amount
Not employedWritten instead of an employer · 17 contributions · 24% of ranked
$20,900
Self-employedWritten instead of an employer · 10 contributions · 13% of ranked
$11,175
US Dept Of Defense1 contribution · 8% of ranked
$7,000
SAM Polan For Congress5 contributions · 4.9% of ranked
$4,334
Beus O'connor Mcgroder PLLC1 contribution · 4% of ranked
$3,500
Varian Medical Systems1 contribution · 4% of ranked
$3,500
Grand + Benedicts1 contribution · 3.9% of ranked
$3,421
Beacon Mobility2 contributions · 3.4% of ranked
$3,000
A further $13,000 came from donors whose answer names no employer (blank), so it is not ranked. Itemized gifts over $200, grouped by the words donors filed: not an industry classification, and a gift from an employee is not a gift from the employer. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total. Gifts of $200 or less ($8,396) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
Donors’ occupations as filed
Donors’ occupations
Occupation as filed
Amount
Not employedWritten instead of an occupation · 17 contributions · 24% of ranked
$20,900
Attorney12 contributions · 13% of ranked
$11,400
Civil Servant3 contributions · 9.1% of ranked
$8,000
Designer1 contribution · 5.7% of ranked
$5,000
Field Service REP1 contribution · 4% of ranked
$3,500
System Administrator1 contribution · 3.9% of ranked
$3,421
VP Of Operations2 contributions · 3.4% of ranked
$3,000
Graphic Designer1 contribution · 3.3% of ranked
$2,925
A further $13,000 came from donors whose answer names no occupation (blank), so it is not ranked. Itemized gifts over $200, grouped by the words donors filed: not an industry classification, and a gift from an employee is not a gift from the employer. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total. Gifts of $200 or less ($8,396) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
Support and oppose are each group’s own labels, not a judgment made here.
$9,182,107 of the race total was filed about other candidates, so it would not show on Polan’s own record.
Independent expenditures (Schedule E) only. Electioneering communications and corporate or union member communications file separately; they are counted for Polanunder “Other outside spending” in the full finance detail, but not for the rest of the field, so every other row is a floor.
$20,745
COMPLIANCE CONSULTING AND SUBSCRIPTION$8,100
LEGAL SERVICES$5,880
DIGITAL CONSULTING AND TRAVEL$2,838
IN KIND: POLITICAL CONSULTING$2,300
Paid to
Spruce Street Compliance$32,745
Tilting Toward Hope, LLC$26,700
Touchstone$17,969
Bcom Solutions, LLC$13,725
Dolphin Rock Corp$10,000
Sandler Reiff Lamb Rosenstein & Birkenstock$5,880
Payroll and staffSalaries, wages, benefits, and payroll services.$64,11818%
Filed as
SALARY$64,118
Paid to
Maines, Nicholas$42,553
Reddington, David$21,565
Fundraising and eventsThe cost of raising money: finance consultants, donor list rental and acquisition, event venues, catering, and donor processing.$46,46513%
Filed as
FUNDRAISING CONSULTING$40,225
IN KIND: EVENT GRAPHICS$2,925
CATERING$2,315
EVENT TICKETS$1,000
Paid to
Borich Hernandez Solutions$22,725
Fleming, Kelly$14,500
Raise More, Inc.$3,000
Hall, Jacqueline$2,925
Jon & Vinny's$1,476
Evanston Chamber of Commerce$1,000
Printing, mail, and shippingPrinted literature, direct mail, postage, design, and delivery.$37,52910%
Filed as
DIRECT MAIL$31,313
GRAPHIC DESIGN AND TRAVEL$3,103
PRINTING$2,278
IN KIND: PRINTING$835
Paid to
40 North Advocacy$34,416
Minuteman Press$1,378
A.C Signs and Printing$900
Maines, Nicholas$835
Taxes, fees, and bank chargesPayroll and income taxes, filing fees, bank and merchant processing charges.$34,7599.6%
Filed as
PAYROLL TAXES AND FEES$33,857
BANK FEES$621
PAYROLL FEES$280
Paid to
Human Capital Management, LLC$34,137
Amalgamated Bank$621
Advertising and mediaBroadcast, digital, and print advertising, and the media buying behind it.$31,3148.6%
Filed as
DIGITAL ADVERTISING$23,414
DIGITAL CONSULTING AND MEDIA PRODUCTION$6,900
SOCIAL MEDIA CONSULTING$1,000
Paid to
Meta Platforms, Inc.$23,414
Bcom Solutions, LLC$6,900
Marketing by Beth, LLC$1,000
Digital and technologyWebsites, hosting, software subscriptions, databases, email, and texting platforms.$9,2882.6%
Filed as
SUBSCRIPTION$4,538
DATABASE SOFTWARE$4,500
TEXTING$250
Paid to
Integrated Solutions: Political$9,000
Blue Action, Inc.$250
Meta Platforms, Inc.$38
Field and canvassingDoor-to-door canvassing, phone banks, petition and signature gathering, and get-out-the-vote work.$8,9842.5%
Filed as
PETITIONING$8,984
Paid to
Touchstone$8,984
Polling and researchSurveys, opposition research, voter file work, and analytics.$5,4701.5%
Filed as
VOTER FILE$5,020
IN KIND: DATA$450
Paid to
Democratic Party of Illnois$5,020
Overstreet, Jordan$450
OtherPayments whose filed description does not match any category above. Every one is listed so it can be read directly.$4,6051.3%
Filed as
IN KIND: IT SERVICES$3,421
NOTARY SERVICES$600
WORKERS COMPENSATION$584
Paid to
Reddington, Peter$3,421
Pink Ribbon Mobile Notary$600
Amtrust Financial Services, Inc.$584
TravelAirfare, lodging, mileage, and ground transport.$4,0401.1%
Filed as
TRAVEL$4,040
Paid to
United Airlines$1,843
Hampton INN$935
American Airlines$655
HOTELS.COM$386
Lyft$221
Card paymentsPaid to a card processor with no itemisation filed beneath it, so the purchases behind it are not on the record.$2,6870.7%
Filed as
CREDIT CARD PROCESSING FEES$2,687
Paid to
ActBlue Technical Services$2,687
Not broken out by the committeeReported as a lump sum, with memo entries pointed to for the detail. Where those entries were filed and read, this page counts the payees they name instead; what is left here was never itemised.$5840.2%
Filed as
REIMBURSEMENT - SEE BELOW IF ITEMIZED$584
Paid to
Maines, Nicholas$339
Reddington, David$245
Given to othersContributions to other candidates, party committees, and PACs.$5000.1%
Filed as
CONTRIBUTION$500
Paid to
New Trier Democratic Organization$500
Total itemized disbursements $362,436
Every itemized payment the committee reported this cycle, sorted by what it said each one was for. The categories are ours; the wording they are matched against is the committee’s own. Open a category to read the filed descriptions and who was paid. FEC filings through Jul 3, 2026.
All 248 itemized payments filed this cycle. Spending below the itemization threshold is not filed line by line.
18 payments were reported as a lump sum, such as a card or payroll bill, with the detail filed underneath as memo entries. Those entries, $70,177 in all, are counted under the payee and purpose they name rather than under the processor that was paid. The total is the same either way.