Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle

Philanise White

Party
Republican
Running for
U.S. House · Illinois District 1
Filing address
Chicago, IL (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
WHITE, PHILANISE
Next election
General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Illinois with the 2020 district highlighted

Illinois, District 1

RepublicanU.S. House · Illinois District 1ChallengerLost the general election (26.15%)

FEC candidate ID H0IL01194 · Principal campaign committee: FRIENDS OF PHILANISE WHITE

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2021–2022U.S. House · Illinois District 1$5,653.00Lost primary
2019–2020U.S. House · Illinois District 1$6,288.60Lost the general election (26.15%)
Total raised$6,288.60
Total spent$5,047.85
Cash on hand$927.55
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2019–2020 cycle totals through December 31, 2020, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $6,288.60
  • Individual contributions$6,288.60100%

Raised and spent over time

Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.

Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Philanise White$0.00
  • Independent expenditures opposing Philanise White$59.76

FEC totals for the 2020 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.

Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.

The race

Illinois U.S. House, District 1, 2020 · 3 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Philanise White (R)$6,288.60$927.552020-12-31
Bobby Lee Rush (D)$545,760.47$111,620.652020-12-31
Sarah Gad (D)$108,559.59$51,190.802019-12-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois (retrieved October 23, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: FRIENDS OF PHILANISE WHITE.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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