Federal candidate · 2021–2022 cycle · past cycle

Charles M Hughes

Party
Democratic
Running for
U.S. House · Illinois District 6
Filing address
Chicago, IL (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
HUGHES, CHARLES M
Next election
General November 8, 2022 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Illinois with the 2022 district highlighted

Illinois, District 6

DemocraticU.S. House · Illinois District 6ChallengerLost primary

FEC candidate ID H0IL03133 · Principal campaign committee: PEOPLE FOR CHARLES HUGHES

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2023–2024U.S. House · Illinois District 6$7,946.72Lost primary
2021–2022U.S. House · Illinois District 6$9,550.28Lost primary
Total raised$9,550.28
Total spent$9,387.96
Cash on hand$12.39
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$22,849.47

2021–2022 cycle totals through January 31, 2023, 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: $1.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $32,423.28
  • Individual contributions$1.000%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$32,423.28340%

Self-funding: $32,423.28 (340% of money raised): $9,573.81 given and $22,849.47 lent by the candidate. $427.96 of loans repaid so far.

Raised and spent over time

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

The race

Illinois U.S. House, District 6, 2022 · 8 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Charles M Hughes (D)$9,550.28$12.392023-01-31
Sean Casten (D)$5,577,460.28$54,416.172022-12-31
Marie Newman (D)$1,587,957.66$0.002022-12-31
Keith Pekau (R)$1,514,693.19$3,276.822022-12-31
Gary Grasso (R)$635,117.00$2,494.952022-12-31
Scott Richard Kaspar (R)$268,040.01$0.002022-12-31
Robert 'Rob' Cruz (R)$162,526.76$0.002022-07-23
Niki Conforti (R)$75,519.32$10.142022-12-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportLean DNovember 1, 2022
  • Inside ElectionsLikely DFebruary 18, 2022
  • Sabato's Crystal BallLean DNovember 2, 2022
  • PoliticoLean DApril 5, 2022
  • Fox NewsLean DJuly 11, 2022
  • DDHQLikely DJuly 20, 2022
  • 538Lean DOctober 26, 2022
  • The EconomistLikely DSeptember 28, 2022

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2022 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: PEOPLE FOR CHARLES HUGHES.
  • 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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