Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle

Raymond Carl Lenzi

Party
Democratic
Running for
U.S. House · Illinois District 12
Filing address
Makanda, IL (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
LENZI, RAYMOND CARL DR.
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 12

DemocraticU.S. House · Illinois District 12ChallengerLost the general election (39.57%)

FEC candidate ID H0IL12100 · Principal campaign committee: LENZI FOR CONGRESS

Total raised$162,489.40
Total spent$162,711.58
Cash on hand$0.00
Debts owed by the campaign$22,000.00
Loans from the candidate$25,000.00

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: $85,469.67PACs and other committees: $17,260.40Party committees: $1,550.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $58,209.33
  • Individual contributions$85,469.6753%
  • PACs and other committees$17,260.4011%
  • Party committees$1,550.001%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$58,209.3336%

Self-funding: $58,209.33 (36% of money raised): $33,209.33 given and $25,000.00 lent by the candidate. $25,000.00 of loans repaid so far.

Raised and spent over time

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

PAC and committee contributors

9 committees reported giving $25,500.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through December 29, 2024. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Raymond Carl Lenzi$10.00
  • Independent expenditures opposing Raymond Carl Lenzi$0.00

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 12, 2020 · 3 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Raymond Carl Lenzi (D)$162,489.40$0.002020-12-31
Michael Bost (R)$1,948,780.91$413,789.292020-12-31
Joel David Funk (D)$80,761.14$34.772020-12-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportSafe ROctober 21, 2020
  • Inside ElectionsSafe ROctober 16, 2020
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe ROctober 20, 2020
  • PoliticoLean ROctober 11, 2020
  • Daily KosSafe ROctober 26, 2020
  • RCPSafe ROctober 28, 2020
  • NiskanenSafe RJune 7, 2020

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: LENZI FOR CONGRESS.
  • 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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