Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle
Esther Joy King
- Party
- Republican
- Running for
- U.S. House · Illinois District 17
- Filing address
- East Moline, IL (city and state on the FEC filing)
- FEC filing name
- KING, ESTHER JOY
- Next election
- General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Illinois, District 17
FEC candidate ID H0IL17083 · Principal campaign committee: ESTHER FOR CONGRESS
| Cycle | Office | Raised | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021–2022 | U.S. House · Illinois District 17 | $5,114,935.20 | Lost the general election (48%) |
| 2019–2020 | U.S. House · Illinois District 17 | $2,058,085.15 | Lost the general election (47.97%) |
Total raised$2,058,085.15
Total spent$2,055,793.65
Cash on hand$2,291.50
Debts owed by the campaign$10,150.00
Loans from the candidate$10,150.00
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$1,677,458.9682%
- PACs and other committees$280,944.5814%
- Party committees$12,150.001%
- Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$12,491.001%
- Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$71,592.943%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$3,447.670%
Self-funding: $12,491.00 (1% of money raised): $2,341.00 given and $10,150.00 lent by the candidate.
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.
PAC and committee contributors
99 committees reported giving $267,707.00 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.
- VALUE IN ELECTING WOMEN POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEHybrid PAC$10,000.00
- MAJORITY COMMITTEE PAC--MC PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- JET PACLeadership PAC$9,000.00
- WINREDHybrid PAC$8,407.00
- THE EYE OF THE TIGER POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$7,500.00
- REPUBLICAN MAJORITY FUNDLeadership PAC$6,000.00
- CONSERVATIVE OPPURTUNITY LEADERSHIP AND ENTERPRISE PAC (COLE PAC)Leadership PAC$6,000.00
- SEAL PAC SUPPORTING ELECTING AMERICAN LEADERS PACConnected PAC$6,000.00
- RESTORING OUR DEMOCRACY (ROD PAC)Leadership PAC$6,000.00
- NRCCParty committee$5,000.00
- AUTOMOTIVE FREE INTERNATIONAL TRADE PACHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- ALLIANCE COAL, LLC PACPAC$5,000.00
- SUSAN B ANTHONY LIST INC. CANDIDATE FUNDConnected PAC$5,000.00
- MAKING AMERICA PROSPEROUS PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- HUCK PACPAC$5,000.00
- THE GUARDIAN FUNDLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- VICTORY AND FREEDOM PAC (VAF PAC)Leadership PAC$5,000.00
- E-PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- ELECTING MAJORITY MAKING EFFECTIVE REPUBLICANSLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- BUILDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR A STRONGER TOMORROW B.O.S.T. PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- COWBOY PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- KINZINGER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$4,000.00
- FRIENDS OF SUSAN BROOKSCandidate committee$4,000.00
- GREG STEUBE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$4,000.00
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- STAR PACPAC$3,500.00
- NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$3,000.00
- RON ESTES FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$3,000.00
- DALLAS ENTREPRENEUR POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$2,800.00
- WINNING FOR WOMEN, INC. PACPAC$2,800.00
- BOLD ACTIVE CONSERVATIVES OF NEBRASKA PAC-BACON PACLeadership PAC$2,800.00
- CUT THE BULL PACLeadership PAC$2,800.00
- VITORIA PACLeadership PAC$2,800.00
- SUPPORT TAXFIGHTERS & ELECT EFFECTIVE LEADERS PACLeadership PAC$2,800.00
- NO NONSENSE PACLeadership PAC$2,800.00
- NATIONAL PRO-LIFE ALLIANCE PACConnected PAC$2,500.00
- BUILDING LEADERSHIP AND INSPIRING NEW ENTERPRISE PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- JUMP INTO ACTION FOR CONSERVATIVES TO KEEP OUR IDEAS ELEVATED PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- SPIRIT OF '76 PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAPS-PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- DEVIN NUNES CAMPAIGN COMMITTEECandidate committee$2,000.00
- SCALISE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- NEW PACPAC$2,000.00
- FRIENDS OF GLENN THOMPSONCandidate committee$2,000.00
- BLAINE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- BUCSHON FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- AUSTIN SCOTT FOR CONGRESS INCCandidate committee$2,000.00
- SUPPORT TO ENSURE VICTORY EVERYWHERE PAC-STEVE PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- WOODWARD, INC. FOR EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENTPAC$2,000.00
- FIRST IN FREEDOM PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- BUILDING AMERICA'S REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATION PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- LAHOOD FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- TEXANS FOR JODEY ARRINGTONCandidate committee$2,000.00
- BUDDY PACPAC$2,000.00
- JOHN ROSE FOR TENNESSEECandidate committee$2,000.00
- CAROL FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- LET'S ALL KEEP ELECTING REPUBLICANS PACPAC$2,000.00
- LOUDERMILK FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,500.00
- MR. SOUTHERN MISSOURIAN IN THE HOUSE PACLeadership PAC$1,500.00
- LEE PACLeadership PAC$1,500.00
- NATIONAL READY MIXED CONCRETE ASSN. PAC (CONCRETEPAC)Connected PAC$1,000.00
- U.S. ISRAEL PAC (USI PAC)Connected PAC$1,000.00
- VOLUNTEERS FOR SHIMKUSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- CITIZENS UNITED POLITICAL VICTORY FUND Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- HOUSE CONSERVATIVES FUNDLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- MICHAEL BURGESS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- EUREKA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$1,000.00
- FREEDOM'S DEFENSE FUNDPAC$1,000.00
- ADRIAN SMITH FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- GUTHRIE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- NEW PIONEERS PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- CRAWFORD FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- DOLD FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- CMR POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$1,000.00
- BRETTPAC-THE LEADERSHIP PAC OF U.S.REPRESENATIVE BRETT GUTHRIELeadership PAC$1,000.00
- LINCOLN PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN PRINCIPLESConnected PAC$1,000.00
- GEORGE HOLDING FOR CONGRESS INC.Candidate committee$1,000.00
- JOBS, ENERGY AND OUR FOUNDING FATHERS PAC-JEFF PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- MARTHA PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- ANN PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- JASON SMITH FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- THE COMMITTEE TO DEFEND THE PRESIDENTHybrid PAC$1,000.00
- BOOTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$1,000.00
- DEFENDING AMERICAN VALUES EVERYWHERE PAC (DAVE PAC)Leadership PAC$1,000.00
- CONSERVATIVE PROMISES PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- LAND OF OPPORTUNITY PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- DREW FERGUSON FOR CONGRESS INC.Candidate committee$1,000.00
- SALT CITY PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- TED BUDD FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- IN THE ARENA PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICANS FOR LEGISLATING EXCELLENCE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- BURCHETT FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- BULLDOG PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- RVFPACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- RAPTOR PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- GULF STATES TOYOTA INC FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$500.00
- FRIENDS OF DUSTY JOHNSONCandidate committee$500.00
- ILLINOIS CITIZENS FOR LIFEPAC$200.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Esther Joy King$288,606.32
- Independent expenditures opposing Esther Joy King$1,044,061.93
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.
- HOUSE MAJORITY PACOpposing$1,044,002.00
- FUTURE45Supporting$151,816.00
- SEAL PAC SUPPORTING ELECTING AMERICAN LEADERS PACSupporting$75,000.00
- AMERICAN LIBERTY FUNDSupporting$41,157.00
- JOBS COALITION ACTION FUNDSupporting$12,799.00
- THE GUARDIAN FUNDSupporting$6,941.00
- NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE VICTORY FUNDSupporting$890.00
- PLANNED PARENTHOOD VOTESOpposing$59.00
The race
Illinois U.S. House, District 17, 2020 · 3 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Esther Joy King (R) | $2,058,085.15 | $2,291.50 | 2020-12-31 |
| Cheri Bustos (D) | $5,063,556.19 | $918,624.26 | 2020-12-31 |
| William W Fawell (R) | $7,900.00 | $500.75 | 2020-02-17 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
| Pollster | Dates | Sample | Margin of error | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tarrance Group (R) | October 10–12, 2020 | 418 (LV) | ± 4.9% | Cheri Bustos 49% · Esther Joy King 44% |
| Public Opinion Strategies (R) | October 4–6, 2020 | 400 (LV) | ± 4.9% | Cheri Bustos 48% · Esther Joy King 42% |
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: ESTHER 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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