Federal candidate · 2021–2022 cycle · past cycle

Christopher Butler

Party
Democratic
Running for
U.S. House · Illinois District 1
Filing address
Chicago, IL (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
BUTLER, CHRISTOPHER
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 1

DemocraticU.S. House · Illinois District 1Open seatLost the general election (5.4%)

FEC candidate ID H2IL01232 · Principal campaign committee: PEOPLE TO ELECT CHRIS BUTLER

Total raised$144,865.72
Total spent$148,501.20
Cash on hand−$1,135.48
Debts owed by the campaign$2,500.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2021–2022 cycle totals through December 31, 2022, 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: $144,865.72
  • Individual contributions$144,865.72100%

Raised and spent over time

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

PAC and committee contributors

9 committees reported giving $25,350.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

The race

Illinois U.S. House, District 1, 2022 · 19 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Christopher Butler (D)$144,865.72−$1,135.482022-12-31
Jonathan Jackson (D)$793,218.64$1,103.202022-12-31
Patricia R Dowell (D)$587,672.70$80,519.342022-12-31
Jonathan Swain (D)$576,438.07$5,703.192022-12-31
Karin M Norington-Reaves (D)$549,603.86$1,190.022022-07-31
Jacqueline Collins (D)$252,147.00$532.672022-12-31
Bobby Lee Rush (D)$221,500.62$0.002022-12-31
Charise A Williams (D)$163,255.61$2,405.722022-12-31
Jahmal Cole (D)$157,646.75$1,582.272022-06-30
Stephany Rose Spaulding (D)$116,875.06$0.002022-09-30

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

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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 TO ELECT CHRIS BUTLER.
  • 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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