Federal candidate · 2021–2022 cycle · past cycle

Keith Pekau

Party
Republican
Running for
U.S. House · Illinois District 6
Filing address
Orland Park, IL (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
PEKAU, KEITH
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

RepublicanU.S. House · Illinois District 6ChallengerLost the general election (45.6%)

FEC candidate ID H2IL06116 · Principal campaign committee: PEKAU FOR CONGRESS

Total raised$1,514,693.19
Total spent$1,511,416.37
Cash on hand$3,276.82
Debts owed by the campaign$91,801.91
Loans from the candidate$65,000.00

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: $1,087,715.51PACs and other committees: $198,044.72Party committees: $5,500.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $67,360.95Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $154,487.08Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $1,584.93
  • Individual contributions$1,087,715.5172%
  • PACs and other committees$198,044.7213%
  • Party committees$5,500.000%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$67,360.954%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$154,487.0810%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$1,584.930%

Self-funding: $67,360.95 (4% of money raised): $2,360.95 given and $65,000.00 lent by the candidate.

Raised and spent over time

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

PAC and committee contributors

52 committees reported giving $132,650.00 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.

Show all 52 committees

Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Keith Pekau$146,300.76
  • Independent expenditures opposing Keith Pekau$851,768.83
  • Company and union communications to members about Keith Pekau$15,092.57

FEC totals for the 2022 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 6, 2022 · 8 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Keith Pekau (R)$1,514,693.19$3,276.822022-12-31
Sean Casten (D)$5,577,460.28$54,416.172022-12-31
Marie Newman (D)$1,587,957.66$0.002022-12-31
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
Charles M Hughes (D)$9,550.28$12.392023-01-31

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: PEKAU 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.

TerraCivic shows public filings without scores, grades or judgments about any candidate.

Federal law prohibits using information copied from FEC reports to solicit contributions or for commercial purposes. Do not use TerraCivic for fundraising, donor prospecting, or contact lists. TerraCivic shows no individual contributor names, addresses, employers or amounts. Data use & privacy