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)
Illinois, District 6
FEC candidate ID H2IL06116 · Principal campaign committee: PEKAU FOR CONGRESS
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$1,087,715.5172%
- 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.
- NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP FUNDHybrid PAC$10,000.00
- ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT DISTRIBUTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$7,500.00
- NRCCParty committee$5,000.00
- AUTOMOTIVE FREE INTERNATIONAL TRADE PACHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL PRO-LIFE ALLIANCE PACConnected PAC$5,000.00
- MAJORITY COMMITTEE PAC--MC PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- THE EYE OF THE TIGER POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$5,000.00
- THE GUARDIAN FUNDLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- VICTORY AND FREEDOM PAC (VAF PAC)Leadership PAC$5,000.00
- SEAL PAC SUPPORTING ELECTING AMERICAN LEADERS PACPAC$5,000.00
- ELECTING MAJORITY MAKING EFFECTIVE REPUBLICANSLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- FRONTLINE PATRIOTSPAC$5,000.00
- BUILD POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS (BUILDPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- INDEPENDENT INSURANCE AGENTS & BROKERS OF AMERICA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (INSURPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- MAKING AMERICA PROSPEROUS PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- ON WISCONSIN PAC, INC.Leadership PAC$2,500.00
- SCALISE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- ADRIAN SMITH FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- BLAINE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- BUILDING LEADERSHIP AND INSPIRING NEW ENTERPRISE PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- MR. SOUTHERN MISSOURIAN IN THE HOUSE PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- LAHOOD FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- BUILDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR A STRONGER TOMORROW B.O.S.T. PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
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- BULLDOG PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL FRANCHISE ASSOCIATION FRANCHISING POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE INCConnected PAC$1,500.00
- NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL VICTORY FUNDConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL STONE, SAND & GRAVEL ASSOCIATION ROCKPAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- OLD NATIONAL BANK PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- CONSERVATIVE OPPURTUNITY LEADERSHIP AND ENTERPRISE PAC (COLE PAC)Leadership PAC$1,000.00
- HEARTDOCPACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- LOUDERMILK FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- GARY PALMER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- KELLY FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- LAND OF OPPORTUNITY PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- MIKE JOHNSON FOR LOUISIANACandidate committee$1,000.00
- RON ESTES FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- STAR PACPAC$1,000.00
- BOLD ACTIVE CONSERVATIVES OF NEBRASKA PAC-BACON PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- CREATING OPPORTUNITIES, MARKETS AND ENTHUSIASM IN RURAL KENTUCKY PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- RAPTOR PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- JOY PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- HAGEMAN FOR WYOMINGCandidate committee$1,000.00
- HELLFIRE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- REPUBLICANS UNITED TO DEFEND YOU PAC (RUDY PAC)Leadership PAC$1,000.00
- VOLUNTEERS FOR SHIMKUSCandidate committee$500.00
- INVEST IN A STRONG AND SECURE AMERICALeadership PAC$500.00
- FOUNDATIONS PACConnected PAC$500.00
- CATALINA FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$150.00
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.
- HOUSE MAJORITY PACOpposing$802,522.00
- RESTORATION PACSupporting$145,578.00
- RESTORE AMERICA DREAM PACOpposing$49,242.00
- THE GUARDIAN FUNDSupporting$722.00
The race
Illinois U.S. House, District 6, 2022 · 8 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Pekau (R) | $1,514,693.19 | $3,276.82 | 2022-12-31 |
| Sean Casten (D) | $5,577,460.28 | $54,416.17 | 2022-12-31 |
| Marie Newman (D) | $1,587,957.66 | $0.00 | 2022-12-31 |
| Gary Grasso (R) | $635,117.00 | $2,494.95 | 2022-12-31 |
| Scott Richard Kaspar (R) | $268,040.01 | $0.00 | 2022-12-31 |
| Robert 'Rob' Cruz (R) | $162,526.76 | $0.00 | 2022-07-23 |
| Niki Conforti (R) | $75,519.32 | $10.14 | 2022-12-31 |
| Charles M Hughes (D) | $9,550.28 | $12.39 | 2023-01-31 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
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.
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