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Federal candidate · 2021–2022 cycle · past cycle

David Palmer

Party
Democratic
Running for
U.S. House · Illinois District 13
Filing address
Champaign, IL (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
PALMER, DAVID
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 13

FEC page

DemocraticU.S. House · Illinois District 13ChallengerLost primary

FEC candidate ID H2IL13146 · Principal campaign committee: PALMER FOR ILLINOIS

Total raised$210,683.70
Total spent$212,508.44
Cash on hand$19,696.42
Debts owed by the campaign$250.00
Loans from the candidate$6,500.00

2021–2022 cycle totals through June 30, 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: $188,380.68PACs and other committees: $5,400.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $6,604.13Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $10,298.89
  • Individual contributions$188,380.6889%
  • PACs and other committees$5,400.003%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$6,604.133%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$10,298.895%

Self-funding: $6,604.13 (3% of money raised): $104.13 given and $6,500.00 lent by the candidate. $1,000.00 of loans repaid so far.

Raised and spent over time

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

PAC and committee contributors

2 committees reported giving $5,000.00 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 13, 2022 · 6 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
David Palmer (D)$210,683.70$19,696.422022-06-30
Nikki Budzinski (D)$3,933,506.61$41,742.262022-12-31
Regan Deering (R)$2,096,672.96$4,656.952022-12-31
Jesse Reising (R)$546,738.03$0.002022-09-27
Matt Hausman (R)$107,953.04$2.692022-12-31
Terry Martin (R)$7,845.00$0.002022-06-30

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportLean DSeptember 29, 2022
  • Inside ElectionsTilt DNovember 3, 2022
  • Sabato's Crystal BallLean DApril 19, 2022
  • PoliticoLean DApril 5, 2022
  • Fox NewsLean DAugust 22, 2022
  • 538Likely DJune 30, 2022
  • The EconomistLikely DSeptember 28, 2022

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
RMG ResearchJuly 21–28, 2022400 (LV)± 4.9%Nikki Budzinski 39% · Regan Deering 36%

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: PALMER FOR ILLINOIS.
  • 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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