Federal candidate · 2021–2022 cycle · past cycle

Cheri Bustos

Party
Democratic
Running for
U.S. House · Illinois District 17
Filing address
Washington, DC (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
BUSTOS, CHERI
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 17

DemocraticU.S. House · Illinois District 17IncumbentNot running (declined to run)

FEC candidate ID H2IL17071 · Principal campaign committee: FRIENDS OF CHERI BUSTOS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2021–2022U.S. House · Illinois District 17$332,697.87Not running (declined to run)
2019–2020U.S. House · Illinois District 17$5,063,556.19Won the general election (52.02%)
Total raised$332,697.87
Total spent$522,970.70
Cash on hand$728,351.43
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
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: $254,866.44PACs and other committees: $108,500.00
  • Individual contributions$254,866.4477%
  • PACs and other committees$108,500.0033%

Raised and spent over time

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

PAC and committee contributors

50 committees reported giving $115,650.00 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.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Cheri Bustos$75.77
  • Independent expenditures opposing Cheri Bustos$302.48

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 17, 2022 · 8 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Cheri Bustos (D)$332,697.87$728,351.432022-12-31
Esther Joy King (R)$5,114,935.20$79,057.992022-12-31
Eric Sorensen (D)$3,120,058.37$40,928.032022-12-31
Jonathan Logemann (D)$424,778.59$25.982022-08-04
Litesa Wallace (D)$223,732.43$83.752022-12-31
Angela H. Normoyle (D)$215,402.82$1,196.212022-09-30
Marsha Viriginia Williams (D)$55,145.85$0.002022-12-31
Jacqueline Marie McGowan (D)$28,678.03$1,583.742022-06-08

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Sabato's Crystal BallLean RNovember 7, 2022
  • RCPLean RJune 9, 2022
  • DDHQLean ROctober 6, 2022
  • 538Lean DSeptember 29, 2022

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
Public Policy Polling (D)September 21–22, 2022642 (LV)–Eric Sorensen 47% · Esther Joy King 38%
GBAO (D)October 9, 2022––Generic Democrat 49% · Generic Republican 44%

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: FRIENDS OF CHERI BUSTOS.
  • 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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