Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Eric Sorensen

Official portrait of Eric Sorensen
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for Illinois’s 17th district
Party
Democrat
Hometown
Moline, IL
Born
1976
In Congress
House since 2023 · 3 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
SORENSEN, ERIC
Next election
Primary March 17, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Illinois with the current district highlighted

Illinois, District 17

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.

DemocraticU.S. House · Illinois District 17IncumbentGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H2IL17147 · Principal campaign committee: ERIC SORENSEN FOR ILLINOIS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · Illinois District 17$2,657,085.16General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · Illinois District 17$5,046,501.25Won the general election (45.6%)
2021–2022U.S. House · Illinois District 17$3,120,058.37Won the general election (52%)
Total raised$2,657,085.16
Total spent$1,480,016.95
Cash on hand$1,289,862.49
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through October 14, 2026, 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: $1,495,781.86PACs and other committees: $1,018,781.85Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $95,500.00Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $47,021.45
  • Individual contributions$1,495,781.8656%
  • PACs and other committees$1,018,781.8538%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$95,500.004%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$47,021.452%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$318,301.3723%
  • Contributions over $200$1,064,441.7577%
  • Itemized from inside Illinois$539,201.8146%
  • Itemized from other states$626,440.0054%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: New York $118,565.50 · California $111,263.50 · Massachusetts $83,501.00 · District of Columbia $60,575.00 · Texas $38,685.00. States with fewer than 10 contributions are not listed.

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$1.3M$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $325,775.23APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $116,539.28JULY QUARTERLY: raised $399,496.08JULY QUARTERLY: spent $176,784.18OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $457,319.02OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $186,327.19YEAR-END: raised $279,498.96YEAR-END: spent $170,395.29PRE-PRIMARY: raised $109,116.03PRE-PRIMARY: spent $73,709.88APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $279,739.58APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $61,241.58JULY QUARTERLY: raised $382,730.63JULY QUARTERLY: spent $235,830.28OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $381,596.77OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $364,261.172025-032025-092026-022026-06

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

Voting record, 119th Congress

Roll-call votes while serving674
Voted yea320
Voted nay349
Did not vote5 of 674
Bills and resolutions sponsored12
Sponsored that became law0
Cosponsored398

Recorded House roll-call votes from January 3, 2025 through September 16, 2026, the latest vote on record for this member. Each vote links to the official House Clerk record.

Latest roll-call votes

DateQuestionResultVote
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S 2403
Retire through Ownership Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9497
Water Resources Development Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9340
Ratepayer Protection Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HJRES 213
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbo
PassedNay
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 10326
PROOF Act
PassedNay
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 9576
National Fraud Enforcement Division Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · HR 5334
An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes
PassedNay
Sep 15, 2026On Agreeing to the Resolution · HCONRES 93
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran
PassedYea
Sep 15, 2026On Passage · HJRES 210
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vesse
PassedNay
Sep 15, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9500
Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act
PassedYea

Latest bills and resolutions sponsored

  • H.R. 10605 SUNRAY for Energy Act
    Introduced Sep 24, 2026 · Latest action Sep 24, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
  • H.R. 8908 STOP GAMES Act of 2026
    Introduced May 19, 2026 · Latest action May 19, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  • H.R. 8636 Strengthening Educator Workforce Data Act
    Introduced Apr 30, 2026 · Latest action Apr 30, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
  • H.R. 8457 Homegrown Fertilizer Act
    Introduced Apr 22, 2026 · Latest action Apr 22, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
  • H.R. 7848 National Weather Safety Board Act
    Introduced Mar 5, 2026 · Latest action Mar 5, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
  • H.R. 6478 Air Guard STATUS Act of 2025
    Introduced Dec 4, 2025 · Latest action Dec 4, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
  • H.R. 4865 Advancing Research on Agricultural Soil Health Act of 2025
    Introduced Aug 1, 2025 · Latest action Aug 1, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
  • H.R. 4733 Low-Income Household Water Assistance Program Establishment Act
    Introduced Jul 23, 2025 · Latest action Dec 1, 2025: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
  • H.R. 3309 Autonomy for All Disabled Veterans Act
    Introduced May 8, 2025 · Latest action Dec 8, 2025: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  • H.R. 2466 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 5225 Harrison Avenue in Rockford, Illinois, as the "Jay P. Larson Post Office Building".
    Introduced Mar 27, 2025 · Latest action Sep 14, 2026: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 599.

Counts of the public record only; TerraCivic does not rate members or judge their votes. Votes: Voteview (Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/). Bills: GovInfo Bill Status (public domain). Retrieved October 23, 2026.

Committees

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

260 committees reported giving $917,242.00 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 Eric Sorensen$166.67
  • Independent expenditures opposing Eric Sorensen$0.00

FEC totals for the 2026 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, 2026 · 6 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Eric Sorensen (D)$2,657,085.16$1,289,862.492026-10-14
Dillan Vancil (R)$406,023.47$52,481.852026-10-14
Julie Bickelhaupt (R)$81,764.92−$0.042026-07-01

Polling and ratings

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Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois (retrieved October 22, 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: ERIC SORENSEN FOR ILLINOIS.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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