Federal candidate · 2023–2024 cycle · past 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 19, 2024 · General November 5, 2024 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 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 17IncumbentWon the general election (45.6%)

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$5,046,501.25
Total spent$4,974,635.00
Cash on hand$112,794.28
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2023–2024 cycle totals through December 31, 2024, 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: $3,415,548.03PACs and other committees: $1,314,865.36Party committees: $17,000.00Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $201,999.03Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $97,088.83
  • Individual contributions$3,415,548.0368%
  • PACs and other committees$1,314,865.3626%
  • Party committees$17,000.000%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$201,999.034%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$97,088.832%

Raised and spent over time

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

Committees

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

PAC and committee contributors

333 committees reported giving $1,327,565.00 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$954,036.95
  • Independent expenditures opposing Eric Sorensen$86,790.60

FEC totals for the 2024 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, 2024 · 4 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Eric Sorensen (D)$5,046,501.25$112,794.282024-12-31
Joe McGraw (R)$1,510,548.90$1,592.872024-12-31
Scot Alan Crowl (R)$135,837.35$6,531.092024-10-04
Rafael Estrada (R)$94,758.03$0.002024-02-29

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportLikely DOctober 4, 2024
  • Inside ElectionsLikely DSeptember 26, 2024
  • Sabato's Crystal BallLikely DNovember 4, 2024
  • Elections DailyLikely DNovember 4, 2024
  • CNalysisLikely DNovember 16, 2023

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
M3 StrategiesNovember 1–3, 2024753 (LV)± 3.57%Eric Sorensen 52% · Joseph McGraw 47%
1892 Strategies (R)?400 (LV)± 4.9%Eric Sorensen 44% · Joseph McGraw 35%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2024 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: ERIC SORENSEN 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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