Federal candidate · 2023–2024 cycle · past cycle
Joe McGraw
- Party
- Republican
- Running for
- U.S. House · Illinois District 17
- Filing address
- Rockford, IL (city and state on the FEC filing)
- FEC filing name
- MCGRAW, JOE
- Next election
- Primary March 19, 2024 · General November 5, 2024 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Illinois, District 17
FEC candidate ID H4IL17101 · Principal campaign committee: JUDGE JOE MCGRAW FOR CONGRESS
Total raised$1,510,548.90
Total spent$1,508,956.03
Cash on hand$1,592.87
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$944,499.0263%
- PACs and other committees$290,638.8619%
- Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$275,410.6118%
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.
PAC and committee contributors
102 committees reported giving $264,375.00 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 EYE OF THE TIGER POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$10,000.00
- AMERICAN REVIVAL PACPAC$10,000.00
- CONSERVATIVE OPPORTUNITY LEADERSHIP AND ENTERPRISE PACLeadership PAC$7,500.00
- FIRST IN FREEDOM PACLeadership PAC$7,500.00
- BRINGING REPUBLICAN EXCELLENCE TO TOWN PACLeadership PAC$7,000.00
- NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NRCCParty committee$5,000.00
- AUTOMOTIVE FREE INTERNATIONAL TRADE PACHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ASA PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- WALBERG FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$5,000.00
- CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP FUNDHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- MR. SOUTHERN MISSOURIAN IN THE HOUSE PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- SEAL PAC SUPPORTING ELECTING AMERICAN LEADERS PACConnected PAC$5,000.00
- E-PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- ELECTING MAJORITY MAKING EFFECTIVE REPUBLICANS PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- SCALISE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$4,000.00
- ANDY HARRIS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$4,000.00
- DAVID ROUZER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$4,000.00
- RICK W. ALLEN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$4,000.00
- JAM PACLeadership PAC$3,500.00
- SUPPORT TAXFIGHTERS & ELECT EFFECTIVE LEADERS PACLeadership PAC$3,500.00
- DR. BRIAN BABIN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$3,300.00
- LISA MCCLAIN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$3,300.00
- ARMSTRONG FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$3,125.00
Show all 102 committees
- CITIZENS FOR TURNERCandidate committee$3,000.00
- AMERICA'S FIRST PACConnected PAC$3,000.00
- KUSTOFF FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$3,000.00
- CAROL FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$3,000.00
- DEBBIE LESKO FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$3,000.00
- RVFPACLeadership PAC$3,000.00
- BLAKE MOORE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$3,000.00
- EXPECT MORE LEADERSHIP PACLeadership PAC$3,000.00
- VOLUNTEERS FOR SHIMKUSCandidate committee$2,500.00
- A BRTHD AIMED TOWARD EDUC OF IL FED ELEC DEVICE FOR POLITICALLY ACTIVE MOTORCYCLISTS... Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- CMR POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$2,500.00
- UPPER HAND FUNDLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- VICTORY AND FREEDOM PAC (VAF PAC)Leadership PAC$2,500.00
- IN THE ARENA PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- RESTORING OUR NATION PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- VITORIA PACPAC$2,500.00
- PETE SESSIONS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- BILIRAKIS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- JIM JORDAN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- LATTA FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- BUCSHON FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- CONCERNED AMERICANS FOR FREEDOM & OPPORTUNITY PAC (CAFO PAC)Leadership PAC$2,000.00
- TEXAS REPUBLICANS UNITED POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (TRU PAC)Leadership PAC$2,000.00
- AUSTIN SCOTT FOR CONGRESS INCCandidate committee$2,000.00
- FUNDING DEVELOPING LEADERSHIP PACPAC$2,000.00
- A NEW NATION PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- BUDDY CARTER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- EMMER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- MILLER-MEEKS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- LAHOOD FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- SMUCKER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- MIKE JOHNSON FOR LOUISIANACandidate committee$2,000.00
- RON ESTES FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- DR JOHN JOYCE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- NEVER SURRENDER PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- CUT THE BULL PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- FRIENDS TO ELECT DR. GREG MURPHY TO CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- AUGUST PFLUGER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- CLIFF BENTZ FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- SCOTT FRANKLIN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- PROVEN CONSERVATIVES PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- JAKE ELLZEY FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- REPUBLICANS UNITED TO DEFEND YOU PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- BLUE RIDGE VICTORY FUNDLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- ONDER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- BUILDING AMERICA'S REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATION PACLeadership PAC$1,500.00
- DO RIGHT BAYOU PACLeadership PAC$1,500.00
- BURGESS 4 UTAHCandidate committee$1,400.00
- HAL ROGERS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- ZURICH HOLDING COMPANY OF AMERICA, INC. COMMITTEE FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT (Z-PAC, ZURICH PAC)PAC$1,000.00
- JOE WILSON FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- AMERICAN SECURITY PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- INVEST IN A STRONG AND SECURE AMERICALeadership PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NSSF PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- WEBER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- IMPACT COMMITTEELeadership PAC$1,000.00
- STAND PACPAC$1,000.00
- RESTORING OUR DEMOCRACY (ROD PAC)Leadership PAC$1,000.00
- COMER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- BUDDY PACPAC$1,000.00
- BUILDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR A STRONGER TOMORROW B.O.S.T. PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- MEUSER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- LET'S ALL KEEP ELECTING REPUBLICANS PACPAC$1,000.00
- YOUR OHIO REPUBLICAN TEAMLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- FAIRBANKS MORSE, LLC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$1,000.00
- HAGEMAN FOR WYOMINGCandidate committee$1,000.00
- NATHANIEL MORAN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- CONSERVATIVE LEADERSHIP IN ELECTIONS PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- POLARIS NATIONAL SECURITY PAC, INC.Hybrid PAC$1,000.00
- HOUCHIN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- FIRST IN TEXAS PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- ELECTING REPUBLICANS INDIANA PACPAC$1,000.00
- DEFENDING THE AMERICAN DREAM PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- SECURING THE REPUBLIC FOR OUR NEXT GENERATIONPAC$1,000.00
- LEADERSHIP AMERICA NEEDSHybrid PAC$1,000.00
- MICHAEL RULLI FOR OHIO STATE SENATEConnected PAC$1,000.00
- MOTORCYCLE RIDERS FOUNDATION-POLITICAL ACTIVE CYCLISTS (MRF PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$250.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Joe McGraw$398,476.49
- Independent expenditures opposing Joe McGraw$170,000.00
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.
- AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTIONSupporting$393,109.00
- HMPOpposing$170,000.00
- NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL VICTORY FUNDSupporting$1,471.00
The race
Illinois U.S. House, District 17, 2024 · 4 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joe McGraw (R) | $1,510,548.90 | $1,592.87 | 2024-12-31 |
| Eric Sorensen (D) | $5,046,501.25 | $112,794.28 | 2024-12-31 |
| Scot Alan Crowl (R) | $135,837.35 | $6,531.09 | 2024-10-04 |
| Rafael Estrada (R) | $94,758.03 | $0.00 | 2024-02-29 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
| Pollster | Dates | Sample | Margin of error | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M3 Strategies | November 1–3, 2024 | 753 (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: JUDGE JOE MCGRAW 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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