Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle
Robert James Peters
- Party
- Democratic
- Running for
- U.S. House · Illinois District 2
- Filing address
- Chicago, IL (city and state on the FEC filing)
- FEC filing name
- PETERS, ROBERT JAMES
- Next election
- Primary March 17, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Illinois, District 2
FEC candidate ID H6IL02298 · Principal campaign committee: ROBERT PETERS FOR CONGRESS
2025–2026 cycle totals through September 30, 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$1,205,608.7091%
- PACs and other committees$113,669.889%
- Party committees$2,500.000%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$3,097.290%
Individual money
- Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$706,854.0158%
- Contributions over $200$516,854.6942%
- Itemized from inside Illinois$356,139.5063%
- Itemized from other states$211,787.2037%
Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: California $67,358.98 · New York $25,529.00 · Texas $20,475.00 · Florida $14,208.50 · District of Columbia $9,700.00. 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
Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand
PAC and committee contributors
35 committees reported giving $120,206.00 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.
- A NEW POLICY PACHybrid PAC$21,952.00
- UNITE HERE TIP CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES (ACEC/PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION - COPE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS & TRAINMEN PAC FUND Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- PROGRESSIVE VOTERS OF AMERICALeadership PAC$5,000.00
- CONGRESSIONAL PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS PACConnected PAC$5,000.00
- PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECTHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- LOCAL 881 UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION FUNDConnected PAC$5,000.00
- WORKING FAMILIES PARTY PACHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- MEDICARE FOR ALLLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- LEADERS WE DESERVEHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- PEOPLE'S ACTION POWERHybrid PAC$3,500.00
- PEOPLE OVER MONOPOLIESHybrid PAC$3,500.00
- NATIONAL NURSES UNITED PAC - A FUND FOR A HEALTHY AMERICA Company pageConnected PAC$3,000.00
- MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERS Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- INT'L UNION OF BRICKLAYERS AND ALLIED CRAFTWORKERS Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- INT'L ASSOCIATION OF BRIDGE, STRUCTURAL, ORNAMENTAL AND REINFORCING IRON WORKERS (IPAL) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HEAT AND FROST INSULATORS AND ALLIED WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- JSTREETPAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- DOGGETT FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- WARREN FOR SENATE, INC.Candidate committee$2,000.00
- BEND THE ARC JEWISH ACTION INC. PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- END CITIZENS UNITEDConnected PAC$2,000.00
- OUR FIGHT OUR FUTURELeadership PAC$2,000.00
Show all 35 committees
- ON THE MOVE PACLeadership PAC$1,500.00
- CHRISTOPHER STREET PROJECT PAC (CSP PAC)Hybrid PAC$1,500.00
- END THE OCCUPATIONHybrid PAC$1,083.00
- SMART TD PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- BROTHERHOOD OF RAILROAD SIGNALMEN POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- D.R.I.V.E. - DEM, REP, IND VOTER ED (THE PAC OF THE INT'L BRHD OF TEAMSTERS) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- DEMOCRACY SUMMER LEADERSHIP PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- JUSTICE LEAGUE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- ROOTED & READY PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- SUNRISE PACHybrid PAC$671.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Robert James Peters$463,061.71
- Independent expenditures opposing Robert James Peters$817,066.12
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.
- FAIRSHAKEOpposing$817,065.00
- PROGRESSIVE PROMISESupporting$207,625.00
- WORKING FAMILIES PARTY PACSupporting$115,000.00
- NATIONAL NURSES UNITED FOR PATIENT PROTECTIONSupporting$100,000.00
- PEOPLE'S ACTION POWERSupporting$38,463.00
- INDIVISIBLE ACTIONSupporting$1,963.00
- SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTIONSupporting$10.00
The race
Illinois U.S. House, District 2, 2026 · 14 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert James Peters (D) | $1,324,875.87 | $1,424.80 | 2026-09-30 |
| Donna Miller (D) | $2,700,312.85 | $92,406.74 | 2026-10-14 |
| Robin Kelly (D) | $456,271.69 | $0.00 | 2026-08-07 |
| Jesse L. Jackson Jr. (D) | $366,890.77 | $2,125.38 | 2026-10-14 |
| Willie Junior Preston (D) | $146,130.75 | $1,407.12 | 2026-03-31 |
| Yumeka S Brown (D) | $118,264.26 | $0.00 | 2026-09-30 |
| Adal Regis (D) | $71,090.00 | $806.97 | 2025-12-31 |
| Eric France (D) | $22,079.80 | −$219.03 | 2026-02-25 |
| Patrick John Keating (D) | $14,730.88 | $0.00 | 2026-05-18 |
| Calvin Coleman (R) | $7,993.84 | $0.00 | 2025-09-23 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
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: ROBERT PETERS FOR CONGRESS.
- 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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