La Shawn K Ford

Where the money comes from

• Individual contributions$511,698.3462%
• PACs and other committees$123,250.0015%
• Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$175,000.0021%
• Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$9,372.221%

Self-funding: $175,000.00 (21% of money raised): $0.00 given and $175,000.00 lent by the candidate.

Individual money

• Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$44,148.349%
• Contributions over $200$437,027.0091%
• Itemized from inside Illinois$419,621.0095%
• Itemized from other states$23,226.005%

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

31 committees reported giving $91,200.00 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.

• CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
• MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERS Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
• SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
• AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONS PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
• LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA (LIUNA) PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
• AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES (ACEC/PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
• NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
• CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PAC (US CHAMBER PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
• CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS PACConnected PAC$5,000.00
• HEALTH CARE SERVICE CORPORATION EMPLOYEES' POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
• NEA FUND FOR CHILDREN AND PUBLIC EDUCATION Company pageConnected PAC$4,000.00
• BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS IN DIVERSE GEOGRAPHIC ENVIRONMENTS PAC (BRIDGE PAC)Leadership PAC$3,000.00
• LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS ACTION FUND Company pageConnected PAC$2,550.00
• INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADES POLITICAL ACTION TOGETHER POLITICAL COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
• AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
• AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
• AMERICAN OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
• ENGINEERS POLITICAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE (EPEC)/INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
• AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION - COPE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
• AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (INSURING AMERICA PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
• A BRTHD AIMED TOWARD EDUC OF IL FED ELEC DEVICE FOR POLITICALLY ACTIVE MOTORCYCLISTS... Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
• PETE AGUILAR FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
• SILICORN VALLEY PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
• NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,500.00
• COMMUNITY BANKERS ASSOCIATION OF ILLINOIS FEDPAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00

Outside spending

• Independent expenditures supporting La Shawn K Ford$0.00
• Independent expenditures opposing La Shawn K Ford$2,479,136.22

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$2,479,130.00

The race

Illinois U.S. House, District 7, 2026 · 24 registered candidates

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

• Decision Desk HQSafe DJuly 14, 2026
• The Cook Political ReportSolid DFebruary 6, 2025
• Inside ElectionsSolid DDecember 5, 2025
• Sabato's Crystal BallSafe DJuly 15, 2025

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.