Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle
Sam Polan
- Party
- Democratic
- Running for
- U.S. House · Illinois District 9
- Filing address
- Chicago, IL (city and state on the FEC filing)
- FEC filing name
- POLAN, SAM
- Next election
- Primary March 17, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Illinois, District 9
FEC candidate ID H6IL09343 · Principal campaign committee: SAM POLAN FOR CONGRESS
2025–2026 cycle totals through July 3, 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$95,291.5725%
- PACs and other committees$5,000.001%
- Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$277,000.0073%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$137.670%
Self-funding: $277,000.00 (73% of money raised): $2,000.00 given and $275,000.00 lent by the candidate. $1,758.38 of loans repaid so far.
Individual money
- Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$9,595.5010%
- Contributions over $200$85,696.0790%
- Itemized from inside Illinois$45,465.0052%
- Itemized from other states$41,431.0748%
Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: California $5,000.00 · Pennsylvania $3,900.00. 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
1 committee reported giving $5,000.00 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.
- BACK THE BOLDPAC$5,000.00
The race
Illinois U.S. House, District 9, 2026 · 29 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Polan (D) | $377,429.24 | $0.00 | 2026-07-03 |
| Katherine M. Abughazaleh (D) | $4,073,733.41 | $0.00 | 2026-09-30 |
| Daniel Biss (D) | $3,446,462.65 | $608,882.79 | 2026-10-14 |
| Laura Fine (D) | $2,785,400.12 | $1,700.02 | 2026-09-30 |
| Philip Jerome Andrew (D) | $1,415,877.43 | $0.00 | 2026-04-20 |
| Bushra Amiwala (D) | $1,182,077.64 | $58,078.41 | 2026-09-30 |
| Khai-Hoan Huynh (D) | $1,043,341.40 | −$13,997.45 | 2026-09-30 |
| Bruce Leon (D) | $901,579.00 | $618,403.19 | 2026-09-30 |
| Jeff Cohen (D) | $792,825.00 | $0.00 | 2026-08-27 |
| Mike Simmons (D) | $466,250.84 | $7,151.04 | 2026-09-30 |
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: SAM POLAN 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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