Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Paul Nolley

Party
Democratic
Running for
U.S. House · Illinois District 16
Filing address
Roscoe, IL (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
NOLLEY, PAUL
Next election
Primary March 17, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Illinois with the 2026 district highlighted

Illinois, District 16

DemocraticU.S. House · Illinois District 16ChallengerGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H6IL16108 · Principal campaign committee: NOLLEY FOR CONGRESS

Total raised$603,606.19
Total spent$315,951.86
Cash on hand$287,654.33
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

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: $504,526.44PACs and other committees: $93,869.98Party committees: $3,500.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $1,708.79
  • Individual contributions$504,526.4484%
  • PACs and other committees$93,869.9816%
  • Party committees$3,500.001%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$1,708.790%

Self-funding: $1,708.79 (0% of money raised): $1,708.79 given and $0.00 lent by the candidate.

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$184,127.9946%
  • Contributions over $200$212,253.2754%
  • Itemized from inside Illinois$231,974.2496%
  • Itemized from other states$8,585.564%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: Texas $341.07. 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

$288K$0 JULY QUARTERLY: raised $30,119.08JULY QUARTERLY: spent $17,996.22OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $13,347.56OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $8,286.55YEAR-END: raised $31,247.21YEAR-END: spent $10,818.50PRE-PRIMARY: raised $43,621.62PRE-PRIMARY: spent $16,479.38APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $118,555.62APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $23,755.63JULY QUARTERLY: raised $178,857.31JULY QUARTERLY: spent $108,271.20OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $187,857.79OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $130,344.382025-062025-122026-032026-09

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

PAC and committee contributors

12 committees reported giving $64,961.00 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.

Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Paul Nolley$10.00
  • Independent expenditures opposing Paul Nolley$0.00

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.

The race

Illinois U.S. House, District 16, 2026 · 8 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Paul Nolley (D)$603,606.19$287,654.332026-09-30
Darin McKay Lahood (R)$4,205,602.32$5,988,458.852026-10-14
Joe Albright (D)$19,033.92$0.002026-03-31
Brendyn Morgan (D)$3,455.00$3,455.002025-09-30

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQSafe RJuly 14, 2026
  • The Cook Political ReportSolid RFebruary 6, 2025
  • Inside ElectionsSolid RDecember 5, 2025
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe RJuly 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.

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: NOLLEY 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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