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Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Julie Bickelhaupt

Party
Republican
Running for
U.S. House · Illinois District 17
Filing address
Mt Carroll, IL (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
BICKELHAUPT, JULIE
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 17

FEC page

RepublicanU.S. House · Illinois District 17ChallengerLost primary

FEC candidate ID H6IL17262 · Principal campaign committee: JULIE FOR ILLINOIS

Total raised$81,764.92
Total spent$81,764.96
Cash on hand−$0.04
Debts owed by the campaign$5,249.38
Loans from the candidate$5,249.38

2025–2026 cycle totals through July 1, 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: $70,682.40PACs and other committees: $300.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $10,691.18Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $91.34
  • Individual contributions$70,682.4086%
  • PACs and other committees$300.000%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$10,691.1813%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$91.340%

Self-funding: $10,691.18 (13% of money raised): $5,441.80 given and $5,249.38 lent by the candidate.

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$42,187.1360%
  • Contributions over $200$28,495.2740%
  • Itemized from inside Illinois$25,168.7284%
  • Itemized from other states$4,852.5516%

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$50K$0 OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $25,232.74OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $1,094.97YEAR-END: raised $23,840.57YEAR-END: spent $15,760.45PRE-PRIMARY: raised $26,215.07PRE-PRIMARY: spent $8,191.58APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $6,223.13APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $45,623.30JULY QUARTERLY: raised $4.03JULY QUARTERLY: spent $11,094.66TERMINATION REPORT: raised $249.38TERMINATION REPORT: spent $0.002025-092025-122026-022026-032026-062026-07

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

PAC and committee contributors

1 committee reported giving $4,000.00 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.

The race

Illinois U.S. House, District 17, 2026 · 6 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Julie Bickelhaupt (R)$81,764.92−$0.042026-07-01
Eric Sorensen (D)$2,657,085.16$1,289,862.492026-10-14
Dillan Vancil (R)$406,023.47$52,481.852026-10-14

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: JULIE FOR ILLINOIS.
  • 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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