Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Bill Foster

Official portrait of Bill Foster
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for Illinois’s 11th district
Party
Democrat
Hometown
Naperville, IL
Born
1955
In Congress
House since 2008 · 16 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
FOSTER, G. WILLIAM (BILL)
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 current district highlighted

Illinois, District 11

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.

DemocraticU.S. House · Illinois District 11IncumbentGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H8IL14067 · Principal campaign committee: BILL FOSTER FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · Illinois District 11$2,588,027.45General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · Illinois District 11$3,282,466.22Won the general election (44.4%)
2021–2022U.S. House · Illinois District 11$3,332,176.89Won the general election (56.5%)
2019–2020U.S. House · Illinois District 11$2,418,560.74Won the general election (63.3%)
Total raised$2,588,027.45
Total spent$1,508,902.74
Cash on hand$2,629,689.37
Debts owed by the campaign$1,017,994.89
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through October 14, 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: $1,482,839.68PACs and other committees: $990,500.00Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $8,334.45Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $106,353.32
  • Individual contributions$1,482,839.6857%
  • PACs and other committees$990,500.0038%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$8,334.450%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$106,353.324%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$231,702.9219%
  • Contributions over $200$997,810.6581%
  • Itemized from inside Illinois$467,413.5343%
  • Itemized from other states$612,606.1257%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: California $189,250.00 · Massachusetts $106,220.00 · New York $86,850.00 · Maryland $32,225.00 · New Jersey $22,248.12. 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

$2.6M$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $341,002.20APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $199,287.61JULY QUARTERLY: raised $345,573.22JULY QUARTERLY: spent $172,096.55OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $332,165.96OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $148,041.97YEAR-END: raised $342,963.92YEAR-END: spent $198,059.63PRE-PRIMARY: raised $156,452.53PRE-PRIMARY: spent $161,268.97APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $251,555.11APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $164,895.39JULY QUARTERLY: raised $411,224.47JULY QUARTERLY: spent $182,563.68OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $354,594.49OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $242,335.832025-032025-092026-022026-06

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

Voting record, 119th Congress

Roll-call votes while serving674
Voted yea301
Voted nay367
Voted present2
Did not vote4 of 674
Bills and resolutions sponsored38
Sponsored that became law0
Cosponsored272

Recorded House roll-call votes from January 3, 2025 through September 16, 2026, the latest vote on record for this member. Each vote links to the official House Clerk record.

Latest roll-call votes

DateQuestionResultVote
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S 2403
Retire through Ownership Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9497
Water Resources Development Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9340
Ratepayer Protection Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HJRES 213
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbo
PassedNay
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 10326
PROOF Act
PassedNay
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 9576
National Fraud Enforcement Division Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · HR 5334
An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes
PassedYea
Sep 15, 2026On Agreeing to the Resolution · HCONRES 93
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran
PassedYea
Sep 15, 2026On Passage · HJRES 210
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vesse
PassedNay
Sep 15, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9500
Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act
PassedYea

Latest bills and resolutions sponsored

  • H.R. 10298 Public Service Loan Forgiveness Inclusion Act of 2026
    Introduced Sep 4, 2026 · Latest action Sep 4, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
  • H.R. 10230 Strengthening Oversight for the Financial Sector Act of 2026
    Introduced Sep 2, 2026 · Latest action Sep 2, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
  • H.R. 9902 Federal Naming Standards Act
    Introduced Jul 23, 2026 · Latest action Jul 23, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subse…
  • H.R. 9803 Protecting Immigrants From Legal Exploitation Act of 2026
    Introduced Jul 21, 2026 · Latest action Jul 21, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  • H.R. 9740 Critical Materials Processing Technology Testbed Act
    Introduced Jul 16, 2026 · Latest action Jul 16, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
  • H.R. 9675 Expanding Opportunities for Recovery Act of 2026
    Introduced Jul 14, 2026 · Latest action Jul 14, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  • H.R. 9676 Examining Opioid Treatment Infrastructure Act of 2026
    Introduced Jul 14, 2026 · Latest action Jul 14, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Sp…
  • H.R. 9462 Investor Choice Act of 2026
    Introduced Jun 25, 2026 · Latest action Jun 25, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
  • H.R. 9463 National Fab Lab Network Act of 2026
    Introduced Jun 25, 2026 · Latest action Jun 25, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determi…
  • H.R. 9272 Parent PLUS Loan Fairness and Responsibility Act of 2026
    Introduced Jun 11, 2026 · Latest action Jun 11, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Counts of the public record only; TerraCivic does not rate members or judge their votes. Votes: Voteview (Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/). Bills: GovInfo Bill Status (public domain). Retrieved October 23, 2026.

Committees

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

230 committees reported giving $904,500.00 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.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting G. William (bill) Foster$10.00
  • Independent expenditures opposing G. William (bill) Foster$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 11, 2026 · 7 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
G. William (bill) Foster (D)$2,588,027.45$2,629,689.372026-10-14
Jeffrey D Walter (R)$431,415.26$7,779.822026-10-14
Michael David Pierce (R)$94,282.30$0.002026-04-15
Charles Kim (R)$58,994.90$64.502026-09-30

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.

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: BILL FOSTER 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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