Federal candidate · 2023–2024 cycle · past 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 19, 2024 · General November 5, 2024 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 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 11IncumbentWon the general election (44.4%)

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$3,282,466.22
Total spent$2,537,016.89
Cash on hand$1,550,564.66
Debts owed by the campaign$1,017,994.89
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2023–2024 cycle totals through December 31, 2024, 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: $2,047,764.33PACs and other committees: $1,156,151.00Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $5,400.00Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $73,150.89
  • Individual contributions$2,047,764.3362%
  • PACs and other committees$1,156,151.0035%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$5,400.000%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$73,150.892%

Raised and spent over time

Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.

Committees

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

PAC and committee contributors

251 committees reported giving $1,161,401.00 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$103,207.60
  • Independent expenditures opposing G. William (bill) Foster$28,100.00

FEC totals for the 2024 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, 2024 · 6 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
G. William (bill) Foster (D)$3,282,466.22$1,550,564.662024-12-31
Qasim Rashid (D)$1,000,614.33−$874.212024-12-31
Jerry Evans (R)$636,765.02$572.022024-12-31
O Kent Mercado (R)$75,181.57$0.002024-05-02
Susan Hathaway-Altman (R)$65,113.52$4,895.172024-12-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportSolid DFebruary 2, 2023
  • Inside ElectionsSolid DMarch 10, 2023
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe DFebruary 7, 2024
  • Elections DailySafe DJune 8, 2023
  • CNalysisSolid DNovember 16, 2023

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
Cygnal (R)July 2–3, 2024309 (LV)± 5.55%Bill Foster 41% · Jerry Evans 34%
Cygnal (R)July 2–3, 2024309 (LV)± 5.55%Generic Democrat 45% · Generic Republican 42%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois (retrieved October 23, 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 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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