Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle
James Thomas Marter
- Party
- Republican
- Running for
- U.S. House · Illinois District 14
- Filing address
- Oswego, IL (city and state on the FEC filing)
- FEC filing name
- MARTER, JAMES THOMAS
- Next election
- General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Illinois, District 14
FEC candidate ID H8IL16153 · Principal campaign committee: MARTER FOR CONGRESS
| Cycle | Office | Raised | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–2026 | U.S. House · Illinois District 14 | $214,272.03 | General-election nominee |
| 2023–2024 | U.S. House · Illinois District 14 | $326,753.53 | General-election nominee |
| 2021–2022 | U.S. House · Illinois District 14 | $140,213.33 | Lost primary |
| 2019–2020 | U.S. House · Illinois District 14 | $71,165.39 | Lost primary |
2019–2020 cycle totals through December 31, 2020, 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$43,462.4061%
- Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$26,472.9637%
- Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$1,052.001%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$178.030%
Self-funding: $26,472.96 (37% of money raised): $3,407.64 given and $23,065.32 lent by the candidate.
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.
The race
Illinois U.S. House, District 14, 2020 · 10 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Thomas Marter (R) | $71,165.39 | $73.30 | 2020-12-31 |
| Lauren Underwood (D) | $7,862,452.21 | $537,897.85 | 2020-12-31 |
| Jim Oberweis (R) | $3,297,857.20 | $90,059.36 | 2020-12-31 |
| Ted Gradel (R) | $1,107,033.71 | $0.00 | 2020-06-30 |
| Sue Rezin (R) | $689,724.19 | $3,461.97 | 2020-12-31 |
| Catalina Lauf (R) | $355,047.91 | $0.00 | 2020-07-30 |
| Jerry Evans (R) | $75,035.24 | $0.00 | 2020-07-30 |
| Matthew Mark Quigley (R) | $13,961.62 | $889.37 | 2020-12-31 |
| Daniel Malouf (R) | $12,535.99 | $356.50 | 2020-12-31 |
| Anthony Catella (R) | $1,347.00 | $0.00 | 2020-03-18 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
| Pollster | Dates | Sample | Margin of error | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| McLaughlin and Associates (R) | July 30 – August 4, 2019 | 300 (LV) | ± 6.9% | Lauren Underwood 47% · Jim Oberweis 38% |
Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2020 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: MARTER 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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