Federal candidate · 2023–2024 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
- Primary March 19, 2024 · General November 5, 2024 (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 |
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$302,665.2693%
- PACs and other committees$21,425.007%
- Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$2,283.271%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$380.000%
Self-funding: $2,283.27 (1% of money raised): $770.80 given and $1,512.47 lent by the candidate. $9,712.47 of loans repaid so far.
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.
PAC and committee contributors
9 committees reported giving $15,450.00 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.
- HUCK PACPAC$5,000.00
- GATORPACPAC$5,000.00
- LAHOOD FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- FIGHTING FOR NEW ENGLAND PACConnected PAC$1,850.00
- NATIONAL PRO-LIFE ALLIANCE PACConnected PAC$500.00
- PATRIOT FREEDOM PAC INCHybrid PAC$500.00
- REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION-POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC) Company pagePAC$400.00
- ILLINOIS CITIZENS FOR LIFEPAC$100.00
- UNITED FOR LIBERTY PACConnected PAC$100.00
The race
Illinois U.S. House, District 14, 2024 · 5 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Thomas Marter (R) | $326,753.53 | $4,043.84 | 2024-12-31 |
| Lauren Underwood (D) | $4,158,558.79 | $1,055,102.02 | 2024-12-31 |
| Charles Kim (R) | $85,421.44 | $0.00 | 2024-12-31 |
| Matthew Leiv (R) | $63,209.62 | $776.53 | 2023-09-30 |
| Jack Lombardi II (R) | $511.42 | $511.42 | 2023-06-30 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
No public polling found for this race.
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: 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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