Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Robin L. Kelly

Official portrait of Robin L. Kelly
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for Illinois’s 2nd district
Party
Democrat
Hometown
Matteson, IL
Born
1956
In Congress
House since 2013 · 13 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
KELLY, ROBIN
Next election
Primary April 23, 2025 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Illinois with the current district highlighted

Illinois

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

DemocraticU.S. Senate · IllinoisOpen seatLost primary

FEC candidate ID S6IL00474 · Principal campaign committee: ROBIN KELLY FOR SENATE

Total raised$3,509,919.00
Total spent$3,505,725.02
Cash on hand$4,193.98
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through September 30, 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: $1,075,148.98PACs and other committees: $229,001.96Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $2,158,560.13Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $47,207.93
  • Individual contributions$1,075,148.9831%
  • PACs and other committees$229,001.967%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$2,158,560.1361%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$47,207.931%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$347,595.0429%
  • Contributions over $200$856,142.7071%
  • Itemized from inside Illinois$653,867.5770%
  • Itemized from other states$273,827.9630%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: District of Columbia $89,560.00 · California $35,478.00 · Maryland $27,204.00 · Virginia $27,125.00 · New York $18,575.00. 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

$2.5M$0 JULY QUARTERLY: raised $2,458,390.06JULY QUARTERLY: spent $253,466.08OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $277,758.00OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $500,795.07YEAR-END: raised $212,936.62YEAR-END: spent $595,017.80PRE-PRIMARY: raised $358,637.88PRE-PRIMARY: spent $1,237,589.62APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $158,673.37APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $691,867.54JULY QUARTERLY: raised $41,523.07JULY QUARTERLY: spent $199,046.38OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $2,000.00OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $27,942.532025-062025-122026-032026-09

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

Voting record, 119th Congress

Roll-call votes while serving674
Voted yea281
Voted nay380
Did not vote13 of 674
Bills and resolutions sponsored22
Sponsored that became law0
Cosponsored463

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
PassedNay
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.Res. 1342 Expressing support for the designation of June 5, 2026, as "National Gun Violence Awareness Day" and June 2026 as "National Gun Violence Awareness Month".
    Introduced Jun 4, 2026 · Latest action Jun 4, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  • H.R. 8576 Promoting Access to Broadband Act of 2026
    Introduced Apr 29, 2026 · Latest action Apr 29, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  • H.R. 7906 FOOD for Health Act
    Introduced Mar 12, 2026 · Latest action Apr 3, 2026: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
  • H.R. 7830 WELLS Act
    Introduced Mar 5, 2026 · Latest action Mar 5, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak…
  • H.R. 7499 Firearm Safety Act of 2025
    Introduced Feb 11, 2026 · Latest action Feb 11, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  • H.R. 7500 Responsible Firearms Marketing Act
    Introduced Feb 11, 2026 · Latest action Feb 11, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  • H.Res. 996 Impeaching Kristi Lynn Arnold Noem, Secretary of Homeland Security, for high crimes and misdemeanors.
    Introduced Jan 14, 2026 · Latest action Jan 14, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  • H.R. 6947 SAFE Exit Act of 2026
    Introduced Jan 6, 2026 · Latest action Feb 10, 2026: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
  • H.R. 6867 NIH Clinical Trial Integrity Act
    Introduced Dec 18, 2025 · Latest action Dec 18, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  • H.R. 6798 Calumet National Heritage Area Act
    Introduced Dec 17, 2025 · Latest action Dec 17, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

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

60 committees reported giving $193,900.00 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 Robin Kelly$1,277,991.18
  • Independent expenditures opposing Robin Kelly$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. Senate, 2026 · 36 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Robin Kelly (D)$3,509,919.00$4,193.982026-09-30
S Krishnamoorthi (D)$31,560,942.64$32,897.512026-09-30
Juliana Stratton (D)$7,230,576.52$1,541,584.802026-10-14
Don Tracy (R)$4,914,363.45$483,017.382026-10-14
Jeannie Evans (R)$1,308,510.17$3,335.822026-09-30
Steve Botsford (D)$372,718.37$100.172026-06-30
Casimer Chlebek (R)$202,000.00$27.462026-07-27
Kevin Ryan (D)$139,010.63−$3,837.702026-10-15
Whitfield Harrington Jr. (I)$137,949.62$22,299.092026-09-30
Jonathan Dean (D)$123,854.07$38.552026-09-30

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
ActiVoteSeptember 26 – October 20, 2026400 (LV)± 4.9%Juliana Stratton 58.5% · Don Tracy 41.5%
Public Policy Polling (D)September 30 – October 1, 2026569 (LV)Juliana Stratton 49% · Don Tracy 36%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States Senate election 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: ROBIN KELLY FOR SENATE.
  • 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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