Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Kevin Ryan

Party
Democratic
Running for
U.S. Senate · Illinois
Filing address
Chicago, IL (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
RYAN, KEVIN
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 whole state highlighted

Illinois

DemocraticU.S. Senate · IllinoisOpen seatLost primary

FEC candidate ID S6IL00581 · Principal campaign committee: PEOPLE OF ILLINOIS & KEVIN RYAN

Total raised$139,010.63
Total spent$142,848.33
Cash on hand−$3,837.70
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through October 15, 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: $127,676.84PACs and other committees: $388.00Party committees: $350.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $5,165.69Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $5,430.10
  • Individual contributions$127,676.8492%
  • PACs and other committees$388.000%
  • Party committees$350.000%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$5,165.694%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$5,430.104%

Self-funding: $5,165.69 (4% of money raised): $5,165.69 given and $0.00 lent by the candidate.

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$60,195.7148%
  • Contributions over $200$65,899.8352%
  • Itemized from inside Illinois$41,801.1656%
  • Itemized from other states$32,434.6744%

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$44K$0 JULY QUARTERLY: raised $12,801.45JULY QUARTERLY: spent $6,469.54OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $32,115.58OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $21,196.57YEAR-END: raised $39,019.35YEAR-END: spent $44,331.94PRE-PRIMARY: raised $40,312.22PRE-PRIMARY: spent $43,269.57APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $14,702.03APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $26,322.19JULY QUARTERLY: raised $60.00JULY QUARTERLY: spent $1,247.22OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $0.00OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $11.30TERMINATION REPORT: raised $0.00TERMINATION REPORT: spent $0.002025-062025-122026-032026-09

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

PAC and committee contributors

1 committee reported giving $250.00 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.

The race

Illinois U.S. Senate, 2026 · 36 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Kevin Ryan (D)$139,010.63−$3,837.702026-10-15
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
Robin Kelly (D)$3,509,919.00$4,193.982026-09-30
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
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: PEOPLE OF ILLINOIS & KEVIN RYAN.
  • 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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