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Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Steve Botsford

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

FEC page

DemocraticU.S. Senate · IllinoisOpen seatLost primary

FEC candidate ID S6IL00656 · Principal campaign committee: BOTSFORD FOR ILLINOIS

Total raised$372,718.37
Total spent$372,618.20
Cash on hand$100.17
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through June 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: $9,717.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $362,994.57Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $6.80
  • Individual contributions$9,717.003%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$362,994.5797%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$6.800%

Self-funding: $362,994.57 (97% of money raised): $362,994.57 given and $0.00 lent by the candidate.

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$1,467.0017%
  • Contributions over $200$7,250.0083%
  • Itemized from inside Illinois$6,200.0083%
  • Itemized from other states$1,250.0017%

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

Raised and spent over time

$257K$0 OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $101,791.55OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $101,791.55YEAR-END: raised $257,379.27YEAR-END: spent $129,198.98PRE-PRIMARY: raised $9,399.32PRE-PRIMARY: spent $110,362.69APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $4,148.23APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $31,264.98TERMINATION REPORT: raised $0.00TERMINATION REPORT: spent $0.002025-092025-122026-022026-032026-06

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

The race

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

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Steve Botsford (D)$372,718.37$100.172026-06-30
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
Robin Kelly (D)$3,509,919.00$4,193.982026-09-30
Jeannie Evans (R)$1,308,510.17$3,335.822026-09-30
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: BOTSFORD FOR ILLINOIS.
  • 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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