Federal race · 2020

Illinois U.S. House, District 12, 2020

General election: November 3, 2020

Money raised

  1. Michael Bost (R)$1.9M raised · $414K on hand
  2. Raymond Carl Lenzi (D)$162K raised · $0 on hand
  3. Joel David Funk (D)$81K raised · $35 on hand

Raised Cash on hand · bars are blue for Democrats, red for Republicans, gray for others

Candidates

CandidateStatusRaisedSpentCash on handThrough
Michael Bost (R)Won the general election (60.43%)$1,948,780.91$1,540,312.30$413,789.292020-12-31
Raymond Carl Lenzi (D)Lost the general election (39.57%)$162,489.40$162,711.58$0.002020-12-31
Joel David Funk (D)Lost primary$80,761.14$80,726.37$34.772020-12-31

Totals from the FEC candidate summary file, retrieved October 23, 2026. A dated snapshot, not live reporting; each candidate’s FEC page is the official source.

Total spent on this race

$1,754,412.83 = candidates’ own spending $1,708,976.61 + outside spending $45,436.22

CandidateOutside spending forAgainstElectioneering and member messages
Michael Bost$45,426.22$0.00$0.00
Raymond Carl Lenzi$10.00$0.00$0.00

Candidates’ own spending is their committees’ disbursements less transfers to other committees, contributions to others, loan repayments and refunds (FEC committee summary). Outside spending is independent expenditures, electioneering communications and company or union member communications for or against these candidates (FEC totals by candidate from regular reports, retrieved October 24, 2026; the latest 24- and 48-hour notices are not included yet). Party coordinated spending is not split by race and is not included. All the money

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportSafe ROctober 21, 2020
  • Inside ElectionsSafe ROctober 16, 2020
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe ROctober 20, 2020
  • PoliticoLean ROctober 11, 2020
  • Daily KosSafe ROctober 26, 2020
  • RCPSafe ROctober 28, 2020
  • NiskanenSafe RJune 7, 2020

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

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.

Results

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Mike BostRepublican Party194,83960.43%
Raymond LenziDemocratic Party127,57739.57%

As listed on Wikipedia; official results come from the state election office.

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