2020 general election
Illinois 8th District
Not a real money race: only one candidate raised meaningful money.
$6.4M in receipts plus outside spending is tied to the 2020 Illinois 8th District race: $6.4M raised by the campaigns, $991K of it from PACs, plus $0 from outside groups (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2020). Raja Krishnamoorthi (Democrat) won.
Receipts + outside spending
$6.4M
Raised by campaigns
$6.4M
PAC checks
$991K
Outside money
$0
Candidates
Raised by the campaign Outside money supportingOutside money attacking Democrat Republican Other
Raja KrishnamoorthiDemocrat, incumbent
✓ Won- Raised
- $6.4M
- Spent
- $2.3M
- From individuals
- $5.4M
- From PACs
- $991K
- From party
- $0
- Own money & loans
- $2K
- Outside money for
- $0
- Outside money against
- $0
Who paid: 15% of Krishnamoorthi's money came from PACs
Corporate $410K (44%)Trade group $146K (15%)Leadership PAC $5K (0%)Membership $93K (10%)Union $194K (21%)Super PAC $12K (1%)Other $84K (9%)
- International Union of Painters and Allied Trades Union$10K
- Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers Membership$10K
- Laborers' International Union of North America Union$10K
- National Roofing and Contractors Association Trade group$10K
- Honeywell International Corporate$10K
- American Crystal Sugar Company Political Action Committee Corporate$10K
- Northrop Grumman Corporation Corporate$10K
- Local 881 United Food and Commercial Workers Political Action Fund Union$10K
Plus 1 other candidate on the ballot with no reported money.
Questions people ask
- How much money is tied to the 2020 Illinois 8th District race?
- $6.4M in receipts plus outside spending is tied to the 2020 Illinois 8th District race: $6.4M raised by the campaigns, $991K of it from PACs, plus $0 from outside groups (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2020). Raja Krishnamoorthi (Democrat) won.
- Who raised the most money in the 2020 Illinois 8th District race?
- Raja Krishnamoorthi (Democrat) raised $6.4M.
- Which PACs gave the most to candidates in the 2020 Illinois 8th District race?
- International Union of Painters and Allied Trades Political Action Together Political Committee gave $10K to Raja Krishnamoorthi; The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers Political Action Committee gave $10K to Raja Krishnamoorthi; Laborers' International Union of North America (Liuna) PAC gave $10K to Raja Krishnamoorthi.