Politician
Jonathan Jackson
Democrat · Illinois · ran 3 times since 2020, won 3 · incumbent
FEC candidate H2IL01349
Jonathan Jackson (Democrat) raised $539K for the 2026 Illinois 1st District race, $200K of it from PACs, and outside groups spent $150K for and $0 against them (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Oct 14, 2026). They won.
Raised, all cycles
$2.0M
2026, 2024, 2022; counted once per cycle
From PAC checks
34%
$679K from corporations, trade groups, unions and politicians
Outside money for
$150K
Super PACs and party groups helping
Outside money against
$0
Spent attacking them
Every run
Each election and its result. Campaign receipts cover the whole cycle and can appear in both regular and special contests; they count once in the totals above.
| Cycle | Race | Raised | PAC share | Outside for / against | Google ads | All money | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Illinois 1st District | $539K | 37% | $150K / $0 | – | $690K | ✓ Won |
| 2024 | Illinois 1st District | $654K | 53% | $0 / $0 | – | $654K | ✓ Won |
| 2022 | Illinois 1st District | $793K | 17% | $0 / $0 | – | $793K | ✓ Won |
Who wrote the checks
The PACs that gave the most across every run, and what kind of money it is.
Corporate $262KUnion $130KMembership $92KTrade group $73KLeadership PAC $48KOther $31KSuper PAC $9K
- Health Care Service Corporation Employees' Political Action CommitteeCorporateLobbyist PAC$20K
- National Association of Realtors Political Action CommitteeMembershipLobbyist PAC$18K
- Illinois Black Business Political Action Fund, Inc.Membership$15K
- Southern Company Gas Employees PACCorporateLobbyist PAC$10K
- The Home Depot Inc. Political Action CommitteeCorporateLobbyist PAC$10K
- PAC to the FutureLeadership PAC$10K
- American Crystal Sugar Company Political Action CommitteeCorporateLobbyist PAC$10K
- Laborers' International Union of North America (Liuna) PACUnionLobbyist PAC$10K
- American Israel Public Affairs Committee Political Action CommitteeMembershipLobbyist PAC$10K
- Reynolds American Inc. Political Action Committee; Rai PACCorporateLobbyist PAC$9K
- American Association for Justice Political Action Committee (Aaj PAC)MembershipLobbyist PAC$8K
- Cme Group Inc. PACCorporateLobbyist PAC$8K
Outside money, for and against
Super PACs and party groups that spent the most on these races.
- Protect Progressfor $150K
Funding and votes
How their votes align with industry funding
Across 21 industry-vote comparisons with at least $10K in traced funding, they voted the industry's way 4 times (19%). This is a retrospective comparison using covered 2020–2026 runs; some money arrived after the vote. A vote can appear for multiple industries. Unknown coverage is excluded. “With industry” means its stated preferred side, and does not establish causation.
| Vote | Industry | Their money from it | Voted |
|---|---|---|---|
| NDAA FY2027House · 2026 · 216–212 | Defense contractors wanted yea | $2K | Nay · against |
| Stop Insider Trading ActHouse · 2026 · 232–198 | Reported household trades wanted nay | $2.8M | Nay · with industry |
| Faster Labor Contracts ActHouse · 2026 · 230–193 | Labor unions wanted yea | $144K | Yea · with industry |
| Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection ActHouse · 2026 · 216–201 | Gun lobby wanted yea | $0 | Nay · against |
| Year-round E15House · 2026 · 218–203 | Agriculture, food and retail wanted yeaOil, gas and coal wanted nay | $95K$19K | Yea · with industryYea · against |
| Farm, Food, and National Security ActHouse · 2026 · 224–200 | Agriculture, food and retail wanted yea | $95K | Nay · against |
| Affordable HOMES ActHouse · 2026 · 263–147 | Real estate and construction wanted yea | $23K | Nay · against |
| Protect America's Workforce ActHouse · 2025 · 231–195 | Labor unions wanted yea | $144K | Yea · with industry |
| ANWR coastal plain leasingHouse · 2025 · 217–209 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $19K | Nay · against |
| NDAA FY2026House · 2025 · 231–196 | Defense contractors wanted yea | $2K | Nay · against |
| GENIUS Act (stablecoins)House · 2025 · 308–122 | Crypto wanted yea | $1K | Yea · with industry |
| CLARITY Act (crypto market structure)House · 2025 · 294–134 | Crypto wanted yea | $1K | Yea · with industry |
| One Big Beautiful Bill ActHouse · 2025 · 218–214 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yeaWall Street and hedge funds wanted yea | $19K$22K | Nay · againstNay · against |
| OCC bank merger rule repealHouse · 2025 · 220–207 | Wall Street and hedge funds wanted yea | $22K | Nay · against |
| California clean cars waiver repealHouse · 2025 · 246–164 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $19K | Nay · against |
| CFPB overdraft rule repealHouse · 2025 · 217–211 | Wall Street and hedge funds wanted yea | $22K | Nay · against |
| IRS DeFi broker rule repealHouse · 2025 · 292–132 | Crypto wanted yea | $1K | Yea · with industry |
| Methane waste emissions charge repealHouse · 2025 · 220–206 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $19K | Nay · against |
| FIT21 (crypto market structure)House · 2024 · 279–136 | Crypto wanted yea | $1K | Yea · with industry |
| Israel Security Assistance Support ActHouse · 2024 · 224–187 | Pro-Israel groups wanted yea | $21K | Nay · against |
| SAB 121 repealHouse · 2024 · 228–182 | Crypto wanted yea | $1K | Nay · against |
| Antisemitism Awareness ActHouse · 2024 · 320–91 | Pro-Israel groups wanted yea | $21K | Nay · against |
| Israel security supplemental (Apr 2024)House · 2024 · 366–58 | Pro-Israel groups wanted yea | $21K | Nay · against |
| Ukraine security supplementalHouse · 2024 · 311–112 | Defense contractors wanted yea | $2K | Yea · with industry |
| Protecting Health Care for All Patients ActHouse · 2024 · 211–208 | Pharma and health care wanted yea | $40K | Nay · against |
| Joint-employer rule repealHouse · 2024 · 206–177 | Labor unions wanted nay | $144K | Nay · with industry |
| NDAA FY2024House · 2023 · 310–118 | Defense contractors wanted yea | $2K | Nay · against |
| Israel aid (Nov 2023)House · 2023 · 226–196 | Pro-Israel groups wanted yea | $21K | Nay · against |
| Pistol brace rule repealHouse · 2023 · 219–210 | Gun lobby wanted yea | $0 | Nay · against |
| Lower Energy Costs ActHouse · 2023 · 225–204 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $19K | Nay · against |
| Strategic Production Response ActHouse · 2023 · 221–205 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $19K | Nay · against |
Household disclosures
201 reported transactions, with volume $2.8M–$8.6M
Reconciled electronic STOCK Act reports from 37 filings since 2021, covering all reported asset types and transactions by a spouse or dependent child. 112 buys, 89 sells. Heaviest in tech and ai ($860K+), wall street and hedge funds ($235K+), agriculture, food and retail ($206K+).
Most traded
- IBM International Business Machines Corporation Common Stock$118K+6 trades
- SHOP Shopify Inc. - Class A Subordinate Voting Shares$117K+5 trades
- PANW Palo Alto Networks, Inc.$102K+4 trades
- VSAT ViaSat, Inc. - Common Stock$101K+3 trades
- WMT Walmart Inc. - Common Stock$100K+2 trades
- NFLX Netflix, Inc. - Common Stock$100K+2 trades
- HON Honeywell International Inc.$100K+2 trades
- EL Estee Lauder Companies, Inc.$80K+3 trades
Latest trades
- buyDDOG2026-09-28 · stock · joint$50K–$100K
- buyEL2026-09-28 · stock · joint$50K–$100K
- buyGH2026-09-28 · stock · joint$15K–$50K
- sellVSAT2026-09-28 · stock · joint$50K–$100K
- sellWMT2026-09-28 · stock · joint$50K–$100K
- sellTYG2026-09-04 · stock · spouse$1K–$15K
- sellVSAT2026-08-28 · stock · joint$1K–$15K
- buyHLT2026-06-15 · stock · spouse$1K–$15K
Filings on the House Clerk's site.
Figures are the candidate's principal committees as filed with the FEC, cycle by cycle. See About the data.
Questions people ask
- Who funded Jonathan Jackson's 2026 campaign?
- Jonathan Jackson (Democrat) raised $539K for the 2026 Illinois 1st District race, $200K of it from PACs, and outside groups spent $150K for and $0 against them (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Oct 14, 2026). They won.
- Which PACs gave the most to Jonathan Jackson?
- National Association of Realtors Political Action Committee ($10K), Health Care Service Corporation Employees' Political Action Committee ($10K), Southern Company Gas Employees PAC ($10K), Reynolds American Inc. Political Action Committee; Rai PAC ($9K), American Association for Justice Political Action Committee (Aaj PAC) ($8K) in 2026.
- Which super PACs spent on Jonathan Jackson's race?
- Protect Progress ($150K for) in 2026.
- How much has Jonathan Jackson raised across elections?
- $539K in 2026, $654K in 2024, $793K in 2022. Receipts are counted once per candidate and cycle.