Politician
Bill Foster
Democrat · Illinois · ran 4 times since 2020, won 4 · incumbent
FEC candidate H8IL14067
Bill Foster (Democrat) raised $2.6M for the 2026 Illinois 11th District race, $991K of it from PACs, and outside groups spent $0 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
$12M
2026, 2024, 2022, 2020; counted once per cycle
From PAC checks
38%
$4.4M from corporations, trade groups, unions and politicians
Outside money for
$62K
Super PACs and party groups helping
Outside money against
$832K
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 11th District | $2.6M | 38% | $0 / $0 | – | $2.6M | ✓ Won |
| 2024 | Illinois 11th District | $3.3M | 35% | $62K / $28K | $95K | $3.4M | ✓ Won |
| 2022 | Illinois 11th District | $3.3M | 40% | $0 / $804K | $166K | $4.1M | ✓ Won |
| 2020 | Illinois 11th District | $2.4M | 38% | $0 / $0 | $11K | $2.4M | ✓ Won |
Who wrote the checks
The PACs that gave the most across every run, and what kind of money it is.
Corporate $2.1MTrade group $644KUnion $582KMembership $341KLeadership PAC $293KOther $258KSuper PAC $46KParty $7K
- Investment Company Institute Political Action Committee (Ici PAC)Trade groupLobbyist PAC$30K
- Bank of America Corporation Federal PACCorporateLobbyist PAC$23K
- New York Life Insurance Company Political Action CommitteeCorporateLobbyist PAC$20K
- Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association Political Action CommitteeTrade groupLobbyist PAC$20K
- Deloitte Political Action CommitteeOtherLobbyist PAC$20K
- American Bankers Association PAC (Bankpac)Trade groupLobbyist PAC$20K
- National Association of Realtors Political Action CommitteeMembershipLobbyist PAC$20K
- Air Line Pilots Association PACUnionLobbyist PAC$13K
- D.R.I.V.E. - Democrat, Republican, Independent Voter Education (the PAC of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters)Union$13K
- Structured Finance Coalition, Inc. Political Action Committee (Structured Finance PAC)MembershipLobbyist PAC$10K
- Regions Financial Corporation Political Action CommitteeCorporateLobbyist PAC$10K
- The Options Clearing Corporation PACCorporateLobbyist PAC$10K
Outside money, for and against
Super PACs and party groups that spent the most on these races.
- Club for Growth Actionagainst $758K
- Project 218for $62K
- Restoration PACagainst $46K
- Advance Liberty PACagainst $28K
Funding and votes
How their votes align with industry funding
Across 23 industry-vote comparisons with at least $10K in traced funding, they voted the industry's way 8 times (35%). 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 | $30K | Nay · against |
| Stop Insider Trading ActHouse · 2026 · 232–198 | Reported household trades wanted nay | Unknown coverage | Nay · with industry |
| Faster Labor Contracts ActHouse · 2026 · 230–193 | Labor unions wanted yea | $510K | 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 | $74K$18K | Yea · with industryYea · against |
| Farm, Food, and National Security ActHouse · 2026 · 224–200 | Agriculture, food and retail wanted yea | $74K | Nay · against |
| Affordable HOMES ActHouse · 2026 · 263–147 | Real estate and construction wanted yea | $89K | Yea · with industry |
| Protect America's Workforce ActHouse · 2025 · 231–195 | Labor unions wanted yea | $510K | Yea · with industry |
| ANWR coastal plain leasingHouse · 2025 · 217–209 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $18K | Nay · against |
| NDAA FY2026House · 2025 · 231–196 | Defense contractors wanted yea | $30K | Nay · against |
| GENIUS Act (stablecoins)House · 2025 · 308–122 | Crypto wanted yea | $122 | Nay · against |
| CLARITY Act (crypto market structure)House · 2025 · 294–134 | Crypto wanted yea | $122 | Nay · against |
| One Big Beautiful Bill ActHouse · 2025 · 218–214 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yeaWall Street and hedge funds wanted yea | $18K$795K | Nay · againstNay · against |
| OCC bank merger rule repealHouse · 2025 · 220–207 | Wall Street and hedge funds wanted yea | $795K | Nay · against |
| California clean cars waiver repealHouse · 2025 · 246–164 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $18K | Nay · against |
| CFPB overdraft rule repealHouse · 2025 · 217–211 | Wall Street and hedge funds wanted yea | $795K | Nay · against |
| IRS DeFi broker rule repealHouse · 2025 · 292–132 | Crypto wanted yea | $122 | Nay · against |
| Methane waste emissions charge repealHouse · 2025 · 220–206 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $18K | Nay · against |
| FIT21 (crypto market structure)House · 2024 · 279–136 | Crypto wanted yea | $0 | Nay · against |
| Israel Security Assistance Support ActHouse · 2024 · 224–187 | Pro-Israel groups wanted yea | $6K | Nay · against |
| SAB 121 repealHouse · 2024 · 228–182 | Crypto wanted yea | $0 | Nay · against |
| Antisemitism Awareness ActHouse · 2024 · 320–91 | Pro-Israel groups wanted yea | $6K | Nay · against |
| Israel security supplemental (Apr 2024)House · 2024 · 366–58 | Pro-Israel groups wanted yea | $6K | Yea · with industry |
| Ukraine security supplementalHouse · 2024 · 311–112 | Defense contractors wanted yea | $22K | Yea · with industry |
| Protecting Health Care for All Patients ActHouse · 2024 · 211–208 | Pharma and health care wanted yea | $35K | Nay · against |
| Joint-employer rule repealHouse · 2024 · 206–177 | Labor unions wanted nay | $330K | Nay · with industry |
| NDAA FY2024House · 2023 · 310–118 | Defense contractors wanted yea | $22K | Yea · with industry |
| Israel aid (Nov 2023)House · 2023 · 226–196 | Pro-Israel groups wanted yea | $6K | 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 | $6K | Nay · against |
| Strategic Production Response ActHouse · 2023 · 221–205 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $6K | Nay · against |
| Merger Filing Fee Modernization ActHouse · 2022 · 242–184 | Tech and AI wanted nay | $5K | Yea · against |
| Inflation Reduction ActHouse · 2022 · 220–207 | Oil, gas and coal wanted nayPharma and health care wanted nayWall Street and hedge funds wanted nay | $2K$22K$241K | Yea · againstYea · againstYea · against |
| Assault Weapons Ban of 2022House · 2022 · 217–213 | Gun lobby wanted nay | $0 | Yea · against |
| Safer Communities Act (post-Uvalde)House · 2022 · 234–193 | Gun lobby wanted nay | $0 | Yea · against |
| Affordable Insulin Now ActHouse · 2022 · 232–193 | Pharma and health care wanted nay | $22K | Yea · against |
| Bipartisan Background Checks ActHouse · 2021 · 227–203 | Gun lobby wanted nay | $0 | Yea · against |
| PRO Act (union organizing)House · 2021 · 225–206 | Labor unions wanted yea | $121K | Yea · with industry |
Constituents vs. funders
Voted the way most of their constituents wanted on 5 of 7 key votes (71%)
On 2 votes, industries that gave them $10K+ before the vote wanted the opposite of what most of their constituents wanted. They sided with the funders 0 times and with their constituents 2. Constituent views come from the Cooperative Election Study, a survey of about 60,000 adults a year. A side counts as what constituents wanted only when it leads by more than the margin of error; closer results are shown as split. Party explains most votes, and none of this shows that money changed a vote.
| Vote | Their constituents | Their funders | Voted |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANWR coastal plain leasingHouse · 2025 | 35% support ±14IL-11 · wanted Yea · CES 2024 · related question | $18K Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | NayAgainst voters |
| One Big Beautiful Bill ActHouse · 2025 | 65% support ±14IL-11 · wanted Yea · CES 2024 · related question | $18K Oil, gas and coal wanted yea$795K Wall Street and hedge funds wanted yea | NayAgainst voters |
| Lower Energy Costs ActHouse · 2023 | 64% support ±14IL-11 · split · CES 2024 · related question | No industry with a side gave $10K+ | NayVoters split |
| Strategic Production Response ActHouse · 2023 | 64% support ±14IL-11 · split · CES 2024 · related question | No industry with a side gave $10K+ | NayVoters split |
| Inflation Reduction ActHouse · 2022 | 68% support ±3Illinois (statewide figure) · wanted Yea · CES 2022 | $22K Pharma and health care wanted nay$241K Wall Street and hedge funds wanted nay | YeaVoters over funders |
| Assault Weapons Ban of 2022House · 2022 | 68% support ±3Illinois (statewide figure) · wanted Yea · CES 2022 | No industry with a side gave $10K+ | YeaWith voters |
| Safer Communities Act (post-Uvalde)House · 2022 | 90% support ±2Illinois (statewide figure) · wanted Yea · CES 2024 | No industry with a side gave $10K+ | YeaWith voters |
| Affordable Insulin Now ActHouse · 2022 | 86% support ±2Illinois (statewide figure) · wanted Yea · CES 2022 · related question | $22K Pharma and health care wanted nay | YeaVoters over funders |
| Bipartisan Background Checks ActHouse · 2021 | 95% support ±2Illinois (statewide figure) · wanted Yea · CES 2024 | No industry with a side gave $10K+ | YeaWith voters |
The revolving door
5 former aides now lobbying
Lobbyists who list a job in Bill Foster's office among the government positions they held, and who they now work for. A listed former position does not establish contact with that office.
Scott ShewcraftFormer congressional staff
Chief of Staff, Rep. Bill Foster
Now lobbies for The Goldman Sachs Group, INC., Cedar Innovation Foundation, Paxos Trust Company, LLC, Standard Chartered Bank and 1 more · via Mindset Advocacy, LLC
Amy KelbickFormer congressional staff
2015-2017: Senior Policy Advisor, Rep. Jan Schakowsky; 2013-2015: Senior Legislative Assistance, Rep. Bill Foster; 2009-2013: Legislative Assistant, Staff As…
Now lobbies for Testing At Home Coalition Fka At-Home Covid Testing (act) Coalition, Aarp, America'S Essential Hospitals · via McDermott+ LLC
Susannah HowiesonFormer congressional staff
Nuclear Security Fellow in Office of Congressman Bill Foster - 1 year - 2019 (paid by GWU)
Now lobbies for Fermiforward Discovery Group, LLC, Society For Industrial And Applied Mathematics · via Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC
Timothy WeilerFormer congressional staff
Rep. Bill Foster - Counsel
Now lobbies for Citigroup Washington, INC., Mellon Financial Services Corporation #1 · via Sternhell Group
Adam EliasFormer congressional staff
Jan 2009- Jan 2010: Leg. Aide, Congressman Walt Minnick; Jan 2010 - Dec 2012: Leg. Assistant, Congressman Bill Owens; Jan 2013 - Mar. 2015: Leg. Director, Co…
Now lobbies for Bank Of America Corporation
Figures are the candidate's principal committees as filed with the FEC, cycle by cycle. See About the data.
Questions people ask
- Who funded Bill Foster's 2026 campaign?
- Bill Foster (Democrat) raised $2.6M for the 2026 Illinois 11th District race, $991K of it from PACs, and outside groups spent $0 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 Bill Foster?
- New York Life Insurance Company Political Action Committee ($10K), Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association Political Action Committee ($10K), Structured Finance Coalition, Inc. Political Action Committee (Structured Finance PAC) ($10K), Deloitte Political Action Committee ($10K), American Bankers Association PAC (Bankpac) ($10K) in 2026.
- How much has Bill Foster raised across elections?
- $2.6M in 2026, $3.3M in 2024, $3.3M in 2022, $2.4M in 2020. Receipts are counted once per candidate and cycle.