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Politician

Marie Newman

Democrat · Illinois · ran 1 time since 2020, won 1

FEC candidate H8IL03102

Marie Newman (Democrat) raised $2.8M for the 2020 Illinois 3rd District race, $332K 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 Dec 31, 2020). They won.

Raised, all cycles

$2.8M

2020; counted once per cycle

From PAC checks

12%

$332K from corporations, trade groups, unions and politicians

Outside money for

$0

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.
CycleRaceRaisedPAC shareOutside for / againstGoogle adsAll moneyResult
2020Illinois 3rd District$2.8M12%$0 / $0$70K$2.8M✓ Won

Who wrote the checks

The PACs that gave the most across every run, and what kind of money it is.
Union $96KLeadership PAC $63KOther $51KSuper PAC $45KMembership $24KTrade group $8KCorporate $3KParty $3K

Outside money, for and against

Super PACs and party groups that spent the most on these races.

No outside spending of note.

Funding and votes

How their votes align with industry funding

Across 1 industry-vote comparisons with at least $10K in traced funding, they voted the industry's way 1 time (100%). 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.
All issues →
VoteIndustryTheir money from itVoted
Merger Filing Fee Modernization ActHouse · 2022 · 242–184Tech and AI wanted nay$0Yea · against
Inflation Reduction ActHouse · 2022 · 220–207Oil, gas and coal wanted nayPharma and health care wanted nayWall Street and hedge funds wanted nay$0$0$0Yea · againstYea · againstYea · against
Assault Weapons Ban of 2022House · 2022 · 217–213Gun lobby wanted nay$0Yea · against
Safer Communities Act (post-Uvalde)House · 2022 · 234–193Gun lobby wanted nay$0Yea · against
Affordable Insulin Now ActHouse · 2022 · 232–193Pharma and health care wanted nay$0Yea · against
Bipartisan Background Checks ActHouse · 2021 · 227–203Gun lobby wanted nay$0Yea · against
PRO Act (union organizing)House · 2021 · 225–206Labor unions wanted yea$101KYea · with industry

Constituents vs. funders

Voted the way most of their constituents wanted on 5 of 5 key votes (100%)

None of these votes set their $10K+ industry funders against a clear majority of their constituents. 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.
Who sides with funders →
VoteTheir constituentsTheir fundersVoted
Inflation Reduction ActHouse · 202268% support ±3Illinois (statewide figure) · wanted Yea · CES 2022No industry with a side gave $10K+YeaWith voters
Assault Weapons Ban of 2022House · 202268% support ±3Illinois (statewide figure) · wanted Yea · CES 2022No industry with a side gave $10K+YeaWith voters
Safer Communities Act (post-Uvalde)House · 202290% support ±2Illinois (statewide figure) · wanted Yea · CES 2024No industry with a side gave $10K+YeaWith voters
Affordable Insulin Now ActHouse · 202286% support ±2Illinois (statewide figure) · wanted Yea · CES 2022 · related questionNo industry with a side gave $10K+YeaWith voters
Bipartisan Background Checks ActHouse · 202195% support ±2Illinois (statewide figure) · wanted Yea · CES 2024No industry with a side gave $10K+YeaWith voters

Figures are the candidate's principal committees as filed with the FEC, cycle by cycle. See About the data.

Questions people ask

Who funded Marie Newman's 2020 campaign?
Marie Newman (Democrat) raised $2.8M for the 2020 Illinois 3rd District race, $332K 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 Dec 31, 2020). They won.
Which PACs gave the most to Marie Newman?
PAC to the Future ($15K), Moveon.Org Political Action ($10K), Justice Democrats PAC ($10K), Seiu Cope (Service Employees International Union Committee On Political Education) ($10K), American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO Committee On Political Education ($8K) in 2020.