CONYEARS-ERVIN, MELISSA

DemocraticFEC reportedDemocratic candidate · U.S. House · Illinois · District 7 · Election 2026 · Open seatH4IL07177

Overview

Raised: $824.9Kvs $738.8K 2023–2024
Spent: $823Kvs $730.1K 2023–2024
Cash on hand: $10.6Kvs $8,733 2023–2024
Debts owed: $0vs $0 2023–2024

OpenFEC processed candidate totals through Sep 30, 2026, across every authorized committee; figures change when amended reports are filed.

Raised is total receipts and Spent is total disbursements as reported for the candidate's authorized committees together; both can include transfers, loans and refunds. Cash on hand and debts are the balances at the end of the last report. The comparison is the same figure for 2023–2024.

Race forecast

Rating: Safe D
Predicted margin: D+71.7

VotePredictor forecasts this race between La Shawn Ford (D) and Chad Koppie (R) as of October 29, 2026, giving the Democrat a 99% chance. Melissa Conyears-Ervin is not one of the two candidates it forecasts. No polls of the race: based on the district's lean, incumbency and the national environment, with published race ratings.

The Democrat’s chance of winning

Data

Date	Chance of winning
Sep 25, 2026	99%
Oct 30, 2026	99%

As VotePredictor published it each day since September 25, 2026, including changes to its model.

Forecast by VotePredictor , updated daily. Its probabilities stay between 1% and 99%; no race is called before it is decided.

Compliance review · No open linked indicators

Automated review indicators, not findings of a violation. Exact reported records are linked; identity is not independently verified. Reported lobbyist-bundling disclosures are not counted as issues.

Latest cycle-wide scan: Oct 18, 2026 · Index refreshed: Oct 18, 2026. Coverage is limited to loaded records and implemented checks.

Scan coverage and freshness

Receipt eligibility: last successful scan Oct 18, 2026 · latest scheduled check skipped (Oct 18, 2026).
Integrity: last successful scan Oct 18, 2026 · latest scheduled check succeeded (Oct 18, 2026).
Fundraising patterns: last successful scan Oct 18, 2026 · latest scheduled check skipped (Oct 18, 2026).

No open indicators are linked in the published index. This is not a compliance clearance.

Across the cycle, some findings could not be linked safely to entities; ambiguous identities are withheld.

Candidate & race

Office & constituency: U.S. House · Illinois · District 7
Reported party: Democratic
Election year: 2026
Race status: Open seat
Candidate status: Current candidate
Principal campaign committee: MELISSA CONYEARS-ERVIN FOR CONGRESS (C00838144)

The principal campaign committee is the reported connection to this candidate. Transaction details below cover that committee; candidate-wide totals can also cover other authorized committees.

Money in

Who's funding Melissa Conyears-Ervin? Read the article →

Sources

Itemized individual contributions$790.3K
Unitemized individual contributions$17.5K
Other committees$13.5K
Candidate contributions$3,500
Other receipts$1

Top contributors

ERVIN, JASONDemocraticDerived from contributions$15K5 contributions
PISSIOS, ALEX84% Democratic / 16% RepublicanDerived from contributions$10.5K3 contributions
SACKS, CARI

Money out

Spending by kind

Operating expenditures$800.1K
Contribution refunds$22.9K

Largest operating payments

TKO BUYING LLC$70KDIGITAL ADVERSITING · Feb 25, 2026
TKO BUYING LLC$70KDIGITAL ADVERSITING · Feb 19, 2026
TKO BUYING LLC$70KDIGITAL ADVERTISING · Feb 11, 2026
TKO BUYING LLC$53.8KDIGITAL ADVERTISING · Mar 5, 2026
TKO BUYING LLC$50KDIGITAL ADVERTISING · Mar 6, 2026
DELIVER STRATEGIES LLC$40.7KDIRECT MAIL SERVICES · Feb 20, 2026
GBAO$35.5KPOLLING · Dec 5, 2025
GBAO$28.4KPOLLING · Mar 13, 2026
DELIVER STRATEGIES LLC$22KDIRECT MAIL SERVICES · Mar 16, 2026

Over time

Itemized receipts and reported spending by month

Data

Month	Raised	Spent
Aug 25	$27,250	$0
Sep 25	$190,991	$0
Oct 25	$16,250	$0
Nov 25	$26,710	$0
Dec 25	$62,553	$0
Jan 26	$41,850	$0
Feb 26	$234,228	$0
Mar 26	$186,472	$0

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Financial timeline

2025–2026 election cycle · dated records

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Records

Registration

Office sought: U.S. House
State / district: Illinois · District 7
Party affiliation: Democratic
Race status: Open seat
Candidate status: Current candidate
Election year: 2026
Registration snapshot cycle: 2025–2026
Cycles loaded: 2026, 2024
Registered address: 2622 W JACKSON BLVD · STE 200 · CHICAGO, Illinois, 60612
Compliance screening: View review flags

Relationships

FEC-reported relationships

Registration evidence · 2025–2026

Reported relationships are not contributions or transfers. They do not establish that any money changed hands. The reporting committee and related entity are shown separately. Only loaded relationship types are shown; this is not a complete organization chart.

MELISSA CONYEARS-ERVIN FOR CONGRESSC00838144 Authorized candidateCONYEARS-ERVIN, MELISSAH4IL07177
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 7, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC candidate–committee linkage. The date is local ingestion, not the original filing date.

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Filings

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Reconciliation

Coverage: Jan 1, 2025 to Sep 30, 2026
Contribution refunds: $22,900
Debts owed by committees: $0
Last report: OCTOBER QUARTERLY

Source and provenance

Source agencyFederal Election Commission

Local row ingestedSep 6, 2026

Source row hashef2cf129bf9915bc0566b2c775be41a48a9a115f1b9e94f599fd37c3877c974d

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CONYEARS-ERVIN, MELISSA

Overview

Race forecast

Candidate & race

Money in

Sources

Top contributors

Money out

Spending by kind

Largest operating payments

Over time

Financial timeline

Records

FEC-reported relationships

FEC-reported relationships

FEC-reported relationships

Top employers

Top industries

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Race forecast

Money network