KIM, CHARLES

RepublicanFEC reportedRepublican candidate · U.S. House · Illinois · District 11 · Election 2026 · ChallengerH4IL11245

Overview

Raised: $59Kvs $85.4K 2023–2024
Spent: $46.4Kvs $85.6K 2023–2024
Cash on hand: $65vs $0 2023–2024
Debts owed: $106Kvs $64K 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+19.1

VotePredictor forecasts this race between Bill Foster (D) and Jeff Walter (R) as of November 6, 2026, giving the Democrat a 99% chance. Charlie Kim 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 Republican’s chance of winning

Data

Date	Chance of winning
Sep 25, 2026	1%
Nov 7, 2026	1%

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: Nov 5, 2026 · Index refreshed: Nov 5, 2026. Coverage is limited to loaded records and implemented checks.

Scan coverage and freshness

Receipt eligibility: last successful scan Nov 5, 2026 · latest scheduled check skipped (Nov 5, 2026).
Integrity: last successful scan Nov 5, 2026 · latest scheduled check succeeded (Nov 5, 2026).
Fundraising patterns: last successful scan Nov 5, 2026 · latest scheduled check skipped (Nov 5, 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 11
Reported party: Republican
Election year: 2026
Race status: Challenger
Candidate status: Current candidate
Principal campaign committee: CHARLIE KIM IN US CONGRESS (C00840868)

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 Charlie Kim? Read the article →

Sources

Itemized individual contributions$11K
Unitemized individual contributions$2,482
Candidate contributions$12.5K
Candidate loans$33K

Top contributors

KIM, CHARLES$35.9K3 contributions
KIM, CHARLES$4,2351 contribution
KIM, CHARLES$2,3671 contribution
BOUCHARD, CATHYRepublicanDerived from contributions$1,8501 contribution
MORRIS, MICHAEL

Money out

Spending by kind

Operating expenditures$39K
Loan repayments$7,392

Largest operating payments

KIM, CHARLES$2,808Mar 31, 2026
OTCHEAP$2,688PRINTING · Oct 3, 2025
WU CIC FUND$2,200FUNDRAISER TICKETS 11 PER $200 EACH · Jan 29, 2026
FIRESTONE$1,699SUPPLY AND MATERIALS · Jun 13, 2026
KIM, CHARLES$1,600Mar 31, 2026
SC SIGNS$1,552SUPPLY SIGNS · Sep 1, 2025
WU'S HOUSE$1,202FUNDRAISER EVENT · Jan 29, 2026
T-MOBILE$932PHONE CALL SERVICES · Mar 26, 2026
TST NIKOS RR$555EVENT FOOD · Oct 13, 2025
EBAY$527

Over time

Itemized receipts and reported spending by month

Data

Month	Raised	Spent
Mar 25	$2,367	$0
Apr 25	$15,157	$0
Sep 25	$12,533	$0
Oct 25	$2,000	$0
Dec 25	$8,250	$0
Jan 26	$8,965	$0
Mar 26	$0	$4,408
Jun 26	$4,235	$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 11
Party affiliation: Republican
Race status: Challenger
Candidate status: Current candidate
Election year: 2026
Registration snapshot cycle: 2025–2026
Cycles loaded: 2026, 2024
Registered address: CG CO 875 NORTH MICHIGAN AVE · #3100 · CHICAGO, Illinois, 60611
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.

CHARLIE KIM IN US CONGRESSC00840868 Authorized candidateKIM, CHARLESH4IL11245
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: $0
Debts owed by committees: $105,968
Last report: OCTOBER QUARTERLY

Source and provenance

Source agencyFederal Election Commission

Local row ingestedSep 6, 2026

Source row hashb71d2b7dfca71b8114a7b784c25615234a04854b2533f073908da96d02900c12

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KIM, CHARLES

Overview

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Candidate & race

Money in

Sources

Top contributors

Money out

Spending by kind

Largest operating payments

Over time

Financial timeline

Records

FEC-reported relationships

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Money network

Race forecast