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KOVAKA, BRIAN DAVID

RepublicanFEC reportedRepublican candidate · U.S. House · Illinois · District 1 · Election 2026 · ChallengerH6IL01183

Overview

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Cash on hand: —
Debts owed: —

The candidate's financial summary is temporarily unavailable; the lists below come from the principal committee's loaded records.

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+36.7

VotePredictor forecasts this race between Jonathan Jackson (D) and Christian Maxwell (R) as of November 8, 2026, giving the Democrat a 99% chance. Brian Kovaka 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 9, 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 1
Reported party: Republican
Election year: 2026
Race status: Challenger
Candidate status: Not yet a statutory candidate
Principal campaign committee: BRIAN KOVAKA FOR CONGRESS (C00892398)

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2025–2026 election cycle · dated records

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Records

Registration

Office sought: U.S. House
State / district: Illinois · District 1
Party affiliation: Republican
Race status: Challenger
Candidate status: Not yet a statutory candidate
Election year: 2026
Registration snapshot cycle: 2025–2026
Cycles loaded: 2026, 2024
Registered address: 863 WHITE TAIL BND · MANTENO, Illinois, 60950
Compliance screening: View review flags

Relationships

FEC-reported relationships

Registration evidence · 2025–2026

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BRIAN KOVAKA FOR CONGRESSC00892398 Authorized candidateKOVAKA, BRIAN DAVIDH6IL01183
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 7, 2026Official FEC source ↗
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Reconciliation

Coverage: Not reported
Contribution refunds: —
Debts owed by committees: —
Last report: Not reported

Source and provenance

Source agencyFederal Election Commission

Local row ingestedSep 6, 2026

Source row hash1814eb498f7ef343d6d3827b02627709d52cee0c66bd491456047ea0dc7601e9

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