JACKSON, JESSE L. JR

DemocraticFEC reportedDemocratic candidate · U.S. House · Illinois · District 2 · Election 2026 · Open seatH6IL02124

Overview

Raised: $366.9K
Spent: $364.8K
Cash on hand: $2,125
Debts owed: $0

OpenFEC processed candidate totals through Oct 14, 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+39.7

VotePredictor forecasts this race between Donna Miller (D) and Michael Noack (R) as of October 31, 2026, giving the Democrat a 99% chance. Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. 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 31, 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 indicators

2 open

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).

0 receipt eligibility · 2 integrity · 0 fundraising patterns

Operating expenditures concentrated at one payee →Associated amount: $24,430
LESTER AND ASSOCIATES received 61.0% of positive itemized operating spending in JESSEJACKSONJRFORCONGRESS.COM's report. This is a concentration pattern for review.
Evidence date: Sep 5, 2025
Financial integrity review →Associated amount: $0
The FEC issued 1 notice(s) to JESSEJACKSONJRFORCONGRESS.COM about reports it had not filed, most recently on 2026-09-15, and no filing covering those periods appears in the loaded archive.
Evidence date: Sep 15, 2026

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

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Candidate & race

Office & constituency: U.S. House · Illinois · District 2
Reported party: Democratic
Election year: 2026
Race status: Open seat
Candidate status: Current candidate
Principal campaign committee: JESSEJACKSONJRFORCONGRESS.COM (C00911743)

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 Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.? Read the article →

Sources

Itemized individual contributions$264.4K
Unitemized individual contributions$43.6K
Other committees$28.9K
Party committees$2,500
Transfers from affiliates$500
Candidate contributions$1,050
Other receipts$4

Top contributors

MACKECHNIE, IAN16% Democratic / 83% Republican · 0% unclassifiedDerived from contributions$7,0002 contributions
ROGERS JR., LARRY R.Democratic

Money out

Spending by kind

Operating expenditures$353.3K
Contribution refunds$11.5K

Largest operating payments

BATTLEAXE DIGITAL$29.9KDIGITAL FUNDRAISING SERVICES · Oct 22, 2025
LESTER AND ASSOCIATES$22KPOLLING AND STRATEGIC CONSULTING COSTS · Jul 31, 2025
LESTER AND ASSOCIATES$10.5KPOLLING · Jan 2, 2026
MAIN STREET COMMUNICATIONS$10KMEDIA BUY · Mar 13, 2026
MAIN STREET COMMUNICATIONS$10KMEDIA BUY · Mar 11, 2026
TELEPHONE CONTACT SERVICES LLC$9,767TEXTING SERVICES · Feb 6, 2026
LESTER AND ASSOCIATES$9,500POLLING · Feb 27, 2026
TELEPHONE CONTACT SERVICES LLC$9,082TEXTING SERVICES · Mar 30, 2026
TELEPHONE CONTACT SERVICES LLC$8,508TEXTING SERVICES · Mar 10, 2026

Over time

Itemized receipts and reported spending by month

Data

Month	Raised	Spent
Jul 25	$19,600	$0
Aug 25	$24,350	$0
Sep 25	$37,900	$0
Oct 25	$29,356	$0
Nov 25	$5,975	$0
Dec 25	$34,550	$0
Jan 26	$21,200	$0
Feb 26	$38,500	$0
Mar 26	$50,450	$0
Apr 26	$300	$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 2
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: PO BOX 490286 · CHICAGO, Illinois, 60649
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.

JESSE JACKSON JR FOR CONGRESSC00305920 Authorized candidateJACKSON, JESSE L. JRH6IL02124
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 7, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC candidate–committee linkage. The date is local ingestion, not the original filing date.
JESSEJACKSONJRFORCONGRESS.COMC00911743 Authorized candidateJACKSON, JESSE L. JRH6IL02124
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: Jul 1, 2025 to Oct 14, 2026
Contribution refunds: $11,500
Debts owed by committees: $0
Last report: PRE-GENERAL

Source and provenance

Source agencyFederal Election Commission

Local row ingestedSep 6, 2026

Source row hash2adda35ebe8eb6aedb6621ea1de533f51c2b639ed7fb22ebdb6f8be4a6d07b77

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JACKSON, JESSE L. JR

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