PETERS, ROBERT JAMES

DemocraticFEC reportedDemocratic candidate · U.S. House · Illinois · District 2 · Election 2026 · Open seatH6IL02298

Overview

Raised: $1.3M
Spent: $1.3M
Cash on hand: $1,425
Debts owed: $0

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+39.7

VotePredictor forecasts this race between Donna Miller (D) and Michael Noack (R) as of October 30, 2026, giving the Democrat a 99% chance. Robert Peters 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 indicators

3 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).

2 receipt eligibility · 1 integrity · 0 fundraising patterns

Operating expenditures concentrated at one payee →Associated amount: $174,267
GRASSROOTS ANALYTICS, INC. received 59.0% of positive itemized operating spending in ROBERT PETERS FOR CONGRESS's report. This is a concentration pattern for review.
Evidence date: Sep 4, 2025
Apparent corporate or labor receipt →Associated amount: $3,500
Reported organization name appears incorporated, a bank, or a labor organization; direct treasury contributions to candidate committees are generally prohibited. Verify entity form and source of funds.
Evidence date: Jul 7, 2025
Apparent corporate or labor receipt →Associated amount: $162
Reported organization name appears incorporated, a bank, or a labor organization; direct treasury contributions to candidate committees are generally prohibited. Verify entity form and source of funds.
Evidence date: Sep 23, 2025

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: ROBERT PETERS FOR CONGRESS (C00905075)

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 Robert Peters? Read the article →

Sources

Itemized individual contributions$549.8K
Unitemized individual contributions$655.8K
Other committees$113.7K
Party committees$2,500
Other receipts$851

Top contributors

COLLARD, AARONDemocraticDerived from contributions$14K3 contributions
JANOWITZ, REBECCADemocraticDerived from contributions$10.5K2 contributions
MILBURN, ROB

Money out

Spending by kind

Operating expenditures$1.3M
Contribution refunds$40.7K
Other disbursements$165

Largest operating payments

GRASSROOTS ANALYTICS, INC.$74.2KTEXTING SERVICES · Jul 21, 2025
AGENCY$44.4KSTATIONARY · Jan 16, 2026
AGENCY$44.4KSTATIONARY · Jan 16, 2026
GRASSROOTS ANALYTICS, INC.$43.2KTEXTING SERVICES · Aug 1, 2025
AGENCY$40.1KSTATIONARY · Jan 16, 2026
AGENCY$39.6KSTATIONARY · Mar 2, 2026
AGENCY$39.6KSTATIONARY · Mar 2, 2026
GRASSROOTS ANALYTICS, INC.$34.9KFUNDRAISING SOFTWARE · Mar 20, 2026
GRASSROOTS ANALYTICS, INC.$32.3K

Over time

Itemized receipts and reported spending by month

Data

Month	Raised	Spent
May 25	$95,250	$0
Jun 25	$97,271	$0
Jul 25	$17,474	$0
Aug 25	$14,336	$0
Sep 25	$45,815	$0
Oct 25	$28,521	$0
Nov 25	$12,805	$0
Dec 25	$28,626	$0
Jan 26	$49,574	$0
Feb 26	$68,815	$0
Mar 26	$61,156	$5,000

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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
Registered address: PO BOX 15118 · CHICAGO, Illinois, 60615
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.

ROBERT PETERS FOR CONGRESSC00905075 Authorized candidatePETERS, ROBERT JAMESH6IL02298
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: Apr 1, 2025 to Sep 30, 2026
Contribution refunds: $40,661
Debts owed by committees: $0
Last report: OCTOBER QUARTERLY

Source and provenance

Source agencyFederal Election Commission

Local row ingestedSep 6, 2026

Source row hash2628a44562ecb1434fc3415f453eccce3887ae34cdf8034613f0a715b10db241

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PETERS, ROBERT JAMES

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