MENDOZA, ANABEL

DemocraticFEC reportedDemocratic candidate · U.S. House · Illinois · District 7 · Election 2026 · Open seatH6IL07495

Overview

Raised: $294.4K
Spent: $294.3K
Cash on hand: $176
Debts owed: $0

OpenFEC processed candidate totals through Jul 1, 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 November 2, 2026, giving the Democrat a 99% chance. Anabel Mendoza 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%
Nov 2, 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).

1 receipt eligibility · 1 integrity · 0 fundraising patterns

Operating expenditures concentrated at one payee →Associated amount: $63,883
ORANGE HAT INNOVATION received 54.6% of positive itemized operating spending in ANABEL FOR CONGRESS's report. This is a concentration pattern for review.
Evidence date: Mar 10, 2026
Foreign-address eligibility →Associated amount: $3,500
The filing uses FEC foreign-address code ZZ. A foreign address does not establish foreign-national status; verify eligibility without inferring citizenship from geography.
Evidence date: Sep 9, 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 7
Reported party: Democratic
Election year: 2026
Race status: Open seat
Candidate status: Current candidate
Principal campaign committee: ANABEL FOR CONGRESS (C00918789)

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 Anabel Mendoza? Read the article →

Sources

Itemized individual contributions$221.7K
Unitemized individual contributions$31.3K
Candidate loans$41.5K

Top contributors

MENDOZA, ANABEL$41.5K4 contributions
ABID, OMERDemocraticDerived from contributions$3,5002 contributions
ATTARAS, MUSAABDemocraticDerived from contributions$3,5001 contribution
DARDEN, EBRO

Money out

Spending by kind

Operating expenditures$291.8K
Contribution refunds$2,425

Largest operating payments

AYA POLITICAL CONSULTING LLC$20KCAMPAIGN AND POLITICAL CONSULTING · Apr 2, 2026
ORANGE HAT INNOVATION$19KCAMPAIGN CONSULTING · Mar 10, 2026
ORANGE HAT INNOVATION$10KCAMPAIGN CONSULTING · Mar 5, 2026
ORANGE HAT INNOVATION$10KCAMPAIGN CONSULTING · Mar 2, 2026
ORANGE HAT INNOVATION$9,000CAMPAIGN CONSULTING · Mar 2, 2026
ORANGE HAT INNOVATION$6,608CAMPAIGN CONSULTING · Mar 10, 2026
RODRIGUEZ, IVONNE$6,000CAMPAIGN PRESS SERVICES · Mar 1, 2026
CHARASH, ELIZABETH$6,000CAMPAIGN STRATEGY CONSULTING · Jan 8, 2026
ORANGE HAT INNOVATION$5,775CAMPAIGN CONSULTING AND EXPENSES · Feb 26, 2026

Over time

Itemized receipts and reported spending by month

Data

Month	Raised	Spent
Sep 25	$10,928	$0
Oct 25	$19,600	$0
Nov 25	$19,450	$0
Dec 25	$64,930	$0
Jan 26	$13,200	$0
Feb 26	$77,950	$0
Mar 26	$34,100	$0
Apr 26	$20,000	$0
Jun 26	$1,450	$0

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Financial timeline

2025–2026 election cycle · dated records

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Money network · top contributors and recipients as a graph

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
Registered address: PO BOX 21129 · CHICAGO , Illinois, 60621
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.

ANABEL FOR CONGRESSC00918789 Authorized candidateMENDOZA, ANABELH6IL07495
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 Jul 1, 2026
Contribution refunds: $2,425
Debts owed by committees: $0
Last report: TERMINATION REPORT

Source and provenance

Source agencyFederal Election Commission

Local row ingestedSep 6, 2026

Source row hashc718acc3166c534234f153f1429db8ccbb76605a7c386b53b31112bb36027d40

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MENDOZA, ANABEL

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