BEAN, MELISSA LUBURICH

DemocraticFEC reportedDemocratic candidate · U.S. House · Illinois · District 8 · Election 2026 · Open seatH6IL08329

Overview

Raised: $2.5M
Spent: $2.2M
Cash on hand: $301.7K
Debts owed: $391.1K

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

Chance of winning: 99%
Rating: Safe D
Predicted margin: D+13.7

VotePredictor gives Melissa Bean a 99% chance of winning as of October 30, 2026. No polls of the race: based on the district's lean, incumbency and the national environment, with published race ratings.

Melissa Bean’s chance of winning

Data

Date	Chance of winning
Sep 25, 2026	97%
Oct 1, 2026	97%
Oct 6, 2026	97%
Oct 9, 2026	95%
Oct 10, 2026	95%
Oct 16, 2026	95%
Oct 24, 2026	96%
Oct 25, 2026	97%
Oct 26, 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

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: $124,030
GUSTO received 59.6% of positive itemized operating spending in MELISSA BEAN FOR CONGRESS's report. This is a concentration pattern for review.
Evidence date: Jun 25, 2026
Financial integrity review →Associated amount: $0
The FEC issued 3 notice(s) to MELISSA BEAN FOR CONGRESS about reports it had not filed, most recently on 2026-07-08, and no filing covering those periods appears in the loaded archive.
Evidence date: Jul 8, 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 8
Reported party: Democratic
Election year: 2026
Race status: Open seat
Candidate status: Current candidate
Principal campaign committee: MELISSA BEAN FOR CONGRESS (C00919183)

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 Melissa Bean? Read the article →

Sources

Itemized individual contributions$1.6M
Unitemized individual contributions$31.9K
Other committees$478.3K
Candidate contributions$24K
Other receipts$22

Top contributors

BEAN, MELISSA$323K2 contributions
WOMEN ARE THE MAJORITY MAKERSDemocraticInferred from FEC-reported participants$11.8K1 contribution
AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC)NoneFEC reported$10K

Money out

Spending by kind

Operating expenditures$2.1M
Loan repayments$60K
Contribution refunds$14K
Other disbursements$1,960

Largest transfers and contributions to committees

AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEMixed activity · 46% Democratic / 54% RepublicanInferred from activity$17.5K

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Largest operating payments

MISSION CONTROL, INC.$115.6KDIRECT MAIL · Feb 4, 2026
MISSION CONTROL, INC.$107.5KDIRECT MAIL · Jan 26, 2026
MISSION CONTROL, INC.$100KDIRECT MAIL · Mar 17, 2026
AL MEDIA$75.3KDITGITAL ADS · Mar 5, 2026
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Over time

Itemized receipts and reported spending by month

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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 8
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 59003 · SCHAUMBURG, Illinois, 60159
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.

WOMEN ARE THE MAJORITY MAKERSC00947853 Joint fundraising participantMELISSA BEAN FOR CONGRESSC00919183
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1970556Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
MELISSA BEAN VICTORY FUNDC00962324 Joint fundraising participantMELISSA BEAN FOR CONGRESSC00919183
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 26, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion. Observed in the FEC API; the public FEC registration page is linked for inspection.
MELISSA BEAN FOR CONGRESSC00919183 Authorized candidateBEAN, MELISSA LUBURICHH6IL08329
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 7, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC candidate–committee linkage. The date is local ingestion, not the original filing date.
MELISSA BEAN FOR CONGRESSC00919183 Connected organizationWOMEN ARE THE MAJORITY MAKERSReported name only · no identity match assumed
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 6, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC committee master: reported connected organization / affiliated committee name. This name-only field does not establish an entity identity match. The date is local ingestion, not the original filing date.
BUILDING EMPOWERMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY NOW (BEAN) PACC00944181 Leadership PAC sponsorBEAN, MELISSA LUBURICHH6IL08329
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1955888Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.

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Filings

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Reconciliation

Coverage: Jul 1, 2025 to Oct 14, 2026
Contribution refunds: $13,975
Debts owed by committees: $391,125
Last report: PRE-GENERAL

Source and provenance

Source agencyFederal Election Commission

Local row ingestedSep 6, 2026

Source row hash75f02cf6d9b63e7f19aef9600fcb3df678749c58ed68d9ed5facaf18d6701e72

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Month	Raised	Spent
Sep 25	$497,257	$0
Oct 25	$40,150	$1,000
Nov 25	$92,550	$0
Dec 25	$589,718	$0
Jan 26	$148,128	$45,000
Feb 26	$161,327	$0
Mar 26	$54,810	$17,500
Apr 26	$33,200	$0
May 26	$35,125	$0
Jun 26	$98,261	$0

BEAN, MELISSA LUBURICH

Overview

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Candidate & race

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FEC-reported relationships

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Money network

Race forecast