ABUGHAZALEH, KATHERINE M.

DemocraticFEC reportedDemocratic candidate · U.S. House · Illinois · District 9 · Election 2026 · Open seatH6IL09178

Overview

Raised: $4.1M
Spent: $4.1M
Cash on hand: $2
Debts owed: $13K

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+43.7

VotePredictor forecasts this race between Daniel Biss (D) and John Elleson (R) as of October 29, 2026, giving the Democrat a 99% chance. Katherine M. Abughazaleh 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 29, 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

1 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 · 1 integrity · 0 fundraising patterns

Financial integrity review →Associated amount: $0
The FEC issued 1 notice(s) to KAT FOR ILLINOIS about reports it had not filed, most recently on 2026-09-16, and no filing covering those periods appears in the loaded archive.
Evidence date: Sep 16, 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 9
Reported party: Democratic
Election year: 2026
Race status: Open seat
Candidate status: Current candidate
Principal campaign committee: KAT FOR ILLINOIS (C00900449)

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 Katherine M. Abughazaleh? Read the article →

Sources

Itemized individual contributions$1.4M
Unitemized individual contributions$2.7M
Other committees$12.4K

Top contributors

MAALI, MIKE100% DemocraticDerived from contributions$9,0002 contributions
WARRICK, JOHNDemocraticDerived from contributions$8,0668 contributions
ALMOSHELLI, BADERDemocraticDerived from contributions$7,0003 contributions

Money out

Spending by kind

Operating expenditures$4M
Contribution refunds$9,400
Other disbursements$22.2K

Largest operating payments

YOSEMITE CONSULTING$305KDIGITAL ADVERTISING · Oct 23, 2025
YOSEMITE CONSULTING$220KDIGITAL ADVERTISING · Feb 5, 2026
YOSEMITE CONSULTING$170KDIGITAL ADVERTISING · Dec 9, 2025
GOODMAN CAMPAIGNS, LLC$158.2KFUNDRAISING CONSULTING SERVICES · Nov 10, 2025
YOSEMITE CONSULTING$118.9KDIGITAL ADVERTISING · Jan 16, 2026
GOODMAN CAMPAIGNS, LLC$104.8KFUNDRAISING CONSULTING SERVICES · Oct 6, 2025
THE WIN COMPANY$100KMEDIA BUY · Mar 3, 2026
YOSEMITE CONSULTING$100KDIGITAL ADVERTISING · Jan 9, 2026

Over time

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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 9
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 267 · EVANSTON, Illinois, 60204
Compliance screening: View review flags

Relationships

FEC-reported relationships

Registration evidence · 2025–2026

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KAT FOR ILLINOISC00900449 Authorized candidateABUGHAZALEH, KATHERINE M.H6IL09178
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: Mar 24, 2025 to Oct 14, 2026
Contribution refunds: $9,400
Debts owed by committees: $13,000
Last report: PRE-GENERAL

Source and provenance

Source agencyFederal Election Commission

Local row ingestedSep 6, 2026

Source row hash2283a93a4ffff5deaf9a6593ac560db4bed1fd4db69fb1541cd75a0f6c3ce132

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Month	Raised	Spent
Mar 25	$83,105	$0
Apr 25	$26,554	$0
May 25	$36,651	$0
Jun 25	$65,834	$0
Jul 25	$35,748	$0
Aug 25	$41,550	$0
Sep 25	$99,542	$0
Oct 25	$211,520	$0
Nov 25	$85,070	$0
Dec 25	$117,765	$0
Jan 26	$121,187	$0
Feb 26	$222,152	$0
Mar 26	$247,972	$0
Apr 26	$700	$0
May 26	$150	$0

ABUGHAZALEH, KATHERINE M.

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