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FINE, LAURA

DemocraticFEC reportedDemocratic candidate · U.S. House · Illinois · District 9 · Election 2026 · Open seatH6IL09194

Overview

Raised: $2.8M
Spent: $2.8M
Cash on hand: $1,700
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+43.8

VotePredictor forecasts this race between Daniel Biss (D) and John Elleson (R) as of November 4, 2026, giving the Democrat a 99% chance. Laura Fine 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 4, 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: $309,201
SP MEDIA GROUP received 51.8% of positive itemized operating spending in LAURA FINE FOR CONGRESS's report. This is a concentration pattern for review.
Evidence date: Mar 11, 2026
LLC or partnership eligibility →Associated amount: $2,500
Reported contributor appears to be an LLC or partnership. Verify permissible tax status, written eligibility notice, member or partner attribution, and contribution limits.
Evidence date: Aug 25, 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 9
Reported party: Democratic
Election year: 2026
Race status: Open seat
Candidate status: Current candidate
Principal campaign committee: LAURA FINE FOR CONGRESS (C00904326)

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 Laura Fine? Read the article →

Sources

Itemized individual contributions$2.6M
Unitemized individual contributions$83.9K
Other committees$33.2K
Candidate contributions$17K

Top contributors

NOVACK, KENNETH89% Democratic / 9% Republican · 1% unclassifiedDerived from contributions$17.5K5 contributions
FINE, LAURA$17K2 contributions
LAPPIN, ANDREW69% Democratic / 31% Republican · 0% unclassifiedDerived from contributions$14.5K6 contributions

Money out

Spending by kind

Operating expenditures$2.7M
Contribution refunds$86.4K
Other disbursements$1,587

Largest operating payments

SP MEDIA GROUP$339.3KMEDIA BUY · Jan 15, 2026
SP MEDIA GROUP$339.3KMEDIA BUY · Jan 9, 2026
SP MEDIA GROUP$339.3KMEDIA BUY · Jan 5, 2026
SP MEDIA GROUP$270KMEDIA BUY · Feb 27, 2026
SP MEDIA GROUP$236.1KMEDIA BUY · Jan 23, 2026
GBAO INC.$50.3KRESEARCH · Jan 8, 2026
GBAO INC.$34.4KRESEARCH · Feb 27, 2026
NEW CHICAGO CONSULTING LLC$30.8KFUNDRAISING CONSULTING SERVICES · Jul 9, 2025
SP MEDIA GROUP$21.6K

Over time

Itemized receipts and reported spending by month

Data

Month	Raised	Spent
Apr 25	$9,750	$0
May 25	$66,062	$0
Jun 25	$155,166	$0
Jul 25	$41,189	$0
Aug 25	$49,310	$0
Sep 25	$280,736	$0
Oct 25	$87,232	$0
Nov 25	$417,590	$0
Dec 25	$725,327	$0
Jan 26	$107,528	$0
Feb 26	$476,273	$0
Mar 26	$192,287	$0
Jun 26	$13,500	$0

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2025–2026 election cycle · dated records

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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 63 · NORTHBROOK, Illinois, 60062
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.

LAURA FINE FOR CONGRESSC00904326 Authorized candidateFINE, LAURAH6IL09194
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: $86,425
Debts owed by committees: $0
Last report: OCTOBER QUARTERLY

Source and provenance

Source agencyFederal Election Commission

Local row ingestedSep 6, 2026

Source row hashf861ea73278b86eac71c0f2ffff6a8d086390268c0cd1e250e530077c9baeb47

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FINE, LAURA

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