POLAN, SAM

DemocraticFEC reportedDemocratic candidate · U.S. House · Illinois · District 9 · Election 2026 · Open seatH6IL09343

Overview

Raised: $377.4K
Spent: $377.4K
Cash on hand: $0
Debts owed: $0

OpenFEC processed candidate totals through Jul 3, 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. Sam Polan 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 · No open linked indicators

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).

No open indicators are linked in the published index. This is not a compliance clearance.

Across the cycle, some findings could not be linked safely to entities; ambiguous identities are withheld.

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: SAM POLAN FOR CONGRESS (C00916767)

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 Sam Polan? Read the article →

Sources

Itemized individual contributions$86.9K
Unitemized individual contributions$8,396
Other committees$5,000
Candidate contributions$2,000
Candidate loans$275K
Other receipts$138

Top contributors

POLAN, SAM$277K4 contributions
BAKER, TANYA COL.DemocraticDerived from contributions$10.5K2 contributions
POLAN, GREGDemocratic

Money out

Spending by kind

Operating expenditures$363.7K
Loan repayments$1,758
Contribution refunds$12K

Largest operating payments

40 NORTH ADVOCACY$31.3KDIRECT MAIL · Jan 28, 2026
TOUCHSTONE$18KFIELD CONSULTING · Oct 14, 2025
TOUCHSTONE$8,984PETITIONING · Oct 20, 2025
SPRUCE STREET COMPLIANCE$8,100COMPLIANCE CONSULTING AND SUBSCRIPTION · Oct 7, 2025
TILTING TOWARD HOPE, LLC$7,950COMMUNICATIONS CONSULTING · Nov 13, 2025
BORICH HERNANDEZ SOLUTIONS$7,575FUNDRAISING CONSULTING · Sep 17, 2025
BORICH HERNANDEZ SOLUTIONS$7,575FUNDRAISING CONSULTING · Sep 17, 2025
BORICH HERNANDEZ SOLUTIONS$7,575FUNDRAISING CONSULTING · Oct 7, 2025

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 60067 · CHICAGO, Illinois, 60660
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.

SAM POLAN FOR CONGRESSC00916767 Authorized candidatePOLAN, SAMH6IL09343
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 3, 2026
Contribution refunds: $12,000
Debts owed by committees: $0
Last report: TERMINATION REPORT

Source and provenance

Source agencyFederal Election Commission

Local row ingestedSep 6, 2026

Source row hash29799657bad67bc1b15b3022436e7977cbd3291c6b1879c23f95a0e39774f4c8

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Month	Raised	Spent
Aug 25	$44,535	$0
Sep 25	$289,700	$0
Oct 25	$4,230	$0
Nov 25	$2,750	$0
Dec 25	$9,296	$0
Jan 26	$5,550	$0
Feb 26	$3,984	$0
Mar 26	$3,850	$0
Jul 26	$0	$1,758

POLAN, SAM

Overview

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Candidate & race

Money in

Sources

Top contributors

Money out

Spending by kind

Largest operating payments

Over time

Financial timeline

Records

FEC-reported relationships

FEC-reported relationships

FEC-reported relationships

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Money network

Race forecast