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FOSTER, G. WILLIAM (BILL)

DemocraticFEC reportedDemocratic candidate · U.S. House · Illinois · District 11 · Election 2026 · IncumbentH8IL14067

Overview

Raised: $2.6Mvs $3.3M 2023–2024
Spent: $1.5Mvs $2.5M 2023–2024
Cash on hand: $2.6Mvs $1.6M 2023–2024
Debts owed: $1Mvs $1M 2023–2024

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+18.5

VotePredictor gives Bill Foster a 99% chance of winning as of November 2, 2026. No polls of the race: based on the district's lean, incumbency and the national environment, with published race ratings.

Bill Foster’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 · 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 11
Reported party: Democratic
Election year: 2026
Race status: Incumbent
Candidate status: Current candidate
Principal campaign committee: BILL FOSTER FOR CONGRESS (C00435099)

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 Bill Foster? Read the article →

Sources

Itemized individual contributions$1.3M
Unitemized individual contributions$151.7K
Other committees$1M
Transfers from affiliates$8,334
Other receipts$95.4K

Top contributors

MATTHEWS, KEITHDemocraticDerived from contributions$14K4 contributions
KAPER, TASSO J.DemocraticDerived from contributions$10.5K4 contributions
PAGE, CARL

Money out

Spending by kind

Operating expenditures$1M
Contribution refunds$7,914
Other disbursements$488.9K

Largest transfers and contributions to committees

JSTREETPAC99% Democratic-aligned activity · 1% unclassifiedInferred from activity$3,000

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Largest operating payments

US TREASURY$19KTAXES · Apr 14, 2026
BREAKER PRESS CO. INC$16.1KPRINTING - CAMPAIGN MATERIALS · Feb 21, 2025
BREAKER PRESS CO. INC$15.6KPRINTING - CAMPAIGN MATERIALS · Nov 26, 2025
ANGERHOLZER BROZ CONSULTING, LLC$15.4KFUNDRAISING CONSULTING · Feb 21, 2025
US TREASURY$13.6KTAXES · Apr 1, 2025

Over time

Itemized receipts and reported spending by month

Data

Month	Raised	Spent
Jan 25	$33,480	$50,000
Feb 25	$35,870	$0
Mar 25	$55,534	$0
Apr 25	$65,250	$0
May 25	$40,052	$0
Jun 25	$68,083	$50,000
Jul 25	$28,695	$0
Aug 25	$44,791	$0
Sep 25	$117,040	$30,500
Oct 25	$19,708	$1,000
Nov 25	$42,158	$0
Dec 25	$89,244	$48,500
Jan 26	$64,580	$0
Feb 26	$37,886	$75,000
Mar 26	$114,093	$90,000
Apr 26	$59,885	$0
May 26	$64,899	$0
Jun 26	$87,720	$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 11
Party affiliation: Democratic
Race status: Incumbent
Candidate status: Current candidate
Election year: 2026
Registration snapshot cycle: 2025–2026
Cycles loaded: 2026, 2024
Registered address: 511 AURORA AVENUE · UNIT 511 · NAPERVILLE, Illinois, 60540
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.

BILL FOSTER VICTORY FUNDC00812727 Joint fundraising participantBILL FOSTER FOR CONGRESSC00435099
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1875562Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
BILL FOSTER FOR CONGRESSC00435099 Authorized candidateFOSTER, G. WILLIAM (BILL)H8IL14067
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 7, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC candidate–committee linkage. The date is local ingestion, not the original filing date.
BILL FOSTER FOR CONGRESSC00435099 Connected organizationDEMOCRACY DEFENDERSReported 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.

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Filings

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Reconciliation

Coverage: Jan 1, 2025 to Oct 14, 2026
Contribution refunds: $7,914
Debts owed by committees: $1,017,995
Last report: PRE-GENERAL

Source and provenance

Source agencyFederal Election Commission

Local row ingestedSep 6, 2026

Source row hashe6e6084a97c5817c934fc94c8c83d4e137a9f55d6231ac2ef53237d2d1722e11

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FOSTER, G. WILLIAM (BILL)

Overview

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