BENNETT, DOUGLAS

RepublicanFEC reportedRepublican candidate · U.S. Senate · Illinois · Statewide · Election 2026 · Open seatS6IL00391

Overview

Raised: $13Kvs $12K 2023–2024
Spent: $16.2Kvs $15.2K 2023–2024
Cash on hand: $1,548vs $1,454 2023–2024
Debts owed: $115.6Kvs $115.6K 2023–2024

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+13.5

VotePredictor forecasts this race between Juliana Stratton (D) and Don Tracy (R) as of November 13, 2026, giving the Democrat a 99% chance. Doug Bennett is not one of the two candidates it forecasts. Based on 4 polls of the race, blended with its fundamentals.

The Republican’s chance of winning

Data

Date	Chance of winning
Oct 7, 2026	1%
Nov 13, 2026	1%

As VotePredictor published it each day since October 7, 2026.

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: Nov 5, 2026 · Index refreshed: Nov 5, 2026. Coverage is limited to loaded records and implemented checks.

Scan coverage and freshness

Receipt eligibility: last successful scan Nov 5, 2026 · latest scheduled check skipped (Nov 5, 2026).
Integrity: last successful scan Nov 5, 2026 · latest scheduled check succeeded (Nov 5, 2026).
Fundraising patterns: last successful scan Nov 5, 2026 · latest scheduled check skipped (Nov 5, 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. Senate · Illinois · Statewide
Reported party: Republican
Election year: 2026
Race status: Open seat
Candidate status: Current candidate
Principal campaign committee: FRIENDS OF DOUG BENNETT (C00634808)

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 Doug Bennett? Read the article →

Sources

Itemized individual contributions$2,000
Candidate contributions$11K

Top contributors

BENNETT, DOUGLAS R 1963 R$1,0001 contribution

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Sources are the candidate's reported totals by line; the lists rank the principal committee's itemized receipts of $200 or more and exclude memo entries.

Money out

Spending by kind

Operating expenditures$16.2K

Largest operating payments

AMAZON WEB SERVICES, INC$251DATABASE RENTAL · Feb 3, 2025
AMAZON WEB SERVICES, INC$251DATABASE RENTAL · Jan 3, 2025
AMAZON WEB SERVICES, INC$117DATABASE RENTAL · Apr 3, 2025
AMAZON WEB SERVICES, INC$117DATABASE RENTAL · Mar 3, 2025
AMAZON WEB SERVICES, INC$53DATABASE RENTAL · May 5, 2025
AMAZON WEB SERVICES, INC$53DATABASE RENTAL · Jul 3, 2025
AMAZON WEB SERVICES, INC$53DATABASE RENTAL · Jun 2, 2025
AMAZON WEB SERVICES, INC$10DATABASE RENTAL · Aug 4, 2025

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Payments are the principal committee's reported transactions, largest first.

Over time

Itemized receipts and reported spending by month: $1,000 raised and $0 spent over 1 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. Senate
State / district: Illinois · Statewide
Party affiliation: Republican
Race status: Open seat
Candidate status: Current candidate
Election year: 2026
Registration snapshot cycle: 2025–2026
Cycles loaded: 2026, 2024
Registered address: 385 WE GO CT · DEERFIELD, Illinois, 60015
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.

FRIENDS OF DOUG BENNETTC00634808 Authorized candidateBENNETT, DOUGLASS6IL00391
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 7, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC candidate–committee linkage. The date is local ingestion, not the original filing date.
FRIENDS OF DOUG BENNETTC00634808 Authorized candidateBENNETT, DOUGLAS R 1963H8IL10115
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 6, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC candidate master: reported principal campaign committee (CAND_PCC). The date is local ingestion, not the original filing date.

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Filings

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Reconciliation

Coverage: Jan 1, 2023 to Sep 30, 2026
Contribution refunds: $0
Debts owed by committees: $115,600
Last report: YEAR-END

Source and provenance

Source agencyFederal Election Commission

Local row ingestedSep 6, 2026

Source row hash32bfbc32e67bebaa1e0f422dc6bd2fd20bda66deeba8a85d3c352e40f142e625

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