KELLY, ROBIN

DemocraticFEC reportedDemocratic candidate · U.S. Senate · Illinois · Statewide · Election 2026 · Open seatS6IL00474

Overview

Raised: $3.5M
Spent: $3.5M
Cash on hand: $4,194
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+17.1

VotePredictor forecasts this race between Juliana Stratton (D) and Don Tracy (R) as of October 29, 2026, giving the Democrat a 99% chance. Robin Kelly is not one of the two candidates it forecasts. Based on 2 polls of the race, blended with its fundamentals.

The Democrat’s chance of winning

Data

Date	Chance of winning
Oct 7, 2026	99%
Oct 29, 2026	99%

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 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).

0 receipt eligibility · 2 integrity · 0 fundraising patterns

Operating expenditures concentrated at one payee →Associated amount: $450,332
SKDKNICKERBOCKER received 66.2% of positive itemized operating spending in ROBIN KELLY FOR SENATE's report. This is a concentration pattern for review.
Evidence date: Mar 13, 2026
Financial integrity review →Associated amount: $0
The FEC issued 1 notice(s) to ROBIN KELLY FOR SENATE about reports it had not filed, most recently on 2026-05-19, and no filing covering those periods appears in the loaded archive.
Evidence date: May 19, 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. Senate · Illinois · Statewide
Reported party: Democratic
Election year: 2026
Race status: Open seat
Candidate status: Current candidate
Principal campaign committee: ROBIN KELLY FOR SENATE (C00904300)

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 Robin Kelly? Read the article →

Sources

Itemized individual contributions$799.1K
Unitemized individual contributions$276K
Other committees$229K
Other receipts$3,250

Top contributors

ROBIN KELLY FOR CONGRESSDemocraticFEC reported$2.2M5 contributions
BONGARD, BETH A.DemocraticDerived from contributions$17K5 contributions
PUCKREIN, GARYDemocraticDerived from contributions$14.5K

Money out

Spending by kind

Operating expenditures$3.3M
Contribution refunds$162.6K
Other disbursements$22.5K

Largest operating payments

SKDKNICKERBOCKER$203.2KTELEVISION ADVERTISING · Feb 26, 2026
SKDKNICKERBOCKER$196.8KTELEVISION ADVERTISING · Feb 11, 2026
SKDKNICKERBOCKER$168.7KTELEVISION ADVERTISING · Feb 18, 2026
SKDKNICKERBOCKER$151.8KTELEVISION ADVERTISING · Mar 5, 2026
SKDKNICKERBOCKER$116.8KTELEVISION ADVERTISING · Feb 6, 2026
SKDKNICKERBOCKER$110.8KTELEVISION ADVERTISING · Jan 30, 2026
AUTHENTIC BRANDS$100KDIGITAL ADVERTISING · Jan 29, 2026
SKDKNICKERBOCKER$93.6KMEDIA PRODUCTION · Mar 6, 2026

Over time

Itemized receipts and reported spending by month

Data

Month	Raised	Spent
Apr 25	$2,000	$0
May 25	$2,113,921	$0
Jun 25	$233,242	$0
Jul 25	$49,305	$0
Aug 25	$50,652	$0
Sep 25	$88,110	$0
Oct 25	$43,570	$0
Nov 25	$42,152	$2,000
Dec 25	$70,430	$0
Jan 26	$60,746	$4,000
Feb 26	$126,707	$0
Mar 26	$67,006	$0
Apr 26	$0	$41,001

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Financial timeline

2025–2026 election cycle · dated records

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Records

Registration

Office sought: U.S. Senate
State / district: Illinois · Statewide
Party affiliation: Democratic
Race status: Open seat
Candidate status: Current candidate
Election year: 2026
Registration snapshot cycle: 2025–2026
Cycles loaded: 2026
Registered address: 20175 OAK LANE · LYNWOOD, Illinois, 60411
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.

ROBIN KELLY FOR SENATEC00904300 Authorized candidateKELLY, ROBINS6IL00474
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 7, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC candidate–committee linkage. The date is local ingestion, not the original filing date.
ROBIN KELLY FOR SENATEC00904300 Connected organizationROBIN KELLY FOR CONGRESSReported 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: Apr 1, 2025 to Sep 30, 2026
Contribution refunds: $162,594
Debts owed by committees: $0
Last report: OCTOBER QUARTERLY

Source and provenance

Source agencyFederal Election Commission

Local row ingestedSep 6, 2026

Source row hash6e7e6e3a23c0a50a62d2a2c02ee47b5cb6cc9db073fd645114fb5ff1a51807cb

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KELLY, ROBIN

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