BOTSFORD, STEVE

DemocraticFEC reportedDemocratic candidate · U.S. Senate · Illinois · Statewide · Election 2026 · Open seatS6IL00656

Overview

Raised: $372.7K
Spent: $372.6K
Cash on hand: $100
Debts owed: $0

OpenFEC processed candidate totals through Jun 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+13.6

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

The Democrat’s chance of winning

Data

Date	Chance of winning
Oct 7, 2026	99%
Nov 4, 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: $129,071
BOTSFORD, STEVE JR. received 100.0% of positive itemized operating spending in BOTSFORD FOR ILLINOIS's report. This is a concentration pattern for review.
Evidence date: Dec 31, 2025
Operating expenditures concentrated at one payee →Associated amount: $101,792
BOTSFORD, STEVE JR. received 100.0% of positive itemized operating spending in BOTSFORD FOR ILLINOIS's report. This is a concentration pattern for review.
Evidence date: Sep 30, 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. Senate · Illinois · Statewide
Reported party: Democratic
Election year: 2026
Race status: Open seat
Candidate status: Current candidate
Principal campaign committee: BOTSFORD FOR ILLINOIS (C00920348)

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 Steve Botsford? Read the article →

Sources

Itemized individual contributions$8,450
Unitemized individual contributions$1,267
Candidate contributions$363K
Other receipts$7

Top contributors

BOTSFORD, STEVE JR.$363K37 contributions
BOTSFORD, KATHLEENDemocraticDerived from contributions$3,5001 contribution
MAYER, RICHARDDemocraticDerived from contributions$1,0001 contribution
MCAUELY, THOMAS

Money out

Spending by kind

Operating expenditures$372.6K

Largest operating payments

CAUSAL IQ$45KADVERTISING · Feb 9, 2026
BOTSFORD, STEVE JR.$31.6KIN-KIND - COMMUNICATIONS CONSULTING · Oct 23, 2025
BOTSFORD, STEVE JR.$30KIN-KIND - MEDIA · Sep 11, 2025
BOTSFORD, STEVE JR.$27.3KIN-KIND - COMMUNICATIONS CONSULTING · Oct 2, 2025
REIN STRATEGIES$27KADVERTISING - SOCIAL MEDIA · Feb 4, 2026
REIN STRATEGIES$27KADVERTISING - SOCIAL MEDIA · Jan 7, 2026
BOTSFORD, STEVE JR.$17.5KIN-KIND - DIGITAL ADVERTISING · Dec 1, 2025
BOTSFORD, STEVE JR.$17.5KIN-KIND - DIGITAL ADVERTISING · Nov 5, 2025
BOTSFORD, STEVE JR.$16.9KIN-KIND - COMMUNICATIONS CONSULTING · Sep 25, 2025
CAUSAL IQ$15.7K

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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: 1155 WEST WRIGHTWOOD AVE · UNIT CH · CHICAGO, Illinois, 60614
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.

BOTSFORD FOR ILLINOISC00920348 Authorized candidateBOTSFORD, STEVES6IL00656
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 Jun 30, 2026
Contribution refunds: $0
Debts owed by committees: $0
Last report: TERMINATION REPORT

Source and provenance

Source agencyFederal Election Commission

Local row ingestedSep 6, 2026

Source row hashd7931d27321cab23e63ab40083d396c23d6afc2b99ae60a0495d963549f5a1c3

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Month	Raised	Spent
Jul 25	$240	$0
Aug 25	$4,500	$0
Sep 25	$79,051	$0
Oct 25	$75,471	$0
Nov 25	$20,467	$0
Dec 25	$159,444	$0
Jan 26	$875	$0
Feb 26	$8,273	$0
Mar 26	$4,120	$0

BOTSFORD, STEVE

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