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PROGRESSIVE CHOICES PAC

DemocraticLinked candidatePAC (qualified) · Leadership PAC · Monthly filerC00381806

Overview

Raised: $64.6Kvs $264K 2023–2024
Spent: $65.1Kvs $253K 2023–2024
Cash on hand: $30Kvs $30.6K 2023–2024
Debts owed: $0vs $0 2023–2024

FEC bulk summary totals through Aug 31, 2026; figures change when amended reports are filed.

Raised is total receipts and Spent is total disbursements as the committee reported them; 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.

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 connections

Candidate campaign receiving transfers
BEAN, MELISSA LUBURICHDemocraticFEC reported
U.S. House · Illinois · District 8
Election 2026 · Open seat · Current candidate
Receiving campaign: MELISSA BEAN FOR CONGRESS
Candidate details & sources
FEC candidate ID: H6IL08329 · 2025–2026 reporting cycle
Candidate campaign receiving transfers
BISS, DANIEL

Money in

Sources

Other committees$22K

Largest itemized receipts

OPPENHEIMER, SUSAN100% DemocraticDerived from contributions$5,000SELF · Aug 17, 2026
OPPENHEIMER, EDWARDDemocraticDerived from contributions$5,000OPPENHEIMER FAMILY FOUNDATION · Aug 17, 2026
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E98% Democratic-aligned activity · 1% unclassifiedInferred from activity$5,000Feb 4, 2025
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL AND TRANSPORTATION WORKERS POLITICAL A92% Democratic-aligned activity · 6% unclassifiedInferred from activity

Money out

Spending by kind

Contributions to committees$50K

Largest disbursements

GERSTEN, SARAH$5,370FUNDRAISING CONSULTING · Dec 18, 2025
CHASE CARD SERVICES$573ITEMIZED TRANSACTIONS BELOW · Nov 12, 2025
CHASE CARD SERVICES$531ITEMIZED TRANSACTIONS BELOW · Oct 20, 2025
ACTBLUE TECHNICAL SERVICES$395CREDIT CARD PROCESSING FEES · Aug 17, 2025
DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF EVANSTON$300OFFICE SPACE RENTAL · Jun 25, 2025
DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF EVANSTON$300OFFICE SPACE RENTAL · Mar 1, 2025
DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF EVANSTON$300OFFICE RENT · Jun 23, 2026
DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF EVANSTON$300OFFICE RENT · Mar 19, 2026
DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF EVANSTON$300OFFICE RENT · Dec 11, 2025
DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF EVANSTON$300OFFICE RENT · Sep 15, 2025

Over time

Itemized receipts and reported spending by month

Data

Month	Raised	Spent
Feb 25	$5,000	$0
Mar 25	$0	-$2,000
May 25	$0	$3,500
Jun 25	$0	$2,000
Jul 25	$11,000	$1,000
Aug 25	$21,500	$0
Sep 25	$0	$5,000
Oct 25	$3,500	$1,000
Nov 25	$3,000	$0
Dec 25	$9,800	$1,000
Jan 26	$0	$20,000
Feb 26	$0	$6,000
Mar 26	$0	$3,000
May 26	$0	$5,500
Jun 26	$0	$2,000
Jul 26	$0	$2,000
Aug 26	$10,000	$0

Months follow the reported transaction date; itemized records only, so unitemized small-dollar giving is not in the bars.

Money network · top contributors and recipients as a graph

Records

Registration

Committee type: PAC (qualified)
Designation: Leadership PAC
Party affiliation: No party affiliation reported
Treasurer: LENNON, KAREN
Filing cadence: Monthly filer
Organization type: Not reported
Connected organization: Not reported
Registration snapshot cycle: 2025–2026
Cycles loaded: 2026, 2024
Registered address: P.O. BOX 58 · EVANSTON, IL, 60204

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.

PROGRESSIVE CHOICES PACC00381806 Leadership PAC sponsorSCHAKOWSKY, JANICE DH8IL09067
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1809424Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.

FEC-reported relationships

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Political alignment

Registration, linked-candidate, and disclosed money-flow evidence

Evidence-based classificationDemocraticDemocraticLinked candidate

FEC registration: PAC (qualified); no party affiliation reported. Classification basis: Linked candidate. This describes disclosed financial activity, not an official party registration or ideological score. The figures below separately preserve the filer’s Schedule E support and opposition designations.

No candidate support/oppose spending foundThis cycle has no locally ingested Schedule E rows for this committee. Registration, linked-candidate, committee-transfer, and recipient-reported conduit evidence can still establish the alignment shown above.

$0 supporting · $0 opposing · 0 rowsOfficial FEC outside spending ↗

Overview

Candidate connections

Money in

Sources

Largest itemized receipts

Money out

Spending by kind

Largest disbursements

Over time

Records

FEC-reported relationships

FEC-reported relationships

Political alignment

FEC-reported relationships

Cash, assets & liabilities

Money network

Over time