GHESS, BENJAMIN
Reported identity cluster · not a verified person-level entity.
Contribution summary
Latest amendment per committee transaction ID · memo rows excluded from net
Reported identity evidence
Raw context retained from FEC Schedule A rows
- Reported names linked
- GHESS, BENJAMIN
- Reported ZIPs seen
- 60616
- Occupation and employer
- ATTORNEYSELF EMPLOYEDCategory: Self-Employed & FreelanceATTORNEYSELF-EMPLOYEDCategory: Self-Employed & Freelance
- What is linked
- Exact filed name + first five ZIP digits within this cycle
- Category
- Self-Employed & Freelance
Reported employment categories, not company industries.
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How these records are matched
A conservative grouping of federal contribution rows with this exact filed name and five-digit ZIP. ZIP+4 extensions are retained as evidence but ignored for matching. This is a reported identity cluster, not yet a verified person-level entity.
Contributions by recipient party and committee type
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Recipient party affiliation
Contributions grouped by each recipient’s reported party or inferred alignment
Recipient committee type
Type of political committee receiving the contribution
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Money network
Contributor-to-committee connections sized by absolute reported transaction total
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Contributions by recipient committee
3 recipient committees · largest reported totals first · expand an arrow for transactions
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Principal candidate campaign
KELLY, ROBINDemocraticFEC reportedU.S. Senate · Illinois · Statewide
Candidate details & sources
FEC candidate ID:
S6IL00474· 2025–2026 reporting cycle
Principal candidate campaign
BISS, DANIELDemocraticFEC reportedU.S. House · Illinois · District 9
Candidate details & sources
FEC candidate ID:
H6IL09228· 2025–2026 reporting cycle
Principal candidate campaign
KELLY, ROBINDemocraticFEC reportedU.S. House · Illinois · District 2
Candidate details & sources
FEC candidate ID:
H2IL02172· 2025–2026 reporting cycle
Source & identity status
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The FEC publishes names and addresses as reported, but does not assign a persistent ID to each individual contributor. GovMoneyGraph links variants here only when employer and location or occupation evidence corroborates compatible names; conflicting middle initials remain separate. These heuristic clusters stay reviewable until promoted into the persistent entity graph through the labeled gold-set process.