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Bill Foster

Bill Foster is a Democratic incumbent in Illinois's 11th district. $2.2M raised, $1.2M spent, $2.5M cash through Jun 30, 2026. On the November ballot

$2.2Mraised
$1.2Mspent
$2.5Mcash on hand
Campaign finance$2.2M raised

Flags are rules applied to FEC totals, not judgements. Reported

Raised$2.2M
Spent$1.2M
Cash on hand$2.5M
Campaign finance
MeasureAmount
Raised (total receipts)$2,180,937
Spent (disbursements)$1,226,214
Cash on hand$2,505,288
Debts owed by campaign$1,017,995
Filing covers throughJun 30, 2026

Reported Self-reported to the FEC.

Record in Congressage 71 · 9 terms · votes right of 43% of the House
71age on Election Day
9House terms (since 2008)
Democratparty in Congress

Voting record

-10+1more liberalmore conservativeFoster
Voting record
MeasureValue
DW-NOMINATE score (first dimension)-0.24
Votes more conservative than43% of House members
Democratic median / Republican median-0.40 / +0.53
Roll-call votes counted569

Estimate DW-NOMINATE (Voteview, UCLA) scales members from their roll-call votes in the 119th Congress: negative is more liberal, positive more conservative. It describes voting patterns, not views on any one issue. See the member on Voteview.

Official House website · Official biography (Congress)

Reported Facts from the public congress-legislators dataset, current to 2026-10-15.

Public attention4,952 views in 30 days
4,952Wikipedia views, last 30 days
#200 of 461among candidates in the race with an article

Reported Page views of Bill Foster (politician) on English Wikipedia, 2026-09-14 to 2026-10-13 (Wikimedia). Views show curiosity, not support: long-serving incumbents have older, better-known articles, and many challengers have none.

Where the money comes fromindividuals, PACs, party, self
Individual donors 55%PACs and other committees 38%Other (refunds, transfers, loans) 7%
Funding mix
Source of moneyAmountShare of receipts
Individual donors$1,197,85154.9%
PACs and other committees$833,00038.2%
Other (refunds, transfers, loans)$150,0866.9%
This raceIL-11, rank #1 of 2

Bill Foster ranks #1 of 2 in reported fundraising in this race.

IL-11 · Illinois · Democratic candidates · House forecasts

Elsewhere: Wikipedia · Wikidata · Official website · X (Twitter) · links matched through Wikidata and checked against the member or candidate record

Sources and methodFEC

All figures come from the Federal Election Commission and cover each filing period through Jun 30, 2026. FEC ID H8IL14067, committee C00435099. Filed with the FEC as G. William (bill) Foster. View the official record.

Ballot status: listed as a nominee in Wikipedia's article for this state (CC BY-SA), matched to this FEC record by name.