Mike Bost
Mike Bost is a Republican incumbent in Illinois's 12th district. $1.3M raised, $890K spent, $790K cash through Jun 30, 2026. On the November ballot
Campaign finance$1.3M raised
- 61% of receipts came from PACs and other committees ($811K) What this flag means
Flags are rules applied to FEC totals, not judgements. Reported
| Measure | Amount |
|---|---|
| Raised (total receipts) | $1,327,225 |
| Spent (disbursements) | $889,522 |
| Cash on hand | $789,999 |
| Debts owed by campaign | $0 |
| Filing covers through | Jun 30, 2026 |
Reported Self-reported to the FEC.
Record in Congressage 65 · 6 terms · votes right of 61% of the House
Voting record
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| DW-NOMINATE score (first dimension) | +0.40 |
| Votes more conservative than | 61% of House members |
| Democratic median / Republican median | -0.40 / +0.53 |
| Roll-call votes counted | 568 |
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.
Financial disclosurepartly read, filed 2026-08-12
Annual report for 2025, filed 2026-08-12. We could read 26 of the 27 asset lines in this report, so we show those and no totals: a total from a partial read would mislead. Open the official report (PDF)
| Asset | Type code | Owner | Value range |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Bank & Trust | BA | SP | $1,001 to $15K |
| D : White House Saloon - Spouses business a/c First Bank & Trust | BA | JT | $50K to $100K |
| D : Joint Checking First Bank & Trust | BA | JT | $50K to $100K |
| D : Savings First Bank & Trust Murphysboro | PS | self | $1 to $1,000 |
| D : Stock was inherited from his father. First of Murphysboro Corp | PS | self | $50K to $100K |
| D : Stock was inherited from his father. State of Illinois | DB | self | none |
| D : Mike's pension from the State of Illinois. Atmos Wealth Management ⇒ SP $15,001 - $50,000 Tax-Deferred Amazon.com, Inc. - Common Stock ( | ST | SP | $1,001 to $15K |
| D : Tracy's IRA Atmos Wealth Management ⇒ Atmos Wealth Management (IRA Held in Cash) | IH | SP | $1,001 to $15K |
| D : Tracy's IRA Atmos Wealth Management ⇒ Bassett Furniture Industries, Incorporated - Common Stock (BSET) | ST | SP | $1,001 to $15K |
| D : Tracy's IRA Atmos Wealth Management ⇒ Cornerstone Strategic Investment Fund, Inc. Common Shares (CLM) | ST | SP | $1,001 to $15K |
| D : Tracy's IRA Atmos Wealth Management ⇒ Embecta Corp. - Common Stock (EMBC) | ST | SP | $1 to $1,000 |
| D : Tracy's IRA Atmos Wealth Management ⇒ fuboTV Inc. Common Stock (FUBO) | ST | SP | $1 to $1,000 |
| D : Tracy's IRA Atmos Wealth Management ⇒ Lithium Americas (LAAC) | ST | SP | $1 to $1,000 |
| D : Tracy's IRA Atmos Wealth Management ⇒ Lithium Americas Corp. Common Shares (LAC) | ST | SP | $1 to $1,000 |
| D : Tracy's IRA Atmos Wealth Management ⇒ LL Flooring Holdings, Inc. Common Stock (LL) | ST | SP | none |
| D : Tracy's IRA Atmos Wealth Management ⇒ Newell Brands Inc. (NWL) | ST | SP | $1,001 to $15K |
| D : Tracy's IRA Atmos Wealth Management ⇒ Verizon Communications Inc. Common Stock (VZ) | ST | SP | $1,001 to $15K |
| D : Tracy's IRA Atmos Wealth Management ⇒ Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. - Series A Common Stock (WBD) | ST | SP | $1,001 to $15K |
| D : Tracy's IRA Atmost Wealth Management ⇒ AMCAP Fund, Class A Shares A (AMCPX) | MF | self | $15K to $50K |
| D : Mike's Account Atmost Wealth Management ⇒ American Funds Investment Co of America A (AIVSX) | MF | self | $15K to $50K |
| D : Mike's Account Atmost Wealth Management ⇒ Polar Investment (IRA) | IH | self | $1 to $1,000 |
| D : Cash portion of IRA Atmost Wealth Management ⇒ The Growth Fund of America Class A Shares (AGTHX) | MF | self | $50K to $100K |
| D : Mike's Account Atmost Wealth Management ⇒ The Income Fund of America, Class A Shares (AMECX) | MF | self | $15K to $50K |
| D : Mike's Account Atmost Wealth Management ⇒ Washington Mutual Invs Fd Cl A Shs (AWSHX) | MF | self | $15K to $50K |
| D : Mike's account previously known as Polar Investments Polar Investment ⇒ Becton, Dickinson and Company Common Stock (BDX) | ST | SP | $1,001 to $15K |
| D : Tracy's IRA White House Salon ⇒ White House Salon, 100% Interest | OL | SP | $15K to $50K |
Reported Values are bands, as filed. Parsed automatically; the PDF is the record.
Public attention5,339 views in 30 days
Reported Page views of Mike Bost 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
| Source of money | Amount | Share of receipts |
|---|---|---|
| Individual donors | $512,599 | 38.6% |
| PACs and other committees | $810,987 | 61.1% |
| Party committees | $250 | 0.0% |
| Other (refunds, transfers, loans) | $3,389 | 0.3% |
This raceIL-12, rank #1 of 2
Mike Bost ranks #1 of 2 in reported fundraising in this race.
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 H4IL12060, committee C00546499. Filed with the FEC as Michael Bost. 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.