Elections · U.S. House, District 2 · Illinois

Jesse Jackson Jr.

Democrat Not on the November ballot

Not on the November ballot

Jackson is not on the November ballot for this seat. Donna Miller and Michael Noack are.

Who is on the ballot is a filed fact about the contest, not a judgement about a candidate. Jackson's campaign finance and record below are still their own record, and their committee may still be filing.

The whole race

Where the money comes from

12%from small donors

Small donors: 12%$44K
Large donors: 72%$264K
PACs: 8%$29K
Party: <1%$2.5K
Self-funding: <1%$1.1K
Other: 7%$26K

Separately, $1.4M in independent expenditures was reported supporting this candidate by outside committees. That money is not the candidate's receipts and is not part of the mix above.

Receipts reported through June 30, 2026. Source: FEC.

How to vote in Illinois

General electionNovember 3, 2026

All dates and rules

The district they want to represent

People: 743K
Median household income: $64K
Unemployment: 9.4%
Living below the poverty line: 17.8%
Without health insurance: 7.5%

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate.

Against the field for this seat

Each campaign's reported receipts on one shared scale, incumbent first and then by name, never in money order.

Muted rows are campaigns not on the November ballot; this page's own row keeps its weight so the comparison stays readable. A hollow row is a candidate with no finance report on file yet, not one who raised nothing.

The whole race

Spending to support them

$1.4M

Think Big$1.4M

Spending to oppose them

No committee has filed independent spending in this direction.

How these directions are decided

Independent expenditures reported to the FEC. The supporting or opposing direction is each committee's own declared filing, not an interpretation, and a group spending against a candidate is not necessarily spending for their opponent. Outside money is not the campaign's money and is never added to what they raised.

Record in office

Jackson does not hold a seat in Congress now, so there is no current voting record, cosponsorships or committee service to show here.

That absence is not a position for or against anything.

What the campaign says, on jessejacksonjrforcongress.com

Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Portrait: Wikimedia Commons, see Commons. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.

Cite this page

Project Curia. "Jesse Jackson Jr.: Illinois House candidate, 2026." Sources: Federal Election Commission candidate and committee filings; National Conference of State Legislatures election dates and voter-registration rules; Illinois State Board of Elections ballot records; U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Data as of 2026-10-12. /elections/candidate/H-IL-02/H6IL02124

The citation names the source data used for this record.