Elections · U.S. House, District 8 · Illinois

Melissa Bean

Democrat On the November ballot

On the November ballot

Bean faces Jennifer Davis for this seat on November 3, 2026.

Melissa Beanthis pageDemocrat · $2.1M

The general-election ballot as recorded October 12, 2026, not a prediction. Official candidate list: Illinois State Board of Elections. Minor-party and write-in filers are on the race page.

The whole race

Where the money comes from

1%from small donors

Small donors: 1%$26K
Large donors: 69%$1.4M
PACs: 13%$276K
Party: --
Self-funding: 16%$323K
Other: 1%$21K

Separately, $5.5M in independent expenditures was reported for and against 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: 747K
Median household income: $100K
Unemployment: 4.5%
Living below the poverty line: 7.4%
Without health insurance: 7.9%

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; their money is still their own filed record. Showing 7 of the 10 campaigns that hold the seat, are on the ballot, or have $25,000 raised or outside spending; every filing is on the race page.

The whole race

Spending to support them

$5.5M

Elect Chicago Women$4.0M
New Democrat Majority$935K
Protect Progress$557K
Cryptocurrency industry (Democratic-directed)
Cryptocurrency industry (Democratic-directed)
DMFI PAC$382
Sierra Club Independent Action$10

Spending to oppose them

$60K

Justice Democrats PAC$57K
The People's Lobby$2.2K
Progressive Change Campaign Committee$650

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

Bean 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 melissabeanforcongress.com

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

Cite this page

Project Curia. "Melissa Bean: 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-08/H6IL08329

The citation names the source data used for this record.