Elections · U.S. House, District 9 · Illinois
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Raised for this seat
$4.1M
Through June 30, 2026
Cash on hand
$17K
Through June 30, 2026
Not on the November ballot
Abughazaleh is not on the November ballot for this seat. Daniel Biss and John Elleson are.
Who is on the ballot is a filed fact about the contest, not a judgement about a candidate. Abughazaleh's campaign finance and record below are still their own record, and their committee may still be filing.
Where the money comes from
- Small donors
- 66%$2.7M
- Large donors
- 34%$1.4M
- PACs
- <1%$12K
- Party
- --
- Self-funding
- --
- Other
- <1%$893
Separately, $1.2M 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
Register 28 days before (16 days if online), or same-day through Election Day in person.
The district they want to represent
- People
- 745K
- Median household income
- $93K
- Unemployment
- 5.5%
- Living below the poverty line
- 11.0%
- Without health insurance
- 7.4%
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.
- Kat Abughazalehthis page$4.1M
- Bushra Amiwala$1.2M
- Phil Andrew$1.4M
- Daniel Biss$2.9M
- Jeff Cohen$793K
- Laura Fine$2.8M
- Hoan Huynh$1.0M
Muted rows are campaigns not on the November ballot; this page's own row keeps its weight so the comparison stays readable. Also on the ballot with no FEC filing, so no row: John Elleson. Showing 7 of the 12 campaigns that hold the seat, are on the ballot, or have $25,000 raised or outside spending, not counting campaigns that ended before any ballot; every filing is on the race page.
Spending to support them
$2.3K- Unity & Justice Fund$2.3K
Spending to oppose them
$1.2M- Chicago Progressive Partnership$1.2M
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.
In their own words
What Abughazaleh's campaign says it would work on.
The priorities Abughazaleh's own campaign site lists, quoted as written there. They are what the campaign says. Nobody has voted on them.
- “Anti Authoritarianism”
- “Basic Existence”
- “Climate Change”
- “Corporate Consolidation”
- “Democratic Reform”
- “Education”
- “Fairer Taxes”
- “Free & Sovereign Palestine”
- “Ending Antisemitism”
- “Gun Violence”
- “Healthcare”
- “Housing”
Quoted from katforillinois.com, read August 14, 2026. A campaign site changes; this is what it said on that date. Curia quotes these and does not check, rate or rank them.
Record in office
Abughazaleh 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.
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.
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