Elections · U.S. House, District 9 · Illinois

Daniel Biss

Democrat On the November ballot

Not on the November ballot

Biss is not on the November ballot for this seat. Daniel Biss and John Elleson are.

A primary result is a filed fact about a contest, not a judgement about a candidate. Biss'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

5%from small donors

Small donors: 5%$147K
Large donors: 88%$2.6M
PACs: 7%$206K
Party: --
Self-funding: <1%$3K
Other: <1%$4K

Separately, $2.6M 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, 2026In 10 weeks

All dates and rules

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, in ballot order, not money order.

Muted rows are campaigns not on the November ballot; their money is still their own filed record. Showing 7 of 14 funded campaigns; every filing is on the race page.

The whole race

Spending to support them

$1.2M

Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC$547K
314 Action Fund$410K
Pro-science, Democratic-aligned
Pro-science, Democratic-aligned
J Street Action Fund$150K
Medicare for All$98K
Local 881 United Food and Commercial Workers Political Action Fund$15K

Spending to oppose them

$1.4M

Elect Chicago Women$1.4M

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 Biss's campaign says it would work on.

The priorities Biss's own campaign site lists, quoted as written there. They are what the campaign says. Nobody has voted on them.

“The Future We Deserve Agenda”
“Rebuilding an Economy that Works for Everyone”
“Empowering Workers to Organize”
“Bold Action to Respond to the Climate Crisis”
“Cleaning Up Corruption and Restoring Trust in Our Democracy”
“Combating Income Inequality By Taking on Wealth Hoarding”
“Holding Big Tech Accountable”
“Rein in the Trump Administration and Executive Power”
“Protecting Civil Rights and Civil Liberties for All”
“A Foreign Policy Rooted in Peace, Democracy, and Global Justice”
“A Welcoming Immigration Policy”
“Ending Gun Violence with Common Sense Reform”

Quoted from danielbiss.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

Biss has not held this office, so there is no federal voting record, no cosponsorships and no committee service to report.

That absence is not a position for or against anything; it is what a first federal campaign looks like in the public record.

Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Portrait: Charles Edward Miller via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.