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

Mike Simmons

Democrat Not on the November ballot

Not on the November ballot

Simmons 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. Simmons'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

15%from small donors

Small donors: 15%$70K
Large donors: 80%$371K
PACs: 5%$25K
Party: --
Self-funding: --
Other: <1%$825

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: 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.

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.

The whole race

In their own words

What Simmons's campaign says it would work on.

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

“Human Rights”
“Income Inequality”
“Education & Schools”
“Transportation and Pedestrian / Cyclist Safety”
“Mental Health Care”
“Access to Healthcare”
“Housing”
“Climate Change”

Quoted from mikesimmons.org, 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

Simmons 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. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.

Cite this page

Project Curia. "Mike Simmons: 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; https://www.mikesimmons.org campaign website. Data as of 2026-10-12. /elections/candidate/H-IL-09/H6IL09293

The citation names the source data used for this record.