Elections · U.S. House, District 9 · Illinois
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Raised for this seat
$466K
Through June 30, 2026
Cash on hand
$7K
Through June 30, 2026
Not on the November ballot
Simmons 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. Simmons'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
- 15%$70K
- Large donors
- 79%$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, 2026In 10 weeks
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, in ballot order, not money order.
- Katherine Abughazaleh$4.1M
- Bushra Amiwala$1.2M
- Philip Andrew$1.4M
- Daniel Biss$2.9M
- Laura Fine$2.8M
- Khai-Hoan Huynh$1.0M
- Mike Simmonsthis page$466K
Muted rows are campaigns not on the November ballot; this page's own row keeps its weight so the comparison stays readable. Showing 7 of 14 funded campaigns; every filing is on the race page.
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 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. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.