U.S. Representative · IL · District 17
Eric Sorensen
DemocratTerm through January 2027
Funding profile · 2023–2024 cycle
10% of the money Sorensen raised came from small donors.
More grassroots-funded than 67% of the House.
Sorensen raised $5.0M across the two-year election cycle (2023–2024), and ended the period with $113K cash on hand. Here is where the money came from.
- Small donors
- 10%$0.5M
- Large donors
- 55%$2.8M
- Bundled
- 3%$0.2M
- PACs
- 26%$1.3M
- Other
- 6%$0.3M
Against the house
How Sorensen compares to the typical member.
- Small-donor share
- 10%vs 5% house median
- PAC share
- 26%vs 37% house median
Who has a stake in Sorensen
The organizations behind the money.
Sorensen's largest organized backing comes from AIPAC. That counts the group's own PAC check plus the individual donations it bundled, not just the direct check.
Money organized for Sorensen
AIPAC›
$86K
AIPAC›
$86K
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a pro-Israel lobby that both gives directly and bundles individual donations; its super PAC (United Democracy Project) runs large independent campaigns in primaries.
Who it funds, across Congress
59% Democrats · 40% Republicans · $38.7M to 359 members
Outside spending, by party
Spent $13.9M to elect Democrats; $5.0M to defeat Democrats.
Zinc Collective PAC›$37K
Who it funds, across Congress
100% Democrats · 0% Republicans · $693K to 25 members
Jstreetpac›$35K
J Street's PAC, a liberal pro-Israel group that backs candidates supporting a two-state solution, often a counterweight to AIPAC.
Who it funds, across Congress
100% Democrats · 0% Republicans · $4.0M to 144 members
Swing Left›$14K
Who it funds, across Congress
100% Democrats · 0% Republicans · $895K to 34 members
Ameripac: The Fund For A Greater America›$13K
Who it funds, across Congress
100% Democrats · 0% Republicans · $1.0M to 79 members
› What is organized money?
An organization reaches a member two ways. Its own PAC writes a direct check. And it bundles: it gathers individual donations from its supporters and routes them through its conduit. Both count here as one “organized” total. The bundled part is already inside the individual giving shown in the funding mix above. Here it is regrouped by the organization that gathered it, so you can see who did the organizing.
The same money, by industry
Which industries have a stake.
The same organized money, grouped by the industry of the organization that moved it. It shows the interests behind Sorensen's backing, not just the individual groups.
Plus $500K from organizations whose FEC name did not sort into an industry.
The money spent about Sorensen
Spent for or against.
Outside groups also spend on their own to elect or defeat Sorensen, running ads for or against the race. This money never passes through the campaign, so it is counted apart from the money organized for Sorensen.
Fairshake$817K
To help Sorensen$817KTo hurt Sorensen—Equality PAC$135K
To help Sorensen$135KTo hurt Sorensen—Americans For Prosperity Action›$87K
To help Sorensen—To hurt Sorensen$87KAmericans for Prosperity Action, the super PAC of the Koch network, spending independently for mostly conservative candidates.
United Steelworkers Political Action Fund$110
To help Sorensen$110To hurt Sorensen—
Fairshake$817K—$817K
Equality PAC$135K—$135K
Americans For Prosperity Action›—$87K$87K
Americans For Prosperity Action
Americans for Prosperity Action, the super PAC of the Koch network, spending independently for mostly conservative candidates.
United Steelworkers Political Action Fund›$110—$110
United Steelworkers Political Action Fund
FEC filings, 2023–2024 cycle · as of August 2026 · showing the top 5 funders of 271 organizations with a stake
About this data
FEC-disclosed receipts for the 2023–2024 cycle. This is the disclosed money only. Spending by outside groups that do not reveal their donors, the dark money that set a record in 2024, never appears in these figures.
Every percentage here is a share of all receipts, not of individual contributions only. So the small-donor share counts transfers, loans, and other money in its base, and can read higher than figures that divide only by individual money.
PAC figures are contributions to Sorensen's campaign committee from FEC filings. Industry labels are grouped from each committee's name and are approximate. Joint fundraising committees and small-dollar conduits like ActBlue and WinRed are not counted.
Support for requiring the groups that spend on elections to name their donors, across both parties. Congress has not passed the DISCLOSE Act.
Where Sorensen stands