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Bill Foster

Bill Foster

Democratic · IL U.S. RepresentativeCandidate 2026

Service history

18 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2008

  • Representative IL-14 2008–present

Background

  • role U.S. representative for Illinois's 11th congressional district since 2013
  • role U.S. representative for Illinois's 14th congressional district from 2008 to 2011
  • background Physicist and businessman by background
  • background Born October 7, 1955

Campaign finance

2024 cycle

Incumbent for U.S. House IL-11 · 2026 General Election

  • $3,282,466 raised
  • $2,537,017 spent
  • $1,550,565 cash on hand
$3.28M
$3.20M
$2.05M
Itemized (≥ $200)$1.80M
Unitemized (< $200)$246.55K
Other committees (PACs)$1.16M
Transfers from other committees$5.40K
Offsets to expenditures$13.23K
Other receipts$59.92K
$2.54M
Operating expenditures$1.90M
Loan repayments$8.07K
Contribution refunds$42.32K
Other disbursements$588.83K
Cash on hand$1.55M
Debts owed by committee$1.02M

Through December 31, 2024 · FEC

Data from FEC (through Dec 31, 2024)

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Over time

Data from FEC per-cycle campaign finance

Money raised, spent, and cash on hand across every election cycle on record — toggle a series in the legend.

Bill Foster campaign finance by election cycle
Cycle RaisedSpentCash on hand
2008$5,061,269$5,047,820$13,449
2010$3,910,302$3,843,739$80,011
2012$3,540,707$3,611,721$8,998
2014$2,871,396$1,812,623$1,067,771
2016$2,981,950$1,761,940$2,287,780
2018$2,658,954$1,767,982$3,178,753
2020$2,418,561$1,861,113$3,736,201
2022$3,332,177$6,263,262$805,115
2024$3,282,466$2,537,017$1,550,565
2026$2,180,937$1,226,214$2,505,288

Track record

Assembled from Congress.gov · FEC · official disclosures — each fact links its own source

These are verifiable facts from the public record, assembled in one place and presented without judgment. They are not a score, a grade, or a ranking. Context matters: a missed vote may be excused, on leadership or committee duty, or paired; a party-unity rate reflects agenda alignment, not virtue or independence; a disclosed trade or a documented relationship is a required public filing, not evidence of wrongdoing. Each fact links to its full source below.

  • 100.0%
    Roll-call participation →

    voted in 3 recorded roll calls · chamber median 100.0%

    Missing a vote is not inherently negative — an absence can be excused, reflect leadership or committee duty, or a recorded pairing.

  • 37
    Bills sponsored →

    plus 251 cosponsored

    A count of bills introduced as the primary sponsor; most legislation never advances, regardless of who sponsors it.

  • 0
    Sponsored bills enacted →

    of 37 bills sponsored

    Whether a bill becomes law depends on the whole Congress, not the sponsor alone; substantive provisions often pass folded into other vehicles.

  • 0
    Documented positions →

    no positions documented yet

    Documented, sourced positions we have on record — the absence of a documented position is not the absence of a view.

  • 5
    Committee assignments →

    committees and subcommittees

    Committee seats are assignments made by party leadership — a measure of role and jurisdiction, not an achievement or a conflict in itself.

Assembled from CivicGate's ingested public records for Bill Foster. A fact shown as “—” means we don't yet hold that data — not that the value is zero.

Voting record

Data from Congress.gov roll-call records

100.0%
of House roll calls voted House median 100.0%

Full voting record (3 roll calls) → · Congress 119 · based on 3 of 645 recorded roll calls

See the participation leaderboard →

Committee assignments (5)

Top contributors (FEC)

Data from FEC, itemized campaign receipts

Top contributors — 2024 cycle

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor's reported employer (FEC Schedule A).

  • FERMILAB $22,943
  • NULL $18,250
  • BOSTON UNIVERSITY $17,800
  • UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO $17,560
  • NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY $17,476
  • APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT $16,900
  • HARVARD UNIVERSITY $16,000
  • ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY $15,400
  • COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY $14,900
  • BLACKSTONE $13,700

Outside spending on this race

Data from FEC, Schedule E independent expenditures

Independent expenditures are money outside groups (PACs / super-PACs) spend to support or oppose a candidate without coordinating with their campaign. What's this? →

  • 2026 cycle $10 supporting · $0 opposing · 1 outside group
  • 2024 cycle $103,208 supporting · $28,100 opposing · 5 outside groups

See the outside-money leaderboard →

Issue positions (1)

Documented + CivicGate vote-derived — stated positions link their source; derived positions come from votes on direction-tagged bills

Stock trades (STOCK Act)

Data from Stock Watcher / official disclosures

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Documented relationships

Documented facts about Foster, aggregated from public records. A documented relationship is not evidence of wrongdoing — it is context, not a conclusion.

No documented relationships of this kind on record — absence is not a finding.

Frequent co-sponsors

Data from Congress.gov

The members Foster most often co-sponsors bills with — their legislative coalition.

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Connections network

Data from Congress.gov · FEC

How Foster connects to other members, committees, and PACs — drawn only from ingested records.

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Sponsored / cosponsored bills (200)

Data from Congress.gov

200
Page 1 of 8 · 200 bills
  • HR 9941Right to IVF Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 22, 2026
  • HR 9902Federal Naming Standards ActsponsoredJul 22, 2026
  • HR 9803Protecting Immigrants From Legal Exploitation Act of 2026sponsoredJul 20, 2026
  • HR 9740Critical Materials Processing Technology Testbed ActsponsoredJul 15, 2026
  • HRES 1432Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Secretary of Health and Human Services to transmit, respectively, certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to the freeze on State-based Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Child Care and Development Fund, and Social Services Block Grant payments for California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, and New York.cosponsoredJul 14, 2026
  • HR 9676Examining Opioid Treatment Infrastructure Act of 2026sponsoredJul 13, 2026
  • HR 9675Expanding Opportunities for Recovery Act of 2026sponsoredJul 13, 2026
  • HRES 1417Remembering the lives lost and honoring the survivors 4 years after the Independence Day Parade shooting that occurred on July 4, 2022, in Highland Park, Illinois.cosponsoredJul 1, 2026
  • HR 9463National Fab Lab Network Act of 2026sponsoredJun 24, 2026
  • HR 9462Investor Choice Act of 2026sponsoredJun 24, 2026
  • HR 9370Protect Local Funding ActcosponsoredJun 17, 2026
  • HR 9259Fair Day in Court for Kids Act of 2026cosponsoredJun 10, 2026
  • HR 9272Parent PLUS Loan Fairness and Responsibility Act of 2026sponsoredJun 10, 2026
  • HR 9144Closing the Digital Divide for Students Act of 2026sponsoredJun 3, 2026
  • HR 9124Know Your Rights ActsponsoredJun 2, 2026
  • HR 8969Nuclear Forensics Authority Realignment ActsponsoredMay 20, 2026
  • HJRES 189Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Education relating to "Reimagining and Improving Student Education-Federal Student Loan Program Final Regulations".cosponsoredMay 20, 2026
  • HR 8914No Taxpayer-Funded Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2026cosponsoredMay 19, 2026
  • HRES 1285Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that over 25 years of real-world evidence and hundreds of peer-reviewed studies proving that mifepristone is safe and effective should be respected, and law and policy governing access to lifesaving, time-sensitive medication abortion care in the United States should be equitable, transparent, and based on the best available peer-reviewed evidence-based science.cosponsoredMay 13, 2026
  • HR 8831Protecting Our Democracy ActcosponsoredMay 13, 2026
  • HJRES 177Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to the withdrawal of the rule relating to "Fair Credit Reporting; Name-Only Matching Procedures".sponsoredMay 6, 2026
  • HRES 1255Supporting the designation of the week of May 4 through May 8, 2026, as "Teacher Appreciation Week".cosponsoredMay 3, 2026
  • HRES 1238Encouraging greater public-private sector collaboration to promote financial literacy for students and young adults.sponsoredApr 29, 2026
  • HRES 1210Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives in support of the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) nuclear security role.sponsoredApr 22, 2026
  • HR 8421SERVE ActcosponsoredApr 20, 2026
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Committee activity

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