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Jonathan L. Jackson

Jonathan L. Jackson

Democratic · IL U.S. RepresentativeCandidate 2026

Service history

4 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2023

  • Representative IL-1 2023–present

Background

  • role U.S. representative for Illinois's 1st congressional district since 2023
  • background Previously national spokesman for the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition
  • background Worked as a financial analyst and a partner in a Chicago beer distributorship
  • background Son of Rev. Jesse Jackson
  • background Born January 7, 1966

Campaign finance

2022 cycle

Incumbent for U.S. House IL-01 · 2026 General Election

  • $793,219 raised
  • $792,115 spent
  • $1,103 cash on hand
$793.22K
$683.17K
$551.30K
Itemized (≥ $200)$509.18K
Unitemized (< $200)$42.11K
Other committees (PACs)$131.87K
Transfers from other committees$34.57K
$75.00K
Made by candidate$75.00K
Offsets to expenditures$482.85
$792.12K
Operating expenditures$788.42K
Contribution refunds$3.70K
Cash on hand$1.10K
Debts owed by committee$110.74K

Through December 31, 2022 · FEC

Data from FEC (through Dec 31, 2022)

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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.

Jonathan L. Jackson campaign finance by election cycle
Cycle RaisedSpentCash on hand
2022$793,219$792,115$1,103
2024$654,095$601,510$53,688
2026$418,350$424,875$47,163

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.

  • 8
    Bills sponsored →

    plus 544 cosponsored

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

  • 0
    Sponsored bills enacted →

    of 8 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.

  • 6
    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.

  • 186
    Disclosed stock trades →

    74 tickers · 34 in a sector a committee they sit on oversees

    Disclosed trades are legally required public filings (STOCK Act), not evidence of wrongdoing; trades may be executed by a manager or held in a blind trust.

Assembled from CivicGate's ingested public records for Jonathan L. Jackson. 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 (6)

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).

  • ARISTA NETWORKS INC. $13,200
  • VERANDAH $13,200
  • MEDSTAR LABORATORY INC. $9,300
  • CLAYTON LAW FIRM $6,800
  • EAGLES LANDING PARTNERS $6,600
  • EAST LAKE $6,600
  • THE YUCAIPA COMPANIES, LLC $6,600
  • APS & ASSOIATES $4,700
  • ICL INC. $4,300
  • ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY $3,800

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 Jackson, 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 Jackson most often co-sponsors bills with — their legislative coalition.

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Connections network

Data from Congress.gov · FEC

How Jackson 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 10063Green New Deal for Public Housing ActcosponsoredAug 5, 2026
  • HR 10013Compassionate Care ActcosponsoredAug 2, 2026
  • HR 9983Lori Jackson-Nicolette Elias Domestic Violence Survivor Protection ActcosponsoredJul 29, 2026
  • HR 9958To amend the Head Start Act to expand and improve participation in Head Start programs, and for other purposes.cosponsoredJul 26, 2026
  • HR 9941Right to IVF Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 22, 2026
  • HRES 1451Recognizing Charleston as the appropriate host city for the 2027 annual meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly.cosponsoredJul 22, 2026
  • HR 9898Transportation for Reentry ActcosponsoredJul 22, 2026
  • HR 9944TPS Review ActcosponsoredJul 22, 2026
  • HR 9877To improve the health of minority individuals, and for other purposes.cosponsoredJul 21, 2026
  • HRES 1450Condemning all forms of hate.cosponsoredJul 21, 2026
  • HR 9849Tuskegee Airmen Memorial Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 21, 2026
  • HCONRES 114Recognizing the significance of equal pay and the disparity in wages paid to men and to Black women.cosponsoredJul 20, 2026
  • HR 9817Justice for Incarcerated Moms ActcosponsoredJul 20, 2026
  • HR 9733Interagency Council on Affordable Housing Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 15, 2026
  • HCONRES 112Recognizing the need to improve physical access to many federally funded facilities for all persons of the United States, particularly persons with disabilities.cosponsoredJul 14, 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 9688High Court Gift Ban ActcosponsoredJul 13, 2026
  • HRES 1427Expressing support for the designation of July 10th as Journeyman Lineworkers Recognition Day.cosponsoredJul 12, 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 9540Community Housing Act of 2026cosponsoredJun 29, 2026
  • HR 9548Blair Holt Firearm Owner Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2026sponsoredJun 29, 2026
  • HR 9544Save MEDICARE Act of 2026cosponsoredJun 29, 2026
  • HR 9489GRACE for Military Survivors ActcosponsoredJun 24, 2026
  • HR 9494Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 2026cosponsoredJun 24, 2026
  • HR 9493Home Internet Accessibility ActcosponsoredJun 24, 2026
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