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Raja Krishnamoorthi

Raja Krishnamoorthi

Democratic · IL U.S. RepresentativeCandidate 2026

Service history

10 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2017

  • Representative IL-8 2017–present

Background

  • role U.S. representative for Illinois's 8th congressional district since 2017
  • achievement First Indian American or person of South Asian descent to serve as ranking member or chair of a full committee in Congress
  • background Served as a special assistant attorney general before entering Congress
  • background Attorney, born in New Delhi and raised in Peoria, Illinois
  • background Born July 19, 1973

Campaign finance

2016 cycle

Incumbent for U.S. House IL-08 · 2026 General Election

  • $3,572,635 raised
  • $2,646,752 spent
  • $925,883 cash on hand
$3.57M
$3.57M
$2.98M
Itemized (≥ $200)$2.76M
Unitemized (< $200)$216.14K
Other committees (PACs)$583.01K
Candidate self-funding$13.46K
Offsets to expenditures$378.29
Other receipts$374.33
$2.65M
Operating expenditures$2.49M
Contribution refunds$10.15K
Other disbursements$148.78K
Cash on hand$925.88K
Debts owed by committee$1.05K

Through December 31, 2016 · FEC

Data from FEC (through Dec 31, 2016)

Finance updated: not yet pulled

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.

Raja Krishnamoorthi campaign finance by election cycle
Cycle RaisedSpentCash on hand
2016$3,572,635$2,646,752$925,883
2018$5,315,280$1,964,491$4,276,672
2020$6,411,078$2,259,903$8,427,847
2022$8,498,368$5,739,546$11,186,669
2024$10,897,838$4,973,013$17,111,494
2026$3,916,222$20,979,463$48,254

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.

  • 41
    Bills sponsored →

    plus 712 cosponsored

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

  • 0
    Sponsored bills enacted →

    of 41 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.

Assembled from CivicGate's ingested public records for Raja Krishnamoorthi. 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).

  • KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP $165,419
  • KIRKLAND & ELLIS $108,249
  • GOOGLE $24,750
  • MCKINSEY & COMPANY $24,300
  • ACCENTURE $21,500
  • NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY $21,155
  • MAYER BROWN LLP $17,450
  • NULL $16,550
  • COGAN POWER $14,900
  • CLIFFORD LAW OFFICES $14,800

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 $0 supporting · $3,750 opposing · 1 outside group
  • 2024 cycle $10 supporting · $0 opposing · 1 outside group

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

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Connections network

Data from Congress.gov · FEC

How Krishnamoorthi 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 10073Critically Endangered Animals Conservation Act of 2026cosponsoredAug 9, 2026
  • HR 10068PROTECT ActcosponsoredAug 5, 2026
  • HR 10045Protect American Values ActcosponsoredAug 5, 2026
  • HRES 1470Expressing support for the designation of July 2026 as "Plastic Pollution Action Month".cosponsoredAug 2, 2026
  • HR 10040No TSA Data for ICE 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
  • HRES 1463Expressing support for July to be designated as "Disability Pride Month".cosponsoredJul 26, 2026
  • HR 9943Businessowner Immigration Rights and Responsibilities Information Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 22, 2026
  • HR 9853Right to Learn Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 21, 2026
  • HR 9808No Passes for Polluters Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 20, 2026
  • HR 9817Justice for Incarcerated Moms ActcosponsoredJul 20, 2026
  • HR 9814988 Lifeline Location Improvement Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 20, 2026
  • HR 9745Orlin’s LawcosponsoredJul 15, 2026
  • HR 9748Protecting Students from Worthless Degrees ActsponsoredJul 15, 2026
  • HR 9758Child Marriage Prevention Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 15, 2026
  • HR 9747Welcome Back to the Health Care Workforce ActsponsoredJul 15, 2026
  • HRES 1427Expressing support for the designation of July 10th as Journeyman Lineworkers Recognition Day.cosponsoredJul 12, 2026
  • HR 9638Sunshine for Our Kids Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 8, 2026
  • HR 9596Federal Jobs for STARs Act of 2026sponsoredJul 5, 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
  • HRES 1405Original LGBTQIA+ Pride Month Resolution of 2026cosponsoredJun 29, 2026
  • HR 9544Save MEDICARE Act of 2026cosponsoredJun 29, 2026
  • HRES 1409Recognizing the upcoming 250th anniversary of the United States of America and reaffirming the commitment of the House of Representatives to the Nation's founding ideals of liberty, equality, and opportunity for all immigrant communities in the United States.cosponsoredJun 29, 2026
  • HR 9458Wage Theft Prevention and Wage Recovery ActcosponsoredJun 24, 2026
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Committee activity

Committee votes cast

Proceedings attended

Congress.gov publishes no attendance list, so this reflects the proceedings whose own record names this member — in an opening statement, an attendance roster or a vote sheet. It is not a complete attendance history.

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