Illinois · U.S. House
La Shawn Ford
U.S. House · Democratic
Open seatKey finding from the compilation
Won the open IL-7 seat. Outside groups spent ~$2.48M against vs ~$0.01M for (FEC Sch. E est., primary+general); raised $0.82M, 80.6% from individuals
Election
- Date
- 2026-11-03
- Votes
- 162,059 (89%)
- Opponent
- Chad Koppie (R) · 19,997 (11%)
- Previous officeholder
- Danny K. Davis (D), retired; open seat
Money reported in the file
- Raised
- $819,321
- Cash on hand
- $93,472 as of 2026-10-14
- Individual share
- 80.6%
- PAC share
- 19.4%
- Self loans or contributions
- $175,000
- Outside spending for
- $10,010
- Outside spending against
- $2,479,136
- Committee
- C00905893
- Coverage note
- FEC itemized 2025-04-01 to 2026-10-14 (principal committee); IE through 2026-11-02
Figures come from the original election pack, or the serving-member roster when marked roster only. Election results are unofficial until certification. 56 reported ties and 5 inferred ties are listed below.
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Documented ties (61)
| Relationship | Amount | Date | Evidence | Between | Record | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| principal campaign committee | — | 2025-2026 | Reported | La Shawn Ford → La Shawn K Ford for Congress (C00905893) | Public filing | |
| elected Nov 3, 2026 (unofficial) | $162,059 | 2026-11-03 | Reported | La Shawn Ford → U.S. House, IL-7 | News report | |
| general-election opponent (defeated) | $19,997 | 2026-11-03 | Reported | La Shawn Ford → Chad Koppie (Campaign site) | News report | |
| principal campaign committee | — | — | Reported | Chad Koppie (Campaign site) → Chad Koppie for Congress (C00911453) (Campaign site) | Public filing | |
| loan of candidate personal funds | $175,000 | 2025-2026 | Reported | La Shawn Ford → La Shawn K Ford for Congress (C00905893) | Public filing | |
| PAC contribution (Business / trade / professional); 1 item(s) | $5,000 | 20260929..20260929 | Reported | American Council of Engineering Companies (Acec/PAC) (C00010868) (Organization site) → La Shawn K Ford for Congress (C00905893) | Public filing | |
| PAC contribution (Business / trade / professional); 1 item(s) | $5,000 | 20260727..20260727 | Reported | Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America PAC (Us Chamber PAC) (C00082040) → La Shawn K Ford for Congress (C00905893) | Public filing | |
| PAC contribution (Membership organization); 3 item(s) | $5,000 | 20251231..20260819 | Reported | Illinois Black Business Political Action Fund, Inc. (C00830547) (Campaign site) → La Shawn K Ford for Congress (C00905893) | Public filing | |
| PAC contribution (Leadership PAC); 1 item(s) | $5,000 | 20260929..20260929 | Reported | Jobs, Education, & Families First Jeff PAC (C00617803) → La Shawn K Ford for Congress (C00905893) | Public filing | |
| PAC contribution (Labor union); 1 item(s) | $5,000 | 20260810..20260810 | Reported | Laborers' International Union of North America (Liuna) PAC (C00007922) (Organization site) → La Shawn K Ford for Congress (C00905893) | Public filing | |
| PAC contribution (Business / trade / professional); 1 item(s) | $5,000 | 20260929..20260929 | Reported | National Apartment Association Political Action Committee (C00113241) → La Shawn K Ford for Congress (C00905893) | Public filing | |
| PAC contribution (Membership organization); 1 item(s) | $5,000 | 20260730..20260730 | Reported | National Association of Realtors Political Action Committee (C00030718) (Organization site) → La Shawn K Ford for Congress (C00905893) | Public filing | |
| PAC contribution (Labor union); 1 item(s) | $5,000 | 20260420..20260420 | Reported | Carpenters Legislative Improvement Committee United Brotherhood of Carpenters an (C00001016) → La Shawn K Ford for Congress (C00905893) | Public filing | |
| PAC contribution (Ideological / nonconnected PAC); 1 item(s) | $5,000 | 20260528..20260528 | Reported | Congressional Black Caucus PAC (C00147512) (Campaign site) → La Shawn K Ford for Congress (C00905893) | Public filing | |
| PAC contribution (Business / trade / professional); 1 item(s) | $5,000 | 20260630..20260630 | Reported | Health Care Service Corporation Employees' Political Action Committee (C00199711) → La Shawn K Ford for Congress (C00905893) | Public filing | |
| PAC contribution (Labor union); 1 item(s) | $5,000 | 20260622..20260622 | Reported | Machinists Non Partisan Political League of the International Association of Mac (C00002469) → La Shawn K Ford for Congress (C00905893) | Public filing | |
| PAC contribution (Labor union); 1 item(s) | $5,000 | 20260507..20260507 | Reported | SEIU Cope (Service Employees International Union Committee On Political Educatio (C00004036) (Organization site) → La Shawn K Ford for Congress (C00905893) | Public filing | |
| PAC contribution (Business / trade / professional); 1 item(s) | $5,000 | 20260304..20260304 | Reported | America's Credit Unions PAC (C00007880) (Organization site) → La Shawn K Ford for Congress (C00905893) | Public filing | |
| PAC contribution (Labor union); 1 item(s) | $4,000 | 20260925..20260925 | Reported | NEA Fund for Children and Public Education (C00003251) → La Shawn K Ford for Congress (C00905893) | Public filing | |
| PAC contribution (Membership organization); 2 item(s) | $3,500 | 20260827..20260930 | Reported | American Association for Justice Political Action Committee (AAJ PAC) (C00024521) (Organization site) → La Shawn K Ford for Congress (C00905893) | Public filing | |
| PAC contribution (Leadership PAC); 1 item(s) | $3,000 | 20260909..20260909 | Reported | Building Relationships In Diverse Geographic Environments PAC (Bridge PAC) (C00399196) (Organization site) → La Shawn K Ford for Congress (C00905893) | Public filing | |
| PAC contribution (Leadership PAC); 2 item(s) | $3,000 | 20260904..20260922 | Reported | Fair Shot PAC (C00574970) → La Shawn K Ford for Congress (C00905893) | Public filing | |
| PAC contribution (Labor union); 1 item(s) | $2,500 | 20260707..20260707 | Reported | Amalgamated Transit Union - Cope (C00032995) (Organization site) → La Shawn K Ford for Congress (C00905893) | Public filing | |
| PAC contribution (Business / trade / professional); 1 item(s) | $2,500 | 20260929..20260929 | Reported | American Bankers Association PAC (Bankpac) (C00004275) (Organization site) → La Shawn K Ford for Congress (C00905893) | Public filing | |
| PAC contribution (Business / trade / professional); 1 item(s) | $2,500 | 20260930..20260930 | Reported | Exelon Corporation Political Action Committee (C00141218) → La Shawn K Ford for Congress (C00905893) | Public filing | |
| PAC contribution (Business / trade / professional); 1 item(s) | $2,500 | 20260929..20260929 | Reported | Mortgage Bankers Association Political Action Committee (Morpac) (C00004812) → La Shawn K Ford for Congress (C00905893) | Public filing | |
| PAC contribution (Ideological / nonconnected PAC); 1 item(s) | $2,500 | 20260930..20260930 | Reported | Reviving American Jobs Again PAC Dba Equal Opportunity Now (C00649772) → La Shawn K Ford for Congress (C00905893) | Public filing | |
| PAC contribution (Labor union); 1 item(s) | $2,500 | 20260630..20260630 | Reported | Engineers Political Education Committee (Epec)/International Union of Operating (C00029504) → La Shawn K Ford for Congress (C00905893) | Public filing | |
| PAC contribution (Membership organization); 1 item(s) | $2,500 | 20260612..20260612 | Reported | League of Conservation Voters Action Fund (C00252940) → La Shawn K Ford for Congress (C00905893) | Public filing | |
| PAC contribution (Business / trade / professional); 1 item(s) | $2,500 | 20260317..20260317 | Reported | American Property Casualty Insurance Association Political Action Committee (Ins (C00066472) (Organization site) → La Shawn K Ford for Congress (C00905893) | Public filing | |
| PAC contribution (Labor union); 1 item(s) | $2,500 | 20260317..20260317 | Reported | International Union of Painters and Allied Trades Political Action Together Poli (C00000885) → La Shawn K Ford for Congress (C00905893) | Public filing | |
| PAC contribution (Leadership PAC); 1 item(s) | $2,000 | 20260810..20260810 | Reported | Blue Momentum PAC (C00589309) → La Shawn K Ford for Congress (C00905893) | Public filing | |
| PAC contribution (Candidate committee); 1 item(s) | $2,000 | 20260929..20260929 | Reported | Jeffries for Congress (C00503052) (Campaign site) → La Shawn K Ford for Congress (C00905893) | Public filing | |
| PAC contribution (Candidate committee); 1 item(s) | $2,000 | 20260420..20260420 | Reported | Pete Aguilar for Congress (C00510461) (Campaign site) → La Shawn K Ford for Congress (C00905893) | Public filing | |
| PAC contribution (Leadership PAC); 1 item(s) | $2,000 | 20260323..20260323 | Reported | Silicorn Valley PAC (C00840462) → La Shawn K Ford for Congress (C00905893) | Public filing | |
| PAC contribution (Business / trade / professional); 1 item(s) | $1,500 | 20251229..20251229 | Reported | National Independent Automobile Dealers Association PAC Fund (C00507699) (Campaign site) → La Shawn K Ford for Congress (C00905893) | Public filing | |
| PAC contribution (Ideological / nonconnected PAC); 1 item(s) | $1,000 | 20261014..20261014 | Reported | Animal Wellness Action PAC (C00679860) → La Shawn K Ford for Congress (C00905893) | Public filing | |
| PAC contribution (Ideological / nonconnected PAC); 1 item(s) | $1,000 | 20261002..20261002 | Reported | Tomorrow PAC (C00888743) → La Shawn K Ford for Congress (C00905893) | Public filing | |
| PAC contribution (Ideological / nonconnected PAC); 1 item(s) | $1,000 | 20260924..20260924 | Reported | Elect Dems Now PAC (C00880062) → La Shawn K Ford for Congress (C00905893) | Public filing | |
| PAC contribution (Membership organization); 1 item(s) | $1,000 | 20260930..20260930 | Reported | Humane World Action Fund Political Action Committee (C00466813) → La Shawn K Ford for Congress (C00905893) | Public filing | |
| PAC contribution (Leadership PAC); 1 item(s) | $1,000 | 20260925..20260925 | Reported | Progressive Choices PAC (C00381806) → La Shawn K Ford for Congress (C00905893) | Public filing | |
| PAC contribution (Membership organization); 1 item(s) | $1,000 | 20260630..20260630 | Reported | A Brthd Aimed Toward Educ of Il Fed Elec Device for Politically Active Motorcycl (C00308460) (Campaign site) → La Shawn K Ford for Congress (C00905893) | Public filing | |
| PAC contribution (Leadership PAC); 1 item(s) | $1,000 | 20260630..20260630 | Reported | American Mosaic PAC (C00694471) → La Shawn K Ford for Congress (C00905893) | Public filing | |
| PAC contribution (Leadership PAC); 1 item(s) | $1,000 | 20260609..20260609 | Reported | Hope PAC (C00701680) → La Shawn K Ford for Congress (C00905893) | Public filing | |
| PAC contribution (Leadership PAC); 1 item(s) | $1,000 | 20260430..20260430 | Reported | PAC for Good (C00768887) → La Shawn K Ford for Congress (C00905893) | Public filing | |
| independent expenditures opposing (FEC processed by_candidate) | $2,479,136 | .. | Reported | Fairshake (C00835959) → La Shawn Ford | Public filing | |
| independent expenditures supporting (late report per campaign-finance disclosure) | $10,000 | 2026-03-13..2026-03-13 | Reported | Peoples Voice for Progress → La Shawn Ford | Public record | |
| independent expenditures supporting (FEC e-filed Sch. E, deduped) | $10.00 | 2026-09-10..2026-09-10 | Reported | Sierra Club Independent Action (C00483693) (Organization site) → La Shawn Ford | Public filing | |
| disbursements to vendor (Schedule B) | $147,430 | 2025-04-01..2026-10-14 | Reported | La Shawn K Ford for Congress (C00905893) → Breaker Press Company | Public filing | |
| disbursements to vendor (Schedule B) | $78,000 | 2025-04-01..2026-10-14 | Reported | La Shawn K Ford for Congress (C00905893) → Foremost Strategy LLP | Public filing | |
| disbursements to vendor (Schedule B) | $37,593 | 2025-04-01..2026-10-14 | Reported | La Shawn K Ford for Congress (C00905893) → Acuity Politics LLC (Organization site) | Public filing | |
| disbursements to vendor (Schedule B) | $34,076 | 2025-04-01..2026-10-14 | Reported | La Shawn K Ford for Congress (C00905893) → EC Group | Public filing | |
| disbursements to vendor (Schedule B) | $30,020 | 2025-04-01..2026-10-14 | Reported | La Shawn K Ford for Congress (C00905893) → Democratic Party Of Illinois | Public filing | |
| disbursements to vendor (Schedule B) | $22,528 | 2025-04-01..2026-10-14 | Reported | La Shawn K Ford for Congress (C00905893) → ABC 7 | Public filing | |
| 26 PAC donors in common (2025-26); those PACs gave La Shawn Ford $78,000 | $78,000 | 2025-26 | Inferred | La Shawn Ford → Patty García | Public filing | |
| 26 PAC donors in common (2025-26); those PACs gave La Shawn Ford $78,000 | $78,000 | 2025-26 | Inferred | La Shawn Ford → Melissa Bean | Public filing | |
| 27 PAC donors in common (2025-26); those PACs gave La Shawn Ford $76,000 | $76,000 | 2025-26 | Inferred | La Shawn Ford → Daniel Biss | Public filing | |
| 3 PAC donors in common (2025-26); those PACs gave La Shawn Ford $6,500 | $6,500 | 2025-26 | Inferred | La Shawn Ford → J. D. Ford | Public filing | |
| 0 PAC donor(s) in common with opponent (2025-26) | $0 | 2025-26 | Inferred | La Shawn Ford → Chad Koppie (Campaign site) | Public filing | |
| endorsement; predecessor in seat | — | 2025-07-31 | Reported | Danny K. Davis → La Shawn Ford | Wikipedia | |
| independent expenditures supporting primary rival (about $5.0M) | $5,000,000 | 2026 primary | Reported | United Democracy Project (Organization site) → Melissa Conyears-Ervin (Campaign site) | Public record |
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