Eric Sorensen

Democrat · Representative, IL-17

Raised, 2021–2026
$10.8M
From PACs & committees
$1M
Top sector
Party & Candidate Committees
Outside spending for
$1.9M
Outside spending against
$7.1M

Committees

Where the money came from

  • Individuals
  • PACs
  • Party, self & other
2025–26
$2.7M
2023–24
$5M
2021–22
$3.1M
Money raised by cycle
CycleIndividualsPACsParty, self & otherTotal
2026$1,495,782$1,018,782$142,521$2,657,085
2024$3,415,548$1,314,865$316,088$5,046,501
2022$2,497,171$418,777$204,111$3,120,058

Totals from the FEC's candidate summaries.H2IL17147

PAC money by sector

  1. $723.1K
  2. $659.2K
  3. $435.7K
  4. $218.5K
  5. $192.8K
  6. $178.6K
  7. $109.1K
  8. $55.9K
  9. $46.5K
  10. $39.5K
  11. $29K
  12. $28.8K
  13. $15.5K
  14. $15.5K

Individual donors by sector

Estimated from the employer and occupation on 9,622 itemized donations ($4.5M). Donations of $200 or less aren't itemized.

  1. Not employed
    $1.4M
  2. Unknown
    $1.3M
  3. Retired
    $519.6K
  4. $433K
  5. $324.5K
  6. $177.5K
  7. $150.3K
  8. $64.1K
  9. $40.4K
  10. $31.2K
  11. $12.6K
  12. $10.6K
  13. $6.7K
  14. $6.2K
  15. $1.8K

Top employers of donors

Itemized donations from people who listed each employer.

  1. Marquis Management, Inc.
    $46.3K
  2. Northwestern University
    $22.9K
  3. Clifford Law Offices
    $21K
  4. State of Illinois
    $20.4K
  5. Cooney and Conway
    $19.9K
  6. Newsweb Corporation
    $15.6K
  7. Beam Legal Team LLC
    $14.7K
  8. Latham & Watkins
    $14.7K
  9. Construction Aggregates Corp.
    $14K
  10. Mass General Hospital
    $13.7K
  11. Wanxiang America Corporation
    $13.6K
  12. Q Prime
    $13.6K
  13. Bain Capital
    $13.2K
  14. Aldine Advisors LLC
    $13K
  15. The Roosevelt Group
    $12.8K

Outside spending

Super PACs and other groups can spend unlimited amounts on ads for or against a candidate, as long as they don't coordinate with the campaign. This money doesn't go to Eric Sorensen.

SpenderSupportingOpposing
Clf
Super PAC / hybrid PAC
–$5.9M
Nrcc
Party committee
–$1.1M
Fairshake
Super PAC / hybrid PAC
$817.2K–
314 Action Fund
Super PAC / hybrid PAC
$615.2K–
Dccc
Party committee
$186.5K–
Hmp
Super PAC / hybrid PAC
$161.6K–
Equality PAC
Super PAC / hybrid PAC
$135.4K–
Americans for Prosperity Action, Inc. (Afp Action) Dba Cva Action and Dba Libre Action
Super PAC / hybrid PAC
–$86.8K
No Vote Left Behind PAC
Super PAC / hybrid PAC
$9.4K–
Moveon.Org Political Action
Super PAC / hybrid PAC
$936–
Givegreen United Action
Super PAC / hybrid PAC
$678–
Working America
Committee
$165–
United Steelworkers Political Action Fund
PAC
$110–
Environment America Action Fund
Super PAC / hybrid PAC
$34–
Sierra Club Independent Action
Super PAC / hybrid PAC
$30–
Human Rights Campaign Equality Votes PAC
Super PAC / hybrid PAC
$9–

Top contributors

Each organization's PAC plus donations from its employees, the way OpenSecrets counted.

  1. Marquis Management, Inc.employees $46.3K
    $46.3K
  2. $37.5K
  3. Equality PACPAC $30K
    $30K
  4. $25K
  5. $25K
  6. $25K
  7. $25K
  8. $25K
  9. $25K
  10. $25K
  11. $25K
  12. $25K
  13. $25K
  14. 314 Action FundPAC $23.5K
    $23.5K
  15. Northwestern Universityemployees $22.9K
    $22.9K

Top PACs

  1. $37.5K
  2. Equality PACSuper PAC / hybrid PAC
    $30K
  3. $25K
  4. $25K
  5. $25K
  6. $25K
  7. $25K
  8. Fair Shot PACLeadership PAC
    $25K
  9. $25K
  10. $25K
  11. $25K
  12. Perimeter PACLeadership PAC
    $25K
  13. 314 Action FundSuper PAC / hybrid PAC
    $23.5K
  14. $22.5K
  15. $21.6K