Jonathan L. Jackson
- Democratic · US Representative, Illinois District 1 · On the Nov 3 ballot for re-election · vs. Christian Maxwell (R)
- Background
- Businessperson
- Raised
- $539K
- Cash on hand
- $40K
- Years in Congress
- 3
- Age
- 60
- Races
- Won 2 of 2
Spectrum
Centrist is the middle of the scale, not of Congress. How this works
By donors (CFscore, 2024 cycle)
Research estimate from Stanford DIME 4.0. Source
Method and limits
Published score −0.779 on a scale from −2.0 to 2.0, where 0 is the center. 386 donors. License: ODC-BY 1.0.
Places a candidate by who gave them money; candidates who share donors sit close together.
Reflects the donor network, not votes or views, and comes from past cycles, not a 2026 reading.
Now
Career
| Year | Race | Result | Share | Lost to, or other round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | US House, IL-01 | Won | 65.8% | |
| 2022 | US House, IL-01 | Won · primary won 28.2% | 67% |
About this list
Races in our results files. Other offices, earlier years and most primaries can be missing. A general that went to a runoff counts as neither a win nor a loss.
Money
FEC, through Oct 14, 2026Spent $553K · Debts owed $27K
Where the money came from
- Individuals$319K
- PACs and other committees$200K
- Party committees$0
- Candidate’s own money$0
- Loans from the candidate$0
As the campaign reported to the FEC through Oct 14, 2026. Bars compare these lines. Some money has no line here, so they may not add up to the total raised. Source: FEC candidate summary.
Committees giving to this campaign
63 committees reported giving $196K.
- National Association of Realtors PACPAC$10,000
- Southern Company Gas Employees PACPAC$10,000
- Health Care Service Corporation Employees' PACPAC$10,000
- Reynolds American Inc. PAC; Rai PACPAC$8,500
- American Association for Justice PAC (AAJ PAC)PAC$7,500
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- Cme Group Inc. PACPAC$7,500
- Reviving American Jobs Again PAC DBA Equal Opportunity NowPAC$6,999
- Machinists Non Partisan Political League of the International Association of Machinists & Aerospace WorkersPAC$5,000
- Laborers' International Union of North America (LIUNA) PACPAC$5,000
- Engineers Political Education Committee (Epec)/International Union of Operating EngineersPAC$5,000
- National Beer Wholesalers Association PACPAC$5,000
- The Farm Credit Council PACPAC$5,000
- Fidelity National Financial Inc PAC 2001PAC$5,000
- Nucor Corporation PACPAC$5,000
- Federation of Exchange Accomodators 1031 PACPAC$5,000
- Micron Technology, Inc. Employee PACPAC$5,000
- Exelon Corporation PACPAC$4,000
- Bunge North America Inc PACPAC$4,000
- Toyota Motor North America, Inc PAC (Toyota/Lexus PAC)PAC$4,000
- Mcdonalds Corporation PACPAC$3,500
The largest 20 are listed. Refunds the committees reported are taken out. Independent spending isn’t included. These figures come from the committees’ own reports, so they can differ from the campaign’s lines above, sometimes by a lot. Source: FEC committee-to-candidate file, dated Oct 25, 2026.
Reports through Oct 14, 2026.
How these are counted
Later filings are not in yet. Totals for the 2025 to 2026 cycle. Raised $539,051. Cash on hand $40,070. Spent $552,670. Debts owed $27,000. Individuals $319,442. PACs and other committees $200,072. Party committees $0. Candidate’s own money $0. Loans from the candidate $0. Other loans $0. Transfers from the candidate’s other committees $0. Main committee: Jonathan Jackson for Congress. No individual donor names are shown.
House votes
119th Congress, through Sept 16, 2026676 roll calls. Yea 260, Nay 361, Present 2, Not voting 52.
- Roll calls missed
- 7.7%
- Voted with own party when parties split
- 98%
How these are counted
Missed is Not Voting divided by every roll call the member was listed on, including quorum calls and procedural votes. It covers any absence, including illness and leave.
Party split: a roll call counts when the Democratic majority and the Republican majority voted opposite ways. That was 445 roll calls, and the member matched their own party on 436. We pick no votes ourselves.
Showing the newest 3 of 676
Sep 16, 2026 · House roll call 314
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S 2403
Retire through Ownership Act
Vote: YeaPassed, 401 to 14
Sep 16, 2026 · House roll call 313
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · H R 9497
Water Resources Development Act
Vote: YeaPassed, 415 to 9
Sep 16, 2026 · House roll call 312
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · H R 9340
Ratepayer Protection Act
Vote: YeaPassed, 417 to 3
Legislation
119th Congress, congress.gov, as of Oct 30, 2026Sponsored 6 bills and 3 resolutions. Cosponsored 466 bills and 140 resolutions. Amendments are not counted.
Latest bills Jonathan L. Jackson sponsored
- To prohibit the use of Federal funds to carry out Executive Order 14253.H.R. 10624, introduced Sep 28, 2026
- Blair Holt Firearm Owner Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2026H.R. 9548, introduced Jun 30, 2026
- RSF Terrorist Designation ActH.R. 8301, introduced Apr 15, 2026
- Marshall ‘Major’ Taylor Congressional Gold Medal ActH.R. 4083, introduced Jun 23, 2025
- JUST Act of 2025H.R. 3685, introduced Jun 3, 2025
More about Jonathan L. Jackson
Offices held (2 terms and offices)
- 2023 to nowUS House, Illinois District 1Democratic
Committees (6 assignments)
House Committee on Agriculture
- Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture subcommittee
- Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development subcommittee
House Committee on Foreign Affairs
- Africa subcommittee
- Western Hemisphere subcommittee
Background
- Businessperson
Source: Wikidata
Official pages (5 links)
Sources (13 sources)
Ballot listing, elections.il.gov
Name, party, office and status. Retrieved Oct 28, 2026.
unitedstates/congress-legislators (current)
Office, terms, committees, official links, age. Retrieved Oct 28, 2026. License: CC0-1.0.
Compiled by the @unitedstates project volunteers (rosters from official congressional sources) from official returns. Not an official source.
Federal 2026 candidates: money totals (web/data/people/money) and the MN federal filing list. Bulk files, no API and no key. Retrieved Oct 31, 2026. License: US government work, public domain. Totals and committee names only; no donor names or addresses are stored.
FEC bulk data 2025-2026: contributions from committees to candidates (pas226)
Federal 2026 candidates: committees giving to each candidate (web/data/people/money-types). Bulk file, no API and no key. Retrieved Oct 31, 2026. License: US government work, public domain. Committee totals only; the individual contributions file is not used.
Stanford DIME public v4.0, recipients file (CFscores)
CFscores for candidates and officials; web/data/ideology/dime.json and aggregate.json. A research estimate by Adam Bonica, not an official measure. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: ODC-BY 1.0.
Compiled by Adam Bonica, Stanford University Libraries (built from campaign finance filings) from official returns. Not an official source.
Bonica, Adam. 2024. Database on Ideology, Money in Politics, and Elections: Public version 4.0 [Computer file]. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Libraries. https://data.stanford.edu/dime .
Clerk of the House: roll call votes, 119th Congress
House roll calls. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: US government work.
Congress.gov API: sponsored and cosponsored legislation, nominations
Bills and resolutions. Retrieved Oct 30, 2026. License: US government work.
Election Wrld 2026 candidate files (state election office lists)
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: state public records; see each row's sourceUrl.
unitedstates/congress-legislators
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: CC0 1.0.
FEC candidate master file (cnYY.zip bulk download)
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: US government work, public domain.
Stanford DIME v4.0 recipients file
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: ODC-BY 1.0.
MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House 1976-2024
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: CC0 1.0.
Election Wrld officials files (web/data/officials)
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: see sources.json.
- Age: unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), official birthday field, counted to Nov 3, 2026. We show the age, never the birth date.
- Took office in Congress 2023-01-03. Basis: congress-legislators terms (CC0).
Officials files, 2026 candidate files, returns files, DIME, FEC candidate master and congress-legislators terms, as of 2026-10-29. Nothing about jobs, retirement, or reasons is recorded or inferred.
DataDownload votes (JSON)Sources: FEC, House Clerk, congress.gov, DIME (ODC-BY), Results filesData as of Oct 29, 2026Photo credits