Melissa L. Bean
- Background
- Consultant · Businessperson
- Raised
- $2.5M
- Cash on hand
- $302K
- Age
- 64
Spectrum
Centrist is the middle of the scale, not of Congress. How this works
By donors (CFscore, 2012 cycle)
Research estimate from Stanford DIME 4.0. Source
Matched by name only, so it could be the wrong person. Only 1 donor, so this is a weak read.
Method and limits
Published score −0.899 on a scale from −2.0 to 2.0, where 0 is the center. 1 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
US House, Illinois District 8 · Tue, Nov 3
Melissa L. Bean DemocraticJennifer Davis Republican
Career
On the 2026 ballot for US House IL-08, status nominee.
Money
FEC, through Oct 14, 2026Spent $2.2M · Debts owed $391K
Reports through Oct 14, 2026. Matched to the FEC by name, party and seat, so it could be the wrong person.
How these are counted
Later filings are not in yet. Totals for the 2025 to 2026 cycle. Raised $2,457,207. Cash on hand $301,714. Spent $2,155,494. Debts owed $391,125. Main committee: Melissa Bean for Congress. No donor names are shown.
More about Melissa L. Bean
Background
- Consultant
- Businessperson
Source: Wikidata
Official pages (1 link)
Sources (5 sources)
Ballot listing, elections.il.gov
Name, party, office and status. Retrieved Oct 28, 2026.
Federal 2026 candidates: money totals (web/data/people/money) and the MN federal filing list. Bulk files, no API and no key. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: US government work, public domain. Totals and committee names only; no donor names or addresses are stored.
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 .
Election Wrld 2026 candidate files (state election office lists)
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: state public records; see each row's sourceUrl.
FEC candidate master file (cnYY.zip bulk download)
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: US government work, public domain.
- Age: Wikidata, counted to Nov 3, 2026. A community-edited source, not an official record. We show the age, never the birth date.
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.
DataSources: FEC, DIME (ODC-BY), Results filesData as of Oct 29, 2026Photo credits