Krishnamoorthi, Raja
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Subramanian Raja Krishnamoorthi ( RAH-jə KRISH-nə-MOORTH-ee; born July 19, 1973) is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Illinois's 8th congressional district since 2017. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Born in New Delhi, India, and raised in Peoria, Illinois, Krishnamoorthi served as a special assistant attorney general before he was first elected to the House in 2016. He is the first Indian American or person of South Asian descent to serve as a ranking member or chair of any full committee in the U.S. Congress. He also served as an assistant whip. He ran for the Democratic nomination in the 2026 United States Senate election in Illinois, but lost to Juliana Stratton.
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Core attributes
- Current office
- Representative
- Office level
- federal
- Canonical name
- Krishnamoorthi, Raja
- First name
- Raja
- Last name
- Krishnamoorthi
- Occupation
- —
- Education
- —
- Year of birth
- —
Races
- Illinois U.S. Senate — 2026 General Election 2026-11-03 DEM C
- Illinois 8th Congressional District — 2026 General Election 2026-11-03 DEM C
- Illinois 8th Congressional District — 2024 General Election 2024-11-05 DEM C
- Illinois 8th Congressional District — 2022 General Election 2022-11-08 DEM C
Campaign finance
Money at a glance
2026 cycle
- Coverage
- 2025-01-01 to 2026-12-31
- Source
- Mixed official FEC and derived summary data
- Outside spending
- Outside spending details
- Total receipts
- $35,474,824.88
- Total disbursements
- $52,463,477.47
- Cash on hand
- Not available
- Net self-funded
- Not available
- Debts owed by the committee
- Not available
Receipt components disclose $35,474,824.88 in total receipts for the 2026 cycle.
Receipt source components are not loaded yet.
Sources: FEC candidate and committee summaries
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| Label | Values |
|---|
Fundraising detail
Itemized totals cannot be reconciled to committee summary totals, so this view uses itemized-only contribution facts.
- Small-dollar share
- Small-dollar share unavailable
- Small-dollar amount
- Committee summary totals are not available yet.
- Coverage
- 2025-01-01 to 2026-12-31
Individual contribution totals
- 2026 cycle
- $2,931,480.00
- Itemized
- $2,931,480.00
- Unitemized
- $0.00
- Itemized transactions
- 1534 transactions
Only itemized individual contributions are included; unitemized totals are unavailable for this view.
Itemized individual contributions total $2,931,480.00 in the 2026 cycle.
Monthly contribution columns
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| January 2025 | Dollars: $739,678.00;Transactions: 313;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2025 | Dollars: $836,426.00;Transactions: 376;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2025 | Dollars: $889,138.00;Transactions: 497;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2025 | Dollars: $466,238.00;Transactions: 348;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2025 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2025 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2025 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2025 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2025 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2025 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2025 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2025 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| January 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
Unitemized contributions are excluded from count and geography charts.
Itemized contribution-size buckets discloses $2,931,480.00 across 1,534 reported transactions in the 2026 cycle.
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
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| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| $200 and under | Dollars: $17,374.00;Transactions: 462 |
| $200.01-$499.99 | Dollars: $8,853.00;Transactions: 33 |
| $500-$999.99 | Dollars: $36,147.00;Transactions: 70 |
| $1,000-$1,999.99 | Dollars: $215,309.00;Transactions: 179 |
| $2,000 and over | Dollars: $2,653,797.00;Transactions: 790 |
Reported rows exclude unitemized counts and do not equal unique donors.
District geography uses a Census 119th-Congress / 2020-ZCTA approximation.
- District share
- 3% in district
- District share basis
- $95,193.00 in district and $2,821,362.00 out of district; $14,925.00 unknown district excluded from the share.
Unknown is included in the visible geography denominator. Unknown is $14,925.00 with 16 reported transactions; visible denominator is $2,931,480.00.
Geography dollar share
District geography uses a Census 119th-Congress / 2020-ZCTA approximation.
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
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| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| In district | Dollars: $95,193.00;Transactions: 45;Denominator: $2,931,480.00 |
| Elsewhere in state | Dollars: $1,460,645.00;Transactions: 618;Denominator: $2,931,480.00 |
| Out of state | Dollars: $1,360,717.00;Transactions: 855;Denominator: $2,931,480.00 |
| Unknown | Dollars: $14,925.00;Transactions: 16;Denominator: $2,931,480.00 |
Top reported contributor names
| Reported contributor name | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| HUGH, ELIZABETH | $10,300.00 | 3 transactions |
| CHANEN, STUART | $7,500.00 | 3 transactions |
| SASTRY, ASHOK | $7,038.00 | 4 transactions |
| DAVE, ANKUR | $7,000.00 | 6 transactions |
| FALLAH, MARC A. MD | $7,000.00 | 4 transactions |
| GARCIA, PAUL R. | $7,000.00 | 3 transactions |
| GURUSAMY, RADHAKRISHNAN | $7,000.00 | 3 transactions |
| IJAZ, MANSOOR | $7,000.00 | 3 transactions |
| MITAL, MANISH K | $7,000.00 | 3 transactions |
| RAAVI, AJAY | $7,000.00 | 3 transactions |
Top reported employer names
Top employers aggregate raw employer names from itemized individual contributions only.
The raw ranking remains employer-name data; see Methodology for source-linking and evidence limitations.
| Employer | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| Unclassified / not provided | $1,180,707.00 | 790 transactions |
| KIRKLAND & ELLIS | $127,500.00 | 42 transactions |
| KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP | $43,625.00 | 23 transactions |
| KIRKLAND | $17,500.00 | 5 transactions |
| NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY | $15,400.00 | 8 transactions |
| ARIEL INVESTMENTS | $14,000.00 | 4 transactions |
| MSI | $14,000.00 | 4 transactions |
| WEGLARZCO | $14,000.00 | 4 transactions |
| CHICAGO CARDIOLOGY INSTITUTE | $13,200.00 | 6 transactions |
| CIVE INC. | $13,200.00 | 4 transactions |
Industries among top reported employer names
Industries are assigned from reported employer names by the server. This rollup covers only eligible returned top-employer rows for the selected cycle.
| Industry | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown / unclassified | $272,425.00 | 100 transactions |
Classified: $0.00 and 0 transactions out of $272,425.00 and 100 transactions among eligible top-employer rows.
Finance data loading
Source and freshness
Last pulled: 5 days ago (2026-08-25)
Data is current.
FEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2022:H6IL08147
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2026:S6IL00482
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Source record ID: cn:2026:H6IL08147
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2024:H6IL08147
View source recordUS Congress Legislators (unitedstates/congress-legislators) (campaign_finance/federal/congress)
Source record ID: house:K000391
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H6IL08147:2022
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:S6IL00482:2026
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H6IL08147:2024
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H6IL08147:2026
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Key metrics
- Identifiers
- 5
Identifiers
- bioguide_id
- K000391
- fec_candidate_id
- H6IL08147
- fec_candidate_ids
- H6IL08147,S6IL00482
- govtrack_id
- 412701
- wikidata_id
- Q7285471