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FEC candidate record

Melissa Luburich Bean

Democratic candidate for U.S. House · IL-08

Paper Trail currently has a federal campaign-finance record for this candidate; congressional service has not been verified.

Federal Election Commission

Campaign Financial Summary

FEC campaign totals are tied to this politician’s verified candidate ID and authorized committees. Contributions received are separate from independent expenditures and other outside spending.

20252026 cycle

FEC-reported campaign totals

FEC candidate record ↗
Total raised$2,071,076
Total spent$1,926,546
Cash on handNot reported
Debts owedNot reported
IndividualsNot reported
Receipt categories and contributing committees
Party committees
Other political committees
Candidate contributions$24,000
Authorized committee transfers
Other federal receipts
Operating-expense offsets
Refunded individual contributions

No itemized political-committee receipts are available for this cycle.

Money tracked by Paper Trail

Organization-Affiliated PAC Contributions

Net tracked contributions

$93,0002025–2026 cycle

Gross tracked contributions

$93,000Before refunds and offsets

Refunds / offsets

$0

Largest tracked PAC

PERIMETER PAC$10,000

Net tracked contributions equal positive contribution records minus negative refunds or offsets. These totals include only organization-affiliated PACs currently represented in Paper Trail and are not the politician’s total fundraising.

PERIMETER PAC

Parent organization not linked

AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONS PAC

America's Credit Unions

ELECT DEMOCRATIC WOMEN

Parent organization not linked

LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA (LIUNA) PAC

Laborers' International Union of North America

PAC TO THE FUTURE

Parent organization not linked

ABBVIE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE

Parent organization not linked

THE BOEING COMPANY PAC

The Boeing Company

TURQUOISE PAC

Parent organization not linked

Structured organization taxonomy

Tracked PAC Money by Sector

This gross-contribution distribution excludes refunds and offsets and is not total industry support. Categories use reviewed organization profiles first, then transparent parent-organization and committee-name rules. Political and ideological committees are kept separate from commercial industries.

Political & Ideological Committees$21,000
Other / uncategorized$17,500
Real Estate & Housing$10,000
Construction & Building Trades$10,000
Agriculture & Food$10,000
Labor Unions$7,500
Education$5,000
Legal Services & Civil Justice$5,000
Transportation & Logistics$3,500
Banking & Financial Services$2,500
Aerospace & Defense$1,000

Institutional position

Committee Assignments

No verified congressional service record is currently linked.

Congressional Service History

No verified congressional service record is currently linked.