KING, ESTHER JOY

R · house

FEC candidate id: H0IL17083
Internal id: ba01ff21-297a-4b12-a829-79f37d98aa8b
Status: open seat

Who this candidate represents

Who lives here — American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024), IL-17. Source.

Category	Metric	Value
People	Population	746,022
People	Median age	39
Income	Median household income	$59,364
Income	Per-capita income	$33,489
Income	In poverty	17.8%
Income	Unemployed	6.0%
Income	Gini inequality index	0.459
Race	White alone	70.6%
Race	Black alone	13.1%
Race	Asian alone	2.2%
Race	Hispanic or Latino	11.8%
Race	Two or more races	9.2%
Origin	Foreign-born	6.7%
Language	Speaks English only at home	88.8%
Language	Speaks Spanish at home	7.0%
Education	High school or higher	56.7%
Education	Bachelor's or higher	24.5%
Education	Advanced degree	8.7%
Household	Family households	56.2%
Household	Avg household size	2.23
Household	Never married (15+)	38.4%
Housing	Median home value	$132,800
Housing	Median gross rent	$904
Housing	Single-family detached	70.1%
Housing	Built before 1940	7.5%
Housing	Overcrowded (>1 per room)	1.6%
Housing	Vacant units	9.6%
Service	Veterans (18+)	6.4%
Health	With a disability	15.6%
Connectivity	Households with broadband	87.4%
Connectivity	Households with no internet	8.7%
Commute	Drove alone	75.8%
Commute	Public transit	1.0%
Commute	Worked from home	9.2%

Cycle financials

Source: FEC weball bulk file (cycle summary). Numbers in USD; 0 = no activity reported.

Cycle	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand	Debts	Indiv. contribs.
2024	$-64	$78,994	$0	$0	$-64
2022	$5,114,935	$5,038,169	$79,058	$0	$3,555,040
2020	$2,058,085	$2,055,794	$2,292	$10,150	$1,677,459

Elections

2020 general house · IL-17 — lost_general
2022 general house · IL-17 — lost_general

Committees

ESTHER FOR CONGRESS — principal · type H
KING FOR IL-17 — principal · type H
KING FOR IL-17 2022 — principal · type H

Election prediction

Cycle 2026 · model baseline-v1 · base rate 15.1%

P(win) = 20.1%

Feature	Δ P(win)
Base rate (historical)	15.1%
R (major party)	+10.0%
open seat	-5.0%

Baseline model (incumbency × party × office). Calibration: backtest Brier score is the reference, see npm run db:ingest -- --source=predict-backtest-election. Future model versions must beat baseline Brier on the same held-out cohort or they don't ship.

Independent expenditures

Money spent by super PACs and other non-connected committees for or against this candidate. Source: FEC Schedule E (independent_expenditure CSV bulk).

Cycle	Support	Oppose	IEs
2022	$190,977	$7,098,916	54

Recent (latest 25)

Date	Spender	For / against	Amount	Purpose
—	HMP	oppose	$75,000	Digital Advertising - Estimate
—	HMP	oppose	$20,004	Direct Mail - Estimate
—	HMP	oppose	$30,962	Digital Advertising - Estimate
—	HMP	oppose	$31,396	Media Production - Estimate
—	HMP	oppose	$804,450	Television Advertising - Estimate
—	HMP	oppose	$308,550	Television Advertising - Estimate
—	HMP	oppose	$21,908	Media Production - Estimate
—	HMP	oppose	$22,000	Media Production - Estimate
—	HMP	oppose	$19,919	Direct Mail - Estimate
—	HMP	oppose	$10,299	Digital Production - Estimate
—	HMP	oppose	$308,550	Television Advertising - Estimate
—	HMP	oppose	$121,100	Television Advertising - Estimate
—	HMP	oppose	$19,919	Direct Mail - Estimate
—	HMP	oppose	$933,119	Television Advertising - Estimate
—	HMP	oppose	$20,473	Direct Mail - Estimate
—	HMP	oppose	$628,747	Television Advertising - Estimate
—	DEFENDING THE REPUBLIC PAC INC.	support	$750	Creation of micro-site
—	DEFENDING THE REPUBLIC PAC INC.	support	$1,000	Creative for digital ad
—	DEFENDING THE REPUBLIC PAC INC.	support	$50,000	Digital ad buy
—	DEFENDING THE REPUBLIC PAC INC.	support	$1,000	Creative for digital ad
—	DEFENDING THE REPUBLIC PAC INC.	support	$40,000	Digital ad buy
—	HMP	oppose	$75,000	Digital Advertising - Estimate
—	HMP	oppose	$12,079	Media Production - Estimate
—	HMP	oppose	$30,962	Digital Advertising - Estimate
—	HMP	oppose	$19,919	Direct Mail - Estimate

Transfers from committees

Direct contributions from PACs and party committees. Source: FEC pas2 bulk (committee-to-candidate transactions).

Date	From committee	Type	Amount
—	HMP	24A	$21,907
—	HMP	24A	$308,550
—	ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION ACTIVATOR POL…	24E	$1,000
—	HMP	24A	$22,000
—	HMP	24A	$20,004
2022-12-30	ABRAHAM LINCOLN PAC	24K	$-5,000
2022-12-21	WINRED	24K	$-5
2022-12-21	WINRED	24K	$-25
2022-12-21	WINRED	24K	$-10
2022-12-21	WINRED	24K	$-5
2022-12-19	WINRED	24K	$-5
2022-12-19	WINRED	24K	$-5
2022-12-17	WINRED	24K	$-10
2022-12-16	WINRED	24K	$0
2022-12-15	WINRED	24K	$-25
2022-12-14	WINRED	24K	$-4
2022-12-14	WINRED	24K	$-4
2022-12-10	WINRED	24K	$0
2022-12-08	WINRED	24K	$-10
2022-12-08	WINRED	24K	$-500
2022-12-07	ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION ACTIVATOR POL…	24K	$250
2022-12-07	ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION ACTIVATOR POL…	24K	$1,000
2022-12-07	ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION ACTIVATOR POL…	24E	$561
2022-12-05	WINRED	24K	$0
2022-12-02	WINRED	24K	$-5

Connected on the graph

Inbound (100)

date	from	type	amount	source
—	HMP	contributed_to	$21,907	pas2
—	HMP	contributed_to	$308,550	pas2
—	HMP	contributed_to	$22,000	pas2
—	HMP	contributed_to	$20,004	pas2
—	ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION ACTIVATOR POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT FUND (FED) 'ACTIVATOR'/'ILLINOIS FARM BUREAU ACTIVATOR'	contributed_to	$1,000	pas2
—	HMP	opposes_independently	$75,000	fec_ies
—	HMP	opposes_independently	$20,473	fec_ies
—	HMP	opposes_independently	$30,962	fec_ies
—	HMP	opposes_independently	$30,962	fec_ies
—	HMP	opposes_independently	$19,919	fec_ies
—	HMP	opposes_independently	$1,232	fec_ies
—	HMP	opposes_independently	$19,919	fec_ies
—	HMP	opposes_independently	$10,299	fec_ies
—	HMP	opposes_independently	$21,908	fec_ies
—	HMP	opposes_independently	$308,550	fec_ies
—	HMP	opposes_independently	$31,396	fec_ies
—	HMP	opposes_independently	$19,919	fec_ies
—	HMP	opposes_independently	$12,079	fec_ies
—	HMP	opposes_independently	$933,119	fec_ies
—	HMP	opposes_independently	$22,000	fec_ies
—	HMP	opposes_independently	$75,000	fec_ies
—	HMP	opposes_independently	$308,550	fec_ies
—	HMP	opposes_independently	$804,450	fec_ies
—	HMP	opposes_independently	$628,747	fec_ies
—	HMP	opposes_independently	$121,100	fec_ies
—	HMP	opposes_independently	$20,004	fec_ies
—	DEFENDING THE REPUBLIC PAC INC.	supports_independently	$40,000	fec_ies
—	DEFENDING THE REPUBLIC PAC INC.	supports_independently	$1,000	fec_ies
—	DEFENDING THE REPUBLIC PAC INC.	supports_independently	$50,000	fec_ies
—	DEFENDING THE REPUBLIC PAC INC.	supports_independently	$1,000	fec_ies
—	DEFENDING THE REPUBLIC PAC INC.	supports_independently	$750	fec_ies
2022-12-30	ABRAHAM LINCOLN LEADERSHIP POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE	contributed_to	$-5,000	pas2
2022-12-21	WINRED	contributed_to	$-25	pas2
2022-12-21	WINRED	contributed_to	$-5	pas2
2022-12-21	WINRED	contributed_to	$-5	pas2
2022-12-21	WINRED	contributed_to	$-10	pas2
2022-12-19	WINRED	contributed_to	$-5	pas2
2022-12-19	WINRED	contributed_to	$-5	pas2
2022-12-17	WINRED	contributed_to	$-10	pas2
2022-12-16	WINRED	contributed_to	$0	pas2
2022-12-15	WINRED	contributed_to	$-25	pas2
2022-12-14	WINRED	contributed_to	$-4	pas2
2022-12-14	WINRED	contributed_to	$-4	pas2
2022-12-10	WINRED	contributed_to	$0	pas2
2022-12-08	WINRED	contributed_to	$-500	pas2
2022-12-08	WINRED	contributed_to	$-10	pas2
2022-12-07	ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION ACTIVATOR POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT FUND (FED) 'ACTIVATOR'/'ILLINOIS FARM BUREAU ACTIVATOR'	contributed_to	$561	pas2
2022-12-07	ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION ACTIVATOR POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT FUND (FED) 'ACTIVATOR'/'ILLINOIS FARM BUREAU ACTIVATOR'	contributed_to	$1,000	pas2
2022-12-07	ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION ACTIVATOR POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT FUND (FED) 'ACTIVATOR'/'ILLINOIS FARM BUREAU ACTIVATOR'	contributed_to	$250	pas2
2022-12-05	WINRED	contributed_to	$0	pas2
2022-12-02	WINRED	contributed_to	$-5	pas2
2022-11-22	WINRED	contributed_to	$-1	pas2
2022-11-17	WINRED	contributed_to	$-17	pas2
2022-11-17	WINRED	contributed_to	$-2,900	pas2
2022-11-17	WINRED	contributed_to	$-25	pas2
2022-11-17	WINRED	contributed_to	$-5	pas2
2022-11-15	WINRED	contributed_to	$-50	pas2
2022-11-12	WINRED	contributed_to	$-12	pas2
2022-11-11	DEFENDING THE REPUBLIC PAC INC.	contributed_to	$2	pas2
2022-11-10	WINRED	contributed_to	$-49	pas2
2022-11-10	WINRED	contributed_to	$-5	pas2
2022-11-09	WINRED	contributed_to	$-750	pas2
2022-11-09	WINRED	contributed_to	$-10	pas2
2022-11-08	HMP	contributed_to	$1,231	pas2
2022-11-08	CLF	contributed_to	$8,855	pas2
2022-11-07	NEVER SURRENDER PAC	contributed_to	$1,000	pas2
2022-11-07	WINRED	contributed_to	$-1,000	pas2
2022-11-07	NO VOTE LEFT BEHIND	contributed_to	$18,413	pas2
2022-11-07	MAJORITY IN ACTION	contributed_to	$2,041	pas2
2022-11-04	EASY TO VOTE, HARD TO CHEAT	contributed_to	$33,451	pas2
2022-11-04	NATIONAL CATTLEMEN'S BEEF ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NCBA-PAC)	contributed_to	$-2,500	pas2
2022-11-04	EASY TO VOTE, HARD TO CHEAT	supports_independently	$33,452	fec_ies
2022-11-04	ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION ACTIVATOR POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT FUND (FED) 'ACTIVATOR'/'ILLINOIS FARM BUREAU ACTIVATOR'	contributed_to	$346	pas2
2022-11-04	LAND OF OPPORTUNITY PAC	contributed_to	$1,000	pas2
2022-11-04	NATIONAL CATTLEMEN'S BEEF ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NCBA-PAC)	contributed_to	$2,500	pas2
2022-11-03	WINRED	contributed_to	$0	pas2
2022-11-03	FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL ACTION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE	contributed_to	$4,000	pas2
2022-11-03	CONSERVATIVE PROMISES PAC	contributed_to	$3,000	pas2
2022-11-03	FREEDOM, FAMILY & PROSPERITY PAC	contributed_to	$-2,900	pas2
2022-11-03	ELECTING MAJORITY MAKING EFFECTIVE REPUBLICANS PAC	contributed_to	$2,500	pas2
2022-11-03	FREEDOM, FAMILY & PROSPERITY PAC	contributed_to	$2,900	pas2
2022-11-03	NO VOTE LEFT BEHIND	opposes_independently	$18,414	fec_ies
2022-11-02	NEVER SURRENDER PAC	contributed_to	$1,000	pas2
2022-11-02	GREAT PLAINS LEADERSHIP FUND	contributed_to	$1,000	pas2
2022-11-02	MNM PAC	contributed_to	$1,000	pas2
2022-11-01	31 DAYS PAC	contributed_to	$2,900	pas2
2022-11-01	SPECIAL OPERATIONS FOR AMERICA	contributed_to	$12,500	pas2
2022-11-01	SPECIAL OPERATIONS FOR AMERICA	supports_independently	$12,500	fec_ies
2022-11-01	WINRED	contributed_to	$-15	pas2
2022-11-01	HMP	contributed_to	$628,747	pas2
2022-11-01	HMP	contributed_to	$933,119	pas2
2022-11-01	UNIVERSITY PUBLIC ISSUES COMMITTEE AKA UPIC	contributed_to	$1,000	pas2
2022-11-01	WINRED	contributed_to	$-1,000	pas2
2022-10-31	JAM PAC	contributed_to	$1,000	pas2
2022-10-31	THE COUNCIL OF INSURANCE AGENTS & BROKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE	contributed_to	$5,000	pas2
2022-10-31	SECURING AMERICAS MIGHT SAM PAC	contributed_to	$2,000	pas2
2022-10-31	EQUALITY LEADERSHIP FUND	contributed_to	$34,348	pas2
2022-10-31	HMP	contributed_to	$10,299	pas2
2022-10-31	CLF	contributed_to	$4,683	pas2
2022-10-31	HMP	contributed_to	$75,000	pas2

Outbound (3)

date	type	to	amount	source
—	principal_candidate_of	KING FOR IL-17	—	candidate_committees
—	principal_candidate_of	KING FOR IL-17 2022	—	candidate_committees
—	principal_candidate_of	ESTHER FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE	—	candidate_committees

pac.dog is a free, independent, non-partisan research tool. Every candidate, committee, bill, vote, member, and nonprofit on this site is mirrored from primary U.S. government sources (FEC, congress.gov, govinfo.gov, IRS) and each state's Secretary of State / election commission — no third-party data vendors, no paywall, no editorial intermediation. Citations to the originating source are on every detail page.