BEAN, MELISSA LUBURICH

D · house · bioguide B001253

FEC candidate id: H2IL08088
Internal id: 87e64f3a-ea93-424f-81d4-9e160f5dba4e
Status: challenger

Who this candidate represents

Who lives here — American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024), IL-08. Source.

Category	Metric	Value
People	Population	746,772
People	Median age	40
Income	Median household income	$99,637
Income	Per-capita income	$46,456
Income	In poverty	7.4%
Income	Unemployed	4.5%
Income	Gini inequality index	0.417
Race	White alone	55.7%
Race	Black alone	4.8%
Race	Asian alone	13.9%
Race	Hispanic or Latino	25.1%
Race	Two or more races	14.2%
Origin	Foreign-born	28.0%
Language	Speaks English only at home	58.1%
Language	Speaks Spanish at home	19.5%
Education	High school or higher	63.6%
Education	Bachelor's or higher	40.0%
Education	Advanced degree	13.8%
Household	Family households	69.7%
Household	Avg household size	2.65
Household	Never married (15+)	31.4%
Housing	Median home value	$326,100
Housing	Median gross rent	$1,597
Housing	Single-family detached	53.8%
Housing	Built before 1940	2.1%
Housing	Overcrowded (>1 per room)	3.9%
Housing	Vacant units	3.7%
Service	Veterans (18+)	3.5%
Health	With a disability	9.3%
Connectivity	Households with broadband	94.4%
Connectivity	Households with no internet	4.0%
Commute	Drove alone	71.0%
Commute	Public transit	2.2%
Commute	Worked from home	15.7%

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.
2012	$0	$25,240	$0	$0	$0
2010	$2,292,879	$2,451,348	$25,240	$12,800	$838,115
2008	$3,107,771	$2,986,007	$183,708	$17,800	$1,377,349
2006	$4,337,076	$4,299,595	$61,945	$48,937	$2,692,230
2004	$1,603,232	$1,586,835	$24,464	$73,146	$1,078,869
2002	$329,028	$320,960	$8,067	$18,800	$199,808

Elections

2002 general house · IL-8 — won
2004 general house · IL-8 — won
2006 general house · IL-8 — won
2008 general house · IL-8 — won
2010 general house · IL-8 — lost_general

Committees

ILLINOIS VICTORY 2006 — joint_fundraising · type Q
JOINT COMMITTEE FOR MEMBER MOMS — joint_fundraising · type H
MELISSA BEAN FOR CONGRESS — principal · type H

Recent votes

No votes on file.

Election prediction

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

P(win) = 25.1%

Feature	Δ P(win)
Base rate (historical)	15.1%
D (major party)	+10.0%

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.

Transfers from committees

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

Date	From committee	Type	Amount
2026-02-23	CAREER EDUCATION COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES POLI…	24K	$1,000
2026-01-30	AMGEN INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE	24K	$1,000
2025-10-13	ELI LILLY AND COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE	24K	$2,500

Connected on the graph

Inbound (3)

date	from	type	amount	source
2026-02-23	CAREER EDUCATION COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE	contributed_to	$1,000	pas2
2026-01-30	AMGEN INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE	contributed_to	$1,000	pas2
2025-10-13	ELI LILLY AND COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE	contributed_to	$2,500	pas2

Outbound (3)

date	type	to	amount	source
—	joint_fundraising_committee_of	ILLINOIS VICTORY 2006	—	candidate_committees
—	joint_fundraising_committee_of	JOINT COMMITTEE FOR MEMBER MOMS	—	candidate_committees
—	principal_candidate_of	MELISSA BEAN FOR CONGRESS	—	candidate_committees

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