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H8IL09067

SCHAKOWSKY, JANICE D Incumbent

 ·  IL-9 (House)
42.2
Influence Score · 2026
Moderately exposed
Sitting member — full twelve-axis v8 score available. View full dossier  →

Score components

AxisRawNormalized (pts)Coverage
Direct contributions $549K 2.61 2026 cycle, principal committee
Outside spending — direct support $0 PACs that directly supported this candidate
Outside spending — indirect (OPPOSE against opponents) $603K OPPOSE spending against opponents in the same race, attributed proportionally
Outside spending — OPPOSE against this candidate $0 PACs that spent to defeat this candidate (not scored on this axis)
Total outside spending in favor $603K 0.02 direct + indirect — drives the outside-spending axis
Lobbying exposure $9.94M 4.52 Committee jurisdiction match
Vote alignment 0.864 6.97 Sponsor-aligned roll calls
Contribution timing — money arriving near key votes 0.0038 0.76 Receipts timed to legislative action
Dark-money exposure 0.0000 0.00 Disclosed-vs-dark outside spending share
Personal trade direction 0.000 0.00 STOCK Act buys in jurisdiction

Race matchup  IL-9

Candidate Party Status Direct $ Outside $ Score Tier
SCHAKOWSKY, JANICE D DEM Inc. $549K $29 42.2 Moderately exposed
FINE, LAURA DEM Open $2.69M $8.83M 12.0 Heavily backed
BISS, DANIEL DEM Open $2.64M $2.46M 10.1 Substantially backed
ABUGHAZALEH, KATHERINE M. DEM Open $1.39M $275K 6.0 Modestly backed
ANDREW, PHILIP JEROME DEM Open $856K $1.13M 4.7 Modestly backed
AMIWALA, BUSHRA DEM Open $773K $836K 4.2 Modestly backed
HUYNH, KHAI-HOAN DEM Open $671K $687K 3.7 Modestly backed
SIMMONS, MIKE DEM Open $370K $603K 2.4 Lightly backed
PYATI, NICK DEM Open $250K $603K 2.0 Lightly backed
POLAN, SAM DEM Open $107K $603K 1.4 Lightly backed
LEON, BRUCE DEM Open $92K $603K 1.4 Lightly backed

Challenger and open-seat scores reflect contributions, outside spending, and dark-money exposure only — a maximum of about 23. They are not directly comparable to incumbent scores, which run 0–100 across all twelve axes. Compare the dollar columns (Direct $, Outside $) for a like-for-like view.