{"id":70999,"date":"2026-03-18T22:09:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T22:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/which-illinois-primary-candidates-spent-the-most-money-per-vote-in-the-2026-election\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T22:09:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T22:09:02","slug":"which-illinois-primary-candidates-spent-the-most-money-per-vote-in-the-2026-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/which-illinois-primary-candidates-spent-the-most-money-per-vote-in-the-2026-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Which Illinois primary candidates spent the most money per vote in the 2026 election?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-0\">\n  <!-- lil observer --><br \/>\n      <span class=\"content__observer-marker content__observer-marker--fixed lazyload\"\/><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body\">\n<p>The road to the U.S. Capitol proved to be <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/chicago\/news\/illinois-congressional-elections-fundraising-candidates-us-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">very expensive<\/a><\/span> for some candidates in the Illinois primary elections. Ads, mailers and other campaign elements can cost millions.<\/p>\n<p>The CBS News Data Team analyzed vote totals and dollars spent by the top candidates and made some fascinating discoveries.<\/p>\n<p>In the race for U.S. Senate, the top spender by far was U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, who came in second. He spent nearly $24 million and received less than 400,000 votes, leading to a cost of about $60 per ballot. <\/p>\n<p>The winner in that race, <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/chicago\/news\/illinois-us-senate-race-2026-primary-results\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton<\/a><\/span>, spent a fraction of that \u2014 about $2.8 million \u2014 and got more votes, leading to a cost per vote of less than $6.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Republican nominee for Senate, Don Tracy, spent $462,000 and received nearly 211,000 votes, or just over $2 a ballot.<\/p>\n<p>Kat Abughazaleh spent the most money of any candidate running for U.S. House in her bid for the 9th District, nearly $3 million. She lost with 31,000 votes at a cost of nearly $94 each.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But that&#8217;s nothing compared to Neil Khot, who came in sixth in the primary for the 8th Congressional District. He got 4,500 votes and spent $1.8 million; that&#8217;s a staggering $401 per vote.<\/p>\n<p>The finance data analyzed by the CBS News Data Team is through late February and does not include any PAC money or outside spending.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Explore the data below:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<div style=\"min-height:1293px\" id=\"datawrapper-vis-5BuTZ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/5BuTZ\/full.png\" alt=\"Spending by campaign (Table)\"\/><\/div>\n<p><amp-iframe width=\"100\" height=\"100\" layout=\"responsive\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin\" resizable=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/5BuTZ\/1\/\"><br \/>\n<\/amp-iframe><\/div>\n<p>If you are having trouble viewing this table, <a href=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/5BuTZ\/2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">click here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<p class=\"content__meta--contributors\">\n<p>                                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/elliott-ramos\/\" class=\"byline__author__link\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Elliott  Ramos<\/a><\/p>\n<p>        contributed to this report.\n    <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"component__item-recirc-block\">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">Go deeper with The Free Press<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__tags\">\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/illinois-primary-election-candidates-money-per-vote\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The road to the U.S. Capitol proved to be very expensive for some candidates in the Illinois primary elections. 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