Jeff Cohen
Running for U.S. House District 9 — 2026 election
Raised · 2026 cycle
$793K
Source: FEC
As of July 2026, Jeff Cohen is a Democratic candidate for U.S. House District 9 in Illinois in the 2026 election. Federal Election Commission filings report $792,825 in total receipts for the 2026 cycle. All figures on this page are drawn from primary sources — FEC filings, congressional records, and STOCK Act disclosures — and link back to them.
Data last updated July 2026.
Jeff Cohen is an economist and attorney who ran as a Democrat for Illinois' 9th Congressional District in 2026. According to his campaign website, he spent three decades working in law and economics, including at the U.S. Department of Justice on the Anthem-Cigna merger challenge, advising the City of Chicago against the 2016 Olympics bid, and consulting for Apple. Born in India and raised in downstate Illinois, Cohen earned a BA and MBA from the University of Chicago and lives in Evanston, where he and his wife raised three children. He received $792,825 in campaign contributions during the cycle, per FEC filings, and lost the March 17, 2026 Democratic primary.
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$793K
Total raised
$784K
Total spent
$9K
Cash on hand
Where the money comes from
Reflects money received by the campaign committee itself. “Loans and other receipts” covers candidate or bank loans, offsets to operating expenditures, interest and other non-contribution receipts reported to the FEC. Independent expenditures by super PACs are not included.
Totals through 2026-06-30 · Source: FEC