FinTrack
Who funded Chicago's 2026 school board election
The biggest spenders
Given straight to candidates
Through a PAC that gave to candidates
Through outside-spending groups
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Did the money win?
Did the most-funded candidate win?
One tile per contested seat. A candidate's funding is what their campaign raised, plus outside spending for them or against their opponents.
How each seat's money was split
Each bar is one seat's funding, divided among its candidates.
Winner
Most-funded candidate, when they lost
Leading, too close to call
Other candidates
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Where each big funder's money landed
Backed the winner (or opposed a loser)
Backed a loser (or opposed the winner)
Spent in seats still too close to call
Uncontested seats are left out.
Small donors gave less than 1%
Five largest funders
Everyone else
Small gifts ($150 or less)
One donor against every small gift combined
School board president
Every seat
Choose a seat to see who paid for it. Bars show each seat's total; the coral share is outside spending.