Candidate · November 3, 2026

Jonathan L. Jackson

On the ballot for U.S. House · Illinois's 1st District

DemocraticIncumbent
raised through Oct 14, 2026
$539K
cash on hand
$40K
issues with public statements
7
outside spending for or against
$150K

§1On the ballot

Why this matters: This is exactly how the candidate appears on your ballot, from the state's official candidate list.

OfficeU.S. House · Illinois's 1st District1
Party on the ballotDemocratic1
StatusIncumbent — Currently represents Illinois's 1st District in the U.S. House.2
Also on the ballot

§2Who they are

Why this matters: Background and experience help you judge how someone might do the job. These come from public records and the candidate's own materials.

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

Jonathan Jackson represents Illinois's 1st Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives and serves on the House Committees on Agriculture and Foreign Affairs.3,4 His campaign website says he was the national spokesman for the Rainbow PUSH Coalition.4 It says he launched businesses in telecom, distribution and construction and has taught finance and entrepreneurship at Chicago City Colleges and Chicago State University.4 His official biography says he holds a bachelor's degree in business from North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University and an MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management.3,4

Service in Congress since 2023

  • 2025–nowU.S. Representative, IL-12
  • 2023–2025U.S. Representative, IL-12

Websites and accounts

§3What they've said on the issues

Why this matters: These are positions the candidate has stated publicly — on their campaign website or in public statements — summarized in plain words with a link to where they said it. Issues they haven't spoken about publicly are left out.

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

Each issue has its own range of views. A position is marked on that range only when the candidate's own statement clearly matches one option; there is no overall left–right score.

Courts, Rights and Civil Liberties

Voting Rights Act protections

His campaign website says he supports voting rights legislation including the For the People Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, to enhance voter access and counteract voter suppression.6

  1. Restore and widen protections by law, such as federal approval of voting changes in places with a history of discrimination (for example, the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act)
  2. Keep current law, as the Supreme Court read it in 2026, without the federal approval requirement
  3. Stop applying the law to how district maps are drawn
Marked: the option their statement matches.

Health Care

Health insurance system

His campaign website says he is a strong advocate for Medicare for All.6

  1. One government plan for everyone (Medicare for All)
  2. Add a government plan that anyone can choose to buy
  3. Keep the current mix of private and public coverage, including the ACA
  4. Fewer federal insurance rules and more private plan choices, with aid paid to individuals
Marked: the option their statement matches.

Abortion and Reproductive Health

Who sets abortion law

His campaign website says he supports legislation to ensure comprehensive health care access, including the Women's Health Protection Act, which he endorses to safeguard reproductive freedoms.6

  1. A national law making abortion legal in every state, at least until viability, as under Roe v. Wade
  2. Leave abortion law to each state
  3. A national law limiting abortion (for example, after 15 weeks of pregnancy)
Marked: the option their statement matches.

Foreign Policy and Defense

Aid to Ukraine

His official biography says he supported Ukraine by voting for the Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2024, which provided additional military aid to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.3

  1. Send more US-funded weapons and money to Ukraine
  2. Keep supplying weapons, with European allies paying for most of them
  3. End US weapons and aid for Ukraine, including weapons paid for by allies
Marked: the option their statement matches.
Military aid to Israel

His official biography says he has joined colleagues in advocating for conditions on U.S. military aid to Israel in line with the Leahy Law.3

  1. Increase military aid to Israel
  2. Keep military aid at current levels, without new conditions
  3. Attach conditions, such as limits on how US weapons are used and requirements to let humanitarian aid into Gaza
  4. Reduce or end military aid to Israel
Marked: the option their statement matches.

Education

US Department of Education

His official biography says he supported H.R. 433, the Department of Education Protection Act, which would prohibit funds from being used to reorganize the department.3

  1. Close the department and move or end its programs
  2. Shrink it and give states more control over federal school money
  3. Keep the department and its programs, or expand it
Marked: the option their statement matches.

Crime, Policing and Prisons

Death penalty

His official biography says he supports H.R. 4633, the Federal Death Penalty Prohibition Act.3

  1. Use it more often or for more crimes (for example, child rape or drug trafficking)
  2. Keep it as current law allows
  3. Pause executions (a moratorium)
  4. Abolish it
Marked: the option their statement matches.

§4Popular bills that never got a vote

Why this matters: Many bills with wide support from both parties never reach a vote, so no member of Congress is ever on record for or against them. Signing on as a sponsor or cosponsor is the only public record of support.

While Jonathan L. Jackson served, these bills had broad support from both parties but never reached a floor vote. No officeholder ever had to vote on them. Jonathan L. Jackson sponsored or cosponsored 30 of the 52. How bills die without a vote.

See all 52

§5Money

Why this matters: Campaigns report where their money comes from and how much they have left. Outside groups that spend on their own, without coordinating with the campaign, report that too.

Reported to the Federal Election Commission for the 2025–2026 election cycle, through October 14, 2026.59

Raised$539,051
Spent$552,670
Cash on hand$40,070
Debts owed by the campaign$27,000

Where the money came from

Individual donors$319K · 59%
PACs and other political committees$200K · 37%
Other receipts (other loans, refunds, interest)$20K · 4%

Outside spending

Groups spending independently reported $150,454 supporting and $0 opposing Jonathan L. Jackson this cycle, primary and general combined, in the 24- and 48-hour reports the law requires for larger expenditures, filed through October 22, 2026.60

Largest independent spenders, as named in their FEC filings.
GroupSupportingOpposing
Protect Progress$150,454—

Smaller expenditures that appear only on a group's regular monthly or quarterly report aren't in these totals, so the full amounts can be somewhat higher. When a group amends a report, only its latest version is counted.

§6Financial disclosures

Why this matters: Federal candidates and members of Congress must report their assets, income, debts and outside jobs, and members must report stock trades. These filings show possible conflicts of interest.