Jennifer Davis
Candidate for Illinois 8th Congressional District · Republican
On the 2026 ballotCandidate · Illinois 8th Congressional District · Nov 3 General
Ballot status source: Illinois State Board of Elections — 2026 General Primary (March 17, 2026) Certified Vote Totals — 8th Congress — 'JENNIFER DAVIS', Republican, 14,635 votes (51.45%); won R primary · read Sep 24, 2026
Running for Illinois 8th Congressional District, Nov 3 General. The race page has 1 other candidate, 3 certified results. See the race
Roles on File
Seats held and sought, elections and committees, newest first.
- RunningIllinois 8th Congressional DistrictNov 3, 2026 · On the 2026 ballot
The District
What Illinois 8th Congressional District covers
Covers parts of Kane County, Cook County and DuPage County.
Includes Elgin (part), Hoffman Estates (part), Schaumburg, St. Charles (part), Elk Grove Village (part), Palatine (part), Des Plaines (part), Carol Stream (part), Carpentersville, South Elgin, Streamwood (part), South Barrington (part) and 18 more.
432 precincts · District lines: Congressional lines: U.S. Census Bureau (1:500,000 cartographic boundary, 119th Congress) · Precinct lines: Chicago Board of Election Commissioners, Boundaries - Ward Precincts (2023-2024) (data.cityofchicago.org 6piy-vbxa) for the City of Chicago; Cook County Clerk, Suburban Cook Election Precincts - Current (datacatalog.cookcountyil.gov k7sw-w3b8); DuPage County, Election_Precincts layer (gis.dupageco.org, current, retrieved 2026-09-24); U.S. Census Bureau 2020 VTDs elsewhere in Illinois; U.S. Census Bureau 2020 TIGER/Line VTDs where no official layer; Cook County 2020 elections: U.S. Census Bureau 2020 voting districts
Key Votes
The record
Current office: No current elected office (entrepreneur; founded Davisware, now BExponential) · official source not captured
Office per press; official source not captured this pass. Checked 2026-09-24.
Sep 24, 2026 · Ballotpedia · Desk note
Newest first. A close vote was decided by 5% of the votes cast or less (or 10 votes or fewer, under a fifth of the votes). Broke with party: voted against most of their party, where the record gives the party split.
Their Money
Campaign finance
- Last Change
- Profile updated · Sep 24
- Raised
- $1,476,009cycle to date through Jun 30
- Cash on Hand
- $730,401cycle to date through Jun 30
- Spent
- $745,608cycle to date through Jun 30
- Debts Owed
- $1,000,000cycle to date through Jun 30
- Next Report Due
- Q3 Report · Oct 15
View on FEC.govFEC, cycle to date through Jun 30, 2026
Top Payees
Who the campaign paid most, as its filing reports it.
- Matchstick Media$172,944.00
- Storytellers Group Llc$136,735.00
- Strategy Management Llc$86,323.44
- Primal Fundraising Llc$59,279.47
- 1892 Llc$39,950.00
Campaign finance · Jennifer Davis For Congress: July Quarterly 2026, through Jun 30, 2026
Jun 30, 2026 · Official · Federal Election CommissionFinance Reports
Campaign finance · Jennifer Davis For Congress: July Quarterly 2026, through Jun 30, 2026
Raised $1,476,009.04 this election cycle (as reported) · spent $745,608.38 · cash on hand $730,400.66 · debts owed by the committee $1,000,000.00 — through Jun 30, 2026. Where the money came from (cycle to date, as reported): Individuals $462,009.04 (31%); PACs and other political committees $14,000.00 (1%); Candidate loans $1,000,000.00 (68%). Where it went (itemized operating expenditures this cycle, FEC-processed through Sep 20, 2026): media and advertising $309,679.00; digital $86,599.44; fundraising $77,395.90; other $76,700.48; staff, contractors and reimbursements $51,210.96; general consulting $43,329.60.
Jun 30, 2026 · Official · Federal Election Commission
Money shows as the filings named here report it. Payees are who the campaign paid; individual contributors are not shown.
In Their Words
What they have said, on the record
“I've been working with databases since before people knew what they were. We've been using AI since the early 90s. None of this is new.”
“I spent 35 years in data.”
“It's replaced the arms race of the 80s.”
“The AI race is the new race.”
“It has to be the family. You build a strong family that builds a strong community, you build a stronger community, you build strong states. You build strong states, you build a strong country, and everything has to come from the ground up. We don't build houses from the roof down, we build them from the basement up, and we have to be fixated on that.”
“For me, we just have to be fixated on putting families and freedom first.”
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“You note the silent majority, and then you look at our district, 37% of our district are independent voters. People aren't independent about politics, they just hate both sides.”
“Everything that we do, we have to be fighting voter apathy.”
“I think families and freedom are the most important things that we do in everything we do.”
“I have always been conservative, I've never been anything other than conservative, pro-life, pro-Second Amendment and pro-First Amendment.”
“My entire goal out of this whole thing is to change the vision that people have of their engagement in politics and to get people outside of politics engaged in politics. You can only do that by winning, which is why I have been fixated on making sure I'm running a race that is strategically designed to win.”
“The motivation for getting involved is watching the politicians steal our votes with gerrymandering and also allowing them to be stolen through voter apathy in our district and in our state.”
In the News
Press coverage
- CAN GOP FLIP 8th CD RED · JEN DAVIS, 8th CD R NOMINEE, PT 1Aug 28, 2026 · Press · Jeff Berkowitz Public Affairs / CAN TV
- 8th Congressional District candidate Davis: 'People aren't independent about politics, they just hate both sides'Mar 4, 2026 · Press · Kane County Reporter
- Davis, Rice try to differentiate themselves at debate in 8th Congressional District GOP primaryJan 21, 2026 · Press · Daily Herald
Headlines link to the original reporting, captured on the date shown.
Reach Them
Websites and accounts
Campaign website capture
Campaign website https://www.votejenniferdavis.com/ captured 2026-09-24T20:35:40Z (1280x900 viewport, logged-out).
Sep 24, 2026 · Self-published · Campaign website · sourceCampaign website: https://www.votejenniferdavis.com/
Source: https://www.votejenniferdavis.com/
Sep 24, 2026 · Self-published · Campaign website · source
The Paper Trail
Filings, results and exhibits
On the ballot: U.S. House, Illinois 8th District · November 3, 2026 general election
Listed as "JENNIFER DAVIS" (REPUBLICAN) on the IL official election authority certified candidate list for the 2026 General Election (as of read 2026-09-24). Checked 2026-09-24.
Sep 24, 2026 · Official · IL official election authority · sourceU.S. Representative · IL-08
Republican · Candidate · On the 2026 ballot
Sep 19, 2026 · Official
Not on file for Jennifer yet: Advertising. Coverage varies by state and office.
File read Sep 25, 2026. Each item names its source. Record ID p_98rwzqa99.
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