Robert Peters
Robert Peters ran in the March 17, 2026 Democratic primary for Illinois’s 2nd district and did not advance.
Peters served in the Illinois Senate from 2019 and chaired the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus from 2021 to 2024.
Peters studied at Kansas State University and entered the Illinois Senate in 2019 after an appointment. Peters won Senate elections in 2020 and 2024, chaired the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus from 2021 to 2024, and became majority whip of the Senate Democratic Caucus in 2025. In 2026, Peters lost a Democratic primary for the U.S. House in Illinois’s 2nd district.Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Party
- Democrat
- Ran for
- U.S. House · IL-2 (2026)
- Result
- Lost primary (12.4%)
- Raised
- $1.3M
- Age
- 41
- LAST RAN
- 2026
- RAISED
- $1.3M
- AGE
- 41
Photo: Lt. Col. Bradford Leighton / Public domain / Wikimedia Commons
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Robert Peters’s career and background
PUBLIC SERVICE · 2019 – PRESENT
- 2019 – NOWIllinois State Senate
- BORN
- April 26, 1985 · Chicago, Illinois
- EDUCATION
- Kansas State University
2026 election: Illinois’s 2nd District
Robert Peters’s campaign fundraising and spending
- RAISED · 2025–26 CYCLE
- $1.3M
- CASH ON HAND
- $8K
- SPENT
- $1.3M
WHERE THE MONEY CAME FROM
- Individuals
- $1.2M · 91.2%
- PACs
- $114K · 8.6%
- Party
- $3K · 0.2%
AIPAC · 2025–26
AIPAC TRACKER →HOW WE COUNT →TOP DONORS
OUTSIDE SPENDING
- SUPPORTING
- $463K
- OPPOSING
- $817K
CAMPAIGN SPENDING
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