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Races · house · 2020 · Illinois
house · open seat

Raymond Lenzi vs Mike Bost

Safe RR +34.3 forecast· 0 polls · 0 markets
Model's final pre-election call · win probabilitypoliagg-v34 · final pre-election call
1% Lenzi (D)
99% Bost (R)
R+15R+5TIEDD+5D+15
Model's predicted final margin R +34.3 · 80% CI R+46.3 → R+22.3
Actual result R+20.9 · backtest (race already called)
Momentum
insufficient data
Tipping-point P
0.0%
Decisive for chamber control
Market · D-side
Cross-platform consensus
News articles · 30d
no recent coverage
Where this race stands
Verified

Safe R · model 99% R

No recent polls or markets for this race. PVI baseline (R+22) suggests Safe R.

The poliagg-v34 ensemble forecasts R+34.2 with an 80% CI ranging from R+46.2 (10th pctile) to R+22.2 (90th pctile), giving R a 99% chance of winning.

CITATIONS · safe-r
Forecast · poliagg-v34
Predicted final margin
R +34.3
80% CI: R +46.3R +22.3 · win prob 1%
R+60R+30TIEDD+30D+60
Quality · inputs
Data quality · medium
Polls used0
Days to electionpassed
Actual resultR+20.9
Residual σ6.00pt
Generated7/1/2026

Endorsements · 118 total

Source · Wikipedia · 0 candidates with no endorsements yet
93Lenzi · 79%
Bost · 21%25
DRaymond Lenzi93 endorsers
Most notable · Barack Obama · 44th president of the United States
Other43
Elected officials27
Federal 13State 6Local 0
Organizations19
Newspapers3
Celebrity1
RMike Bost25 endorsers
Most notable · Donald Trump · 45th president of the United States
Other10
Elected officials7
Federal 7State 0Local 0
Organizations6
Newspapers2

Money raised · own committees

FEC Schedule E (independent expenditures) + candidate-committee totals · last filing 2020-12-22
Mike BostH4IL12060 ↗
Receipts
$1.9M
Disburse
$1.5M
Cash on hand
$413.8K
Debts
$0
Insurance$20.1K
Mining$13.7K
Securities & investment$11.2K
Casinos / gambling$11.0K
KNIGHT HAWK COAL, LLC$13.7K
DONOHO INSURANCE AGENCY$11.7K
AASI$11.2K
CITADEL, LLC$11.2K
SOUTHERN IL GI SPECIALISTS$11.0K
Raymond LenziH0IL12100 ↗
Receipts
$162.5K
Disburse
$162.7K
Cash on hand
$0
Debts
$22.0K
Lawyers / law firms$500
LENZI FOR CONGRESS$1.0K
SOLARIZE SOUTHERN ILLINOIS$500
LAWYER$500

Outside spending · independent expenditures

FEC Schedule E (independent expenditures) + candidate-committee totals · 24/48-hr IE reports
IE total
$73.4K
D side
$10 · 0%
R side
$73.4K · 100%
Top spender
FIREFIGHTERS SUPPOR…
For / against split
For Lenzi $10
For Bost $73.4K
SpenderSideAmountShareTarget
FIREFIGHTERS SUPPORT ASSOCIATION PACR$67.2K92%for Mike Bost
ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION ACTIVATOR POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT FUND (FED) 'ACTIVATOR'/'ILLINOIS FARM BUREAU ACTIVATOR'R$6.2K8%for Mike Bost
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTIOND$100%for Raymond Lenzi

Editorial ratings · 3 raters

Cook · Sabato · Inside Elections · 538 · DDHQ et al.
Safe R3
The Cook Political Report
Safe R
Oct 20
Inside Elections
Safe R
Oct 15
Sabato's Crystal Ball
Safe R
Oct 19

Demographic crosstabs

age · education · race · gender
No demographic crosstabs published for this race yet. Most pollsters release only topline numbers; subgroup breakdowns (age, education, race, gender) appear here when a pollster publishes them.
Rating timeline
May 11, 2026Safe Rmodel
Verification trail
Polls verified0 / 0deterministic
Polls flaggednone
Markets ingested0 platformsnone listed
FEC filingssyncedcommittee + IE · 2020-12-22
Endorsements118 totalWikipedia scrape
News coverage< 5 articlesGoogle News
Method · bounds + percentage totals + date-order checks