Democratic U.S. Rep. Bill Foster of Naperville outraised and outspent Republican challenger Catalina Lauf of Woodstock during the year’s third quarter, newly released documents show.

Democratic Party leaders wasted no time going after newly minted Republican congressional nominee Catalina Lauf of Woodstock on Wednesday.

The Republican race to face Democratic U.S. Rep. Bill Foster of Naperville for Illinois' 11th Congressional District seat could be close.

The Republican race to face Democratic U.S. Rep. Bill Foster of Naperville for Illinois’ 11th Congressional District seat could be close.

Most of the Republican candidates for Illinois’ 11th Congressional District seat entered the last three weeks of the primary race strapped for campaign cash, records show.

Republicans running for Illinois’ 11th Congressional District seat expressed varied stances on immigration policy reform and what to do about people already in the country illegally. One said making English the national language would be a key step; several favored funding a wall

Three Republican candidates in Illinois’ 11th Congressional District believe the global climate is changing and that humanity contributes to the problem -- but two others expressed doubts.

Although they found common ground on many issues, three Republican candidates for Illinois’ 11th Congressional District seat expressed different priorities during a public forum in Batavia.

US House of Representatives 11th Congressional District candidate Mark Joseph Carroll said in his questionnaire on abortion: "I would support a Constitutional Amendment defining Life as beginning at conception and ending at natural death."

Two of the Republicans running for Illinois’ 11th Congressional District seat believe abortion should be banned nationally if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns the historic Roe v. Wade decision.

Asked if the country is prepared for another round of the COVID-19 pandemic, or the next pandemic, 11th Congressional District candidate Susan Hathaway-Altman said "America is absolutely not prepared for another pandemic on any level." Read her full questionnaire here.

Asked how he would bring back manufacturing jobs, District 11 Rep. Bill Foster wrote "I believe America needs to focus on being a leader in high-tech manufacturing." Read Foster's full election questionnaire here.

Asked if he would have voted to ratify Joe Biden's presidency, 11th District Congressional candidate Jerry Evans said "I would not have voted to certify these electors until more extensive investigation was done to bring confidence in the outcomes" in certain states.

Three months after one of U.S. Rep. Bill Foster’s Republican challengers reported raising more money from individual donors than the veteran Naperville Democrat, Foster has regained the fundraising crown in the 11th District.

Two congressional candidates whose filing paperwork had been formally challenged have dropped out of a pair of largely suburban races.

A national group supporting Republican congressional candidates has added Illinois’ 11th District – now held by Democrat Bill Foster of Naperville – to a list of seats it’s focusing on this year.

Woodstock’s Catalina Lauf received more money from individual donors than Rep. Bill Foster did during Q4 of 2021