Race context
Joseph Wentzel is indexed in the OppIntell public candidate file as a Democratic profile for Illinois, U.S. House, 08. Cycle year on file: 2026.
Race name on file: 2026 U.S. House - Illinois 08.
Race status on file: discovered.
Election system on file: other.
The indexed incumbent/challenger value is challenger.
The profile was first indexed on 2026-05-05 and last indexed on 2026-05-07.
Other indexed profiles returned for this same field are listed below. The list is limited to the race query for this page.
Christ Kallas (Democratic), Dan Tully (Democratic), Jennifer Davis (Republican), Junaid Ahmed (Democratic), Kevin Allen Ake (Republican), Kevin B. Morrison (Democratic), Mark Rice (Republican), Melissa Luburich Bean (Democratic).
Source posture
Published claim kinds on file: 2 background claims; 24 media claims; 1 finance claim.
Latest attached source timestamp on file: 2026-05-14.
Filings and votes on file
Finance claims on file: 1. 0 are quoted above. FEC candidate id on file: H6IL08220.
Indexed field reading
Joseph Wentzel is carried in the OppIntell public index as a Democratic profile for Illinois, U.S. House, 08. The party label, office, and state on this page are the values stored on the profile. Empty fields are left off rather than filled with a guess.
The cycle year 2026 is stored for Joseph Wentzel, and the candidate status stored on the profile is Active candidate. This page uses that status label and does not invent a ballot position from it.
The race title stored for Joseph Wentzel is 2026 U.S. House - Illinois 08. The race status stored beside that title is discovered. Both are indexed fields from the profile record.
The election system value stored for this profile is other. It is shown because that value is present on the record.
The indexed incumbent/challenger value is challenger for Joseph Wentzel. The page uses the stored incumbent or challenger value and does not infer it from the office title.
The FEC candidate id stored for Joseph Wentzel is H6IL08220.
The profile was first indexed on 2026-05-05 and last indexed on 2026-05-07.
The route record for Joseph Wentzel reports 28 public claims, 28 valid citations, and 28 primary-source references, and the latest attached source timestamp on that record is 2026-05-14. Those figures are counts from the route. Claim wording is added on this page only when a published row was returned for the profile.
Published claim kinds with a count above zero for Joseph Wentzel: background (2), media (24), finance (1). A kind whose stored count is zero is left off this list.
The same-field query for Joseph Wentzel returned 8 other indexed profiles: Christ Kallas (Democratic), Dan Tully (Democratic), Jennifer Davis (Republican), Junaid Ahmed (Democratic), Kevin Allen Ake (Republican), Kevin B. Morrison (Democratic), Mark Rice (Republican), Melissa Luburich Bean (Democratic). That set is the bounded query result for this page, not a certified full ballot.
Cross-reference identifiers stored for Joseph Wentzel: FEC H6IL08220; Other sec-edgar:_run.
Profile questions
What office is Joseph Wentzel indexed for?
Joseph Wentzel is indexed for Illinois, U.S. House, 08. The race name on file is 2026 U.S. House - Illinois 08. The election system on file is other. The cycle year on file is 2026. The office, district, and state above are the indexed profile fields.
What party is on file for Joseph Wentzel?
The party label on file for Joseph Wentzel is Democratic.
What is Joseph Wentzel's candidate status?
Joseph Wentzel is marked Active candidate on this profile. Race status on file: discovered.
Which committee or filing id is listed for Joseph Wentzel?
FEC candidate id on file: H6IL08220.
How many public claims are attached to Joseph Wentzel?
The route record reports 28 public claims, 28 valid citations, and 28 primary-source references. Published claim kinds on file: Background 2, Media 24, Finance 1. Claim text on this page is quoted from the published-claims teaser and is omitted when that teaser returns no rows.
Is Joseph Wentzel indexed as an incumbent or a challenger?
The indexed incumbent/challenger value is challenger.
Who else is indexed in Joseph Wentzel's race field?
Other indexed profiles returned for this field include Christ Kallas (Democratic), Dan Tully (Democratic), Jennifer Davis (Republican), Junaid Ahmed (Democratic), Kevin Allen Ake (Republican), Kevin B. Morrison (Democratic), Mark Rice (Republican), Melissa Luburich Bean (Democratic). That list is the bounded race query for this page, not a certified full ballot.