Melissa Luburich Bean

American politician (born 1962)

U.S. House — IL-08DemocraticRunning nowVugol ID VM-W58-GXN3 FEC H6IL08329

Running for U.S. House, IL-08, 2026

Link: vugol.me/p/melissa-luburich-bean

Roster source: FEC filing (2026-08-26)

Melissa Luburich Bean — Photo — Photo · U.S. House of Representatives · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Melissa Luburich Bean — Illustration · Vugol.me — Illustration · Vugol.me
Illustration by Vugol.me, adapted from House of Represenatatives · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Races

2026 · U.S. House, IL-08 · General · Democratic · on the ballot

Background

Melissa Bean is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Illinois's 8th congressional district from 2005 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, Bean is the nominee to regain her old seat in the 2026 U.S. House election.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 2026-09-24 · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_Bean

Campaign finance

$2,071,076total raised (2026 cycle)

$1,926,546total spent (2026 cycle)

$144,530cash on hand (2026 cycle)

As of 2026-06-30 · Source: FEC

Website and social

Campaign site

Sources

Portrait — House of Represenatatives · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons (file page)
Background — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-09-24 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_Bean
Roster — FEC filing — https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H6IL08329/
photo_gallery — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Melissa_Bean,_official_portrait_(109th_Congress).jpg

Is this you?

If you are Melissa Luburich Bean (or their campaign), sign in to claim this profile free and add your photo, bio and platform.

Sign in with your campaign email address — the one published for this campaign, or any address on your campaign website’s domain — and your claim is verified instantly. Other claims are identity-checked by our staff first.