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Illinois Sunshine is a tool by Reform for Illinois for browsing political contributions in the state of Illinois.

The data comes from the Illinois State Board of Elections, which has been collecting this data electronically since 1994. We built Illinois Sunshine to give journalists, activists and citizens better access to and documentation for this data.

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Party Funds in Illinois

Funds available for top Democratic and Republican political parties in Illinois, updated daily

Democratic State Party Committees
Committee Name Cash on Hand
JB for Governor $12,089,411.12
Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate $11,609,211.95
People for Emanuel Chris Welch $4,901,744.00
ISDF $3,321,066.32
Democrats for the Illinois House $1,208,945.73
Democratic Party of Illinois $646,479.17
Republican State Party Committees
Committee Name Cash on Hand
Friends of John Curran $1,225,916.80
McCombie for Illinois $793,426.72
Illinois Republican Party $569,869.22
House Republican Organization $433,676.63
Republican State Senate Campaign Committee $54,439.52


Recent Political Donations

Top donations to Illinois political committees in the last 7 days, updated daily

Donor Amount Recipient
Labor Management Union Carpentry Cooperation Promotion Fund $271.89K Carpentry Advancement Political Action
I.U.O.E. Local 399 Political Education Fund $68.50K 13th Ward Democratic Org
Friends to Elect Lamont Robinson $44.20K Lamont Robinson For Alderman
IBEW Local Union 9 (Dues Check-off) $28.63K International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers PAC
Simmons Hanly Conroy $25.00K Joy for Justice, Inc.
LIUNA Chicago Laborers' District Council PAC $25.00K Citizens for Laura M Murphy
Liandro, Jr Arellano $25.00K Citizens for Arellano
United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, AFL-CIO, CLC $15.00K Friends of Robert "Bob" Rita
Labor Management Union Carpentry Cooperation Promotion Fund $14.75K Carpentry Advancement Political Action
Darden Restaurants $10.00K Illinois Merchants PAC Team

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Top Earners last 30 days, updated daily

Political committees operate by receiving donations, transfers and loans from people, organizations, and other committees. Here's who's raised the most money in the last month.

Rank Committee New funds
1 ISDF +$2,227,250.00
2 Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate +$1,340,500.00
3 People for Emanuel Chris Welch +$1,027,000.00
4 Chicagoland Operators Joint Labor-Management PAC +$870,415.97
5 Democrats for the Illinois House +$317,280.00
6 Committee for Natalie Toro +$301,517.13
7 Carpentry Advancement Political Action +$286,636.58
8 McCombie for Illinois +$161,500.00
9 Democratic Party of Illinois +$138,150.00
10 Friends of John Curran +$125,582.04

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Top Political Committees highest current funds, updated daily

Political committees must report their current funds, along with donations and expenditures every quarter. Here's the committees that have the most investments and cash on hand.

Rank Committee Current funds
1 JB for Governor $12,089,411.12
2 Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate $11,609,211.95
3 Carpentry Advancement Political Action $7,550,671.38
4 Friends of Michael J Madigan $6,356,279.41
5 People for Emanuel Chris Welch $4,901,744.00
6 Chicagoland Operators Joint Labor-Management PAC $4,020,296.17
7 ISDF $3,321,066.32
8 Illinois PAC for Education (IPACE) $2,698,918.13
9 13th Ward Democratic Org $2,581,158.82
10 LiUNA Chicago Laborers District Council $2,502,345.49

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Tracking Political Donations by month and year

The chart below shows political donations since 1994. Hover over a month to see total donations and transfers during that time period. To see total donations and transfers by year, decrease the size of your browser window until you see dark green bars.