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Top Contested Races for Illinois General Assembly

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Chamber District Total Candidates Total Funds in Race
House 7th 2 $22,310,668.31
Senate 26th 2 $7,647,178.19
Senate 48th 2 $6,161,589.96
Senate 36th 2 $5,302,011.15
Senate 23rd 2 $4,210,340.13
House 112th 2 $3,892,229.53
Senate 40th 2 $3,469,389.31
Senate 57th 2 $3,365,653.35
House 113th 2 $3,316,557.21
House 81st 2 $3,020,516.66

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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
Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate $8,085,296.34
JB for Governor $4,635,321.31
ISDF $1,740,589.29
People for Emanuel Chris Welch $1,350,843.10
Democratic Party of Illinois $965,588.48
Democrats for the Illinois House $715,137.40
Republican State Party Committees
Committee Name Cash on Hand
Illinois Republican Party $523,454.34
Citizens for Durkin $275,427.66
House Republican Organization $233,016.87
Elect Dan McConchie $82,128.15
Republican State Senate Campaign Committee $5,723.94


Recent Political Donations

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

Donor Amount Recipient
SEIU IL Council (Dues) $1.10M SEIU Illinois Council PAC
James S. Frank $800.00K INCS Action Independent Committee
SEIU Illinois Council PAC Fund $500.00K Friends of Brandon Johnson
Friends of Brandon Johnson $500.00K United Working Families PAC
AFT Solidarity Fund, dues $207.59K Illinois Federation of Teachers COPE
Chicago Land Operators Joint Labor Management PAC $200.00K Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate
Dean L Buntrock $100.00K Vallas For Mayor
THOMAS M. TULLY $100.00K Citizens for Tully
Brian C. Miller $100.00K Vallas For Mayor
SEIU Local 1 Illinois Pol Educ Comm $100.00K Friends of Brandon Johnson

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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 Vallas For Mayor +$6,204,650.00
2 Friends of Brandon Johnson +$3,899,729.91
3 Chicago Teachers Union Local 1 PAC +$1,500,000.00
4 INCS Action Independent Committee +$1,212,800.00
5 SEIU Illinois Council PAC +$1,104,500.00
6 Chicagoland Operators Joint Labor-Management PAC +$971,195.66
7 SEIU Healthcare Illinois Indiana PAC +$750,000.00
8 United Working Families PAC +$688,275.00
9 Illinois Federation of Teachers COPE +$661,535.21
10 Lightfoot for Chicago +$552,534.87

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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 Vallas For Mayor $11,089,790.92
2 Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate $8,085,296.34
3 Friends of Brandon Johnson $7,141,516.83
4 Carpentry Advancement Political Action $6,762,374.20
5 Friends of Michael J Madigan $6,427,628.20
6 JB for Governor $4,635,321.31
7 Friends of Chuy Garcia $3,788,042.97
8 Lightfoot for Chicago $3,659,803.09
9 INCS Action Independent Committee $2,802,147.02
10 13th Ward Democratic Org $2,673,807.33

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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.




About

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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