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Keep an Eye on Money in Illinois Politics
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Contested Race for Chicago Mayor

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Candidate Total Funds in Race
Brandon Johnson $13,504,466.08
Donor Total donated Latest date
Chicago Teachers Union - PAC $2,463,291.62 Apr 24, 2023
American Federation of Teachers COPE - Voluntary A/C $2,227,271.77 Mar 31, 2023
SEIU Healthcare IL IN PAC $1,728,510.75 Apr 20, 2023
SEIU International PAC $1,000,000.00 Mar 29, 2023
Illinois Federation of Teachers COPE $900,100.00 Mar 07, 2023
Paul Vallas $21,910,769.93
Donor Total donated Latest date
Craig Duchossois $760,000.00 Mar 24, 2023
Michael L Keiser $700,150.00 Mar 03, 2023
Chicago Land Operators Joint Labor-Management PAC $500,000.00 Mar 20, 2023
James N Perry, Jr $500,000.00 May 17, 2023
Timothy Sullivan $400,000.00 Mar 22, 2023

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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 $7,787,794.54
JB for Governor $2,096,013.94
ISDF $1,252,125.62
People for Emanuel Chris Welch $1,199,260.65
Democrats for the Illinois House $493,328.12
Democratic Party of Illinois $284,585.92
Republican State Party Committees
Committee Name Cash on Hand
Illinois Republican Party $502,316.48
House Republican Organization $345,333.16
Citizens for Durkin $146,797.70
Elect Dan McConchie $79,929.13
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
Midwest Operating Engineers Construction Industry Research and Service $509.13K Chicagoland Operators Joint Labor-Management PAC
Labor Management Union Carpentry Cooperation Promotion Fund $284.59K Carpentry Advancement Political Action
SKDKNICKERBOCKER LLC $70.72K People for Emanuel Chris Welch
Wexler Boley & Elgersma LLP $27.00K Women for Data Privacy
Hispanic American Construction Industry Association $22.60K HACIA PAC
Teamsters Volunteers in Politics $20.00K People for Emanuel Chris Welch
Doug & Diane Oberhelman Family Foundation $13.70K Illinois Women's Institute for Leadership Training Academy
Ullico Inc. $13.70K Illinois Women's Institute for Leadership Training Academy
Calmer Corn Heads $10.00K Friends of Dan Swanson
Illinois AFL-CIO (member dues) $6.00K Illinois AFL-CIO COPE

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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 Chicagoland Operators Joint Labor-Management PAC +$509,131.68
2 Friends of Brandon Johnson +$498,961.57
3 Carpentry Advancement Political Action +$300,173.09
4 Illinois Federation of Teachers COPE +$200,035.50
5 Vallas For Mayor +$159,500.00
6 SEIU Illinois Council PAC +$150,000.00
7 People for Emanuel Chris Welch +$139,501.97
8 Joy for Justice, Inc. +$101,000.00
9 Committee to Elect Joni Binkley-Ross +$100,000.00
10 Illinois Laborers' Legislative Committee +$85,220.39

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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 Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate $7,787,794.54
2 Carpentry Advancement Political Action $7,225,295.20
3 Friends of Michael J Madigan $6,400,641.19
4 Vallas For Mayor $3,236,398.66
5 Illinois PAC for Education (IPACE) $3,005,004.71
6 13th Ward Democratic Org $2,594,180.81
7 LiUNA Chicago Laborers District Council $2,156,052.93
8 JB for Governor $2,096,013.94
9 Laborers' Political League - Great Lakes Region $2,023,485.85
10 Citizens for Lisa Madigan $2,023,306.10

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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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