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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
Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate $16,396,376.60
Democrats for the Illinois House $9,713,421.39
Democratic Party of Illinois $7,483,579.02
People for Emanuel Chris Welch $7,374,193.91
ISDF $6,965,623.46
JB for Governor $4,150,742.35
Republican State Party Committees
Committee Name Cash on Hand
House Republican Organization $2,361,089.43
Illinois Republican Party $1,965,972.73
Friends of John Curran $466,091.59
McCombie for Illinois $215,290.38
Republican State Senate Campaign Committee $34,380.52


Recent Political Donations

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

Donor Amount Recipient
Illinois REALTORS $75.00K REALTORS in Oppostion to Property Tax
National Association of REALTORS $45.69K REALTORS® in Opposition to Home Rule
Gori Law Firm, The $27.40K Illinois Trial Lawyers Assn PAC
Power Rogers, LLP $27.40K Illinois Trial Lawyers Assn PAC
Cooney & Conway $27.40K Illinois Trial Lawyers Assn PAC
Clifford Law Offices, PC $27.40K Illinois Trial Lawyers Assn PAC
Southern Burnett Chapter of Credit Unions $23.06K Credit Union Political Action Council (CUPAC) IL
Cogan & Power, PC $15.00K Illinois Trial Lawyers Assn PAC
Committee to Elect Jim Gomric $15.00K St Clair County Democratic Central Comm
Committee to Elect Kinnis Williams Sr. $15.00K St Clair County Democratic Central Comm

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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 Citizens for Giannoulias +$874,400.00
2 Chicagoland Operators Joint Labor-Management PAC +$866,352.59
3 LiUNA Chicago Laborers District Council +$550,528.18
4 Eileen O'Neill Burke for State's Attorney +$420,190.61
5 Carpentry Advancement Political Action +$293,243.62
6 Friends of Robert "Bob" Rita +$241,500.00
7 Friends for Susana Mendoza +$235,530.79
8 People for Emanuel Chris Welch +$229,000.00
9 Illinois Trial Lawyers Assn PAC +$191,100.00
10 Illinois Laborers' Legislative Committee +$183,067.68

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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 $16,396,376.60
2 Democrats for the Illinois House $9,713,421.39
3 Carpentry Advancement Political Action $7,942,360.00
4 Democratic Party of Illinois $7,483,579.02
5 People for Emanuel Chris Welch $7,374,193.91
6 ISDF $6,965,623.46
7 Friends of Michael J Madigan $6,217,922.14
8 JB for Governor $4,150,742.35
9 INCS Action Independent Committee $3,422,583.59
10 Joyce for Senate $3,410,615.25

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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.