Keep an Eye on Money in Illinois Politics
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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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Funds available for top Democratic and Republican political parties in Illinois, updated daily
Democratic State Party Committees | |
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Committee Name | Cash on Hand |
Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate | $15,102,886.99 |
JB for Governor | $12,297,144.39 |
Democrats for the Illinois House | $8,361,041.39 |
People for Emanuel Chris Welch | $6,470,750.07 |
Democratic Party of Illinois | $6,370,170.62 |
ISDF | $4,709,423.46 |
Republican State Party Committees | |
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Committee Name | Cash on Hand |
Illinois Republican Party | $1,684,372.73 |
McCombie for Illinois | $1,427,700.66 |
Friends of John Curran | $1,250,663.66 |
House Republican Organization | $947,533.74 |
Republican State Senate Campaign Committee | $29,880.52 |
Top donations to Illinois political committees in the last 7 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 |
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1 | Democrats for the Illinois House | +$6,643,270.00 |
2 | Democratic Party of Illinois | +$5,765,437.66 |
3 | ISDF | +$2,135,750.00 |
4 | People for Emanuel Chris Welch | +$2,047,905.93 |
5 | Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate | +$2,028,928.98 |
6 | Chicagoland Operators Joint Labor-Management PAC | +$1,704,288.75 |
7 | Joyce for Senate | +$1,527,415.76 |
8 | House Republican Organization | +$1,423,657.29 |
9 | Illinois Republican Party | +$1,169,403.01 |
10 | Maria for 52 | +$1,118,047.15 |
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 |
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1 | Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate | $15,102,886.99 |
2 | JB for Governor | $12,297,144.39 |
3 | Democrats for the Illinois House | $8,361,041.39 |
4 | Carpentry Advancement Political Action | $7,351,894.91 |
5 | People for Emanuel Chris Welch | $6,470,750.07 |
6 | Democratic Party of Illinois | $6,370,170.62 |
7 | Friends of Michael J Madigan | $6,217,922.14 |
8 | ISDF | $4,709,423.46 |
9 | Laborers' Political League - Great Lakes Region | $4,496,583.79 |
10 | INCS Action Independent Committee | $3,422,583.59 |
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.