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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 $9,697,893.26
People for Emanuel Chris Welch $3,483,856.30
ISDF $1,318,163.97
Democrats for the Illinois House $834,560.20
JB for Governor $745,628.47
Democratic Party of Illinois $529,946.64
Republican State Party Committees
Committee Name Cash on Hand
Illinois Republican Party $584,942.98
House Republican Organization $474,115.68
Citizens for Durkin $101,308.26
Elect Dan McConchie $82,892.00
Republican State Senate Campaign Committee $20,939.52


Recent Political Donations

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

Donor Amount Recipient
LIUNA Chicago Laborers' District Council PAC $250.00K Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate
LiUNA Chicago Laborers' District Council PAC $250.00K People for Emanuel Chris Welch
Illinois Laborers' Legislative Committee $100.00K Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate
Illinois Laborers' Legislative Committee $75.00K People for Emanuel Chris Welch
Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council PAC $68.50K Citizens for Marty Quinn
ILLINOIS REALTORS $65.00K REALTORS® in Opposition to Real Estate Transfer Tax
IBEW Illinois PAC $62.00K Citizens for Michael E Hastings
Health Care Council of Illinois $50.00K People for Emanuel Chris Welch
Liuna Chicago Laborers' District Council PAC $50.00K Citizens for Michael E Hastings
Health Care Council of Illinois PAC $50.00K Democrats for the Illinois House

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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 Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate +$1,152,539.24
2 People for Emanuel Chris Welch +$1,015,018.16
3 Health Care Council of IL PAC +$309,600.00
4 Citizens for Marcus C Evans Jr +$302,867.22
5 Personal PAC Inc +$287,373.35
6 Carpentry Advancement Political Action +$276,396.10
7 Gamrath for Appelllate Court +$269,000.00
8 Cook County Democratic Party +$235,000.00
9 Democrats for the Illinois House +$225,850.00
10 AFSCME Illinois Council 31 PAC +$210,000.00

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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 $9,697,893.26
2 Committee to Elect Dr Paul Jacobs $8,395,006.04
3 Carpentry Advancement Political Action $8,114,214.91
4 Friends of Michael J Madigan $6,380,227.32
5 People for Emanuel Chris Welch $3,483,856.30
6 Illinois PAC for Education (IPACE) $3,303,592.47
7 13th Ward Democratic Org $2,571,443.56
8 Laborers' Political League - Great Lakes Region $2,270,310.47
9 LiUNA Chicago Laborers District Council $2,244,887.18
10 Finishing Trades of Chicago Corp PAC $2,065,060.33

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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.