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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
JB for Governor $19,776,194.55
Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate $16,422,266.18
People for Emanuel Chris Welch $12,153,776.47
Democratic Party of Illinois $9,369,811.05
Democrats for the Illinois House $5,978,140.99
ISDF $4,962,899.29
Republican State Party Committees
Committee Name Cash on Hand
House Republican Organization $2,606,164.46
Illinois Republican Party $2,206,137.09
Friends of John Curran $1,179,957.36
McCombie for Illinois $1,173,750.00
Republican State Senate Campaign Committee $29,880.52


Recent Political Donations

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

Donor Amount Recipient
Jim C. Walton $400.00K INCS Action Independent Committee
Openlands $386.50K Friends of the Lake County Forest Preserves
Health Care Council of Illinois $362.75K Health Care Council of IL PAC
ISDF $350.00K Joyce for Senate
AFT Solidarity Fund, dues $300.79K Illinois Federation of Teachers COPE
Chicago Land Operators Joint Labor Management PAC $275.00K Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate
Friends of Aaron Ortiz $250.00K Democratic Party of Illinois
Friends to Elect Harry Benton $200.00K Democratic Party of Illinois
Chicago Land Operators Joint Labor-Management PAC $200.00K People for Emanuel Chris Welch
Citizens for Elizabeth Hernandez $200.00K Democratic Party of Illinois

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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 Democratic Party of Illinois +$4,932,550.32
2 People for Emanuel Chris Welch +$3,046,204.27
3 Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate +$2,703,793.76
4 Chicagoland Operators Joint Labor-Management PAC +$1,704,288.75
5 House Republican Organization +$1,461,539.29
6 Democrats for the Illinois House +$959,617.60
7 Illinois Republican Party +$873,703.01
8 Joyce for Senate +$714,325.09
9 ISDF +$572,674.00
10 Friends of John Curran +$524,343.88

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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 JB for Governor $19,776,194.55
2 Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate $16,422,266.18
3 People for Emanuel Chris Welch $12,153,776.47
4 Democratic Party of Illinois $9,369,811.05
5 Carpentry Advancement Political Action $8,308,494.91
6 Friends of Michael J Madigan $6,247,784.65
7 Democrats for the Illinois House $5,978,140.99
8 ISDF $4,962,899.29
9 Laborers' Political League - Great Lakes Region $4,496,583.79
10 Chicagoland Operators Joint Labor-Management PAC $4,037,620.51

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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.