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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 $4,150,742.35
ISDF, NFP $2,383,092.42
Democrats for the Illinois House $1,395,835.98
Democratic Party of Illinois $1,395,495.71
People for Emanuel Chris Welch $430,616.83
Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate $325,501.00
Republican State Party Committees
Committee Name Cash on Hand
Illinois Republican Party $903,945.60
House Republican Organization $271,919.77
Friends of John Curran $172,176.83
McCombie for Illinois $68,622.89
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
UA Political Action Fund $200.00K Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate
Vincent Foglia $100.00K Citizens for Darby Hills
Paul Hills $100.00K Citizens for Darby Hills
Chicagoland Operators Joint Labor Management PAC $54.91K One Tinley Park
Chicagoland Operators Joint Labor Management PAC $49.90K Friends of Michael Glotz
Friends for Frank DeSimone $40.00K Building Bensenville Stronger
District 27 Faculty Assc $31.78K Yes to Improve Safety & Learning in District 27
John Canning, Jr. $30.00K New Day Bill Conway
James Murphy $30.00K New Day Bill Conway
House Republican Majority $25.00K House Republican Organization

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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 +$948,834.15
2 Friends for Fritz +$502,500.00
3 Citizens for Darby Hills +$301,001.00
4 Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate +$225,500.00
5 Illinois REALTORS Fund +$223,698.00
6 National Association of REALTOR Fund +$223,698.00
7 Citizens for Giannoulias +$220,100.00
8 Azi for Skokie +$211,700.00
9 Preckwinkle for President +$191,447.40
10 Citizens for John Laesch +$186,585.80

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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 Carpentry Advancement Political Action $8,211,505.25
2 Friends of Michael J Madigan $6,182,034.09
3 JB for Governor $4,150,742.35
4 Chicagoland Operators Joint Labor-Management PAC $3,843,104.10
5 Citizens for Giannoulias $3,492,083.03
6 LiUNA Chicago Laborers District Council $3,399,153.40
7 Laborers' Political League - Great Lakes Region $3,366,132.32
8 Finishing Trades of Chicago Corp PAC $2,584,506.25
9 13th Ward Democratic Org $2,467,531.67
10 ISDF, NFP $2,383,092.42

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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.