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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 $14,818,227.69
People for Emanuel Chris Welch $3,813,545.25
JB for Governor $3,441,201.40
ISDF, NFP $2,170,113.83
Democrats for the Illinois House $1,365,732.66
Democratic Party of Illinois $1,016,070.94
Republican State Party Committees
Committee Name Cash on Hand
Friends of John Curran $2,254,211.56
Illinois Republican Party $921,523.60
McCombie for Illinois $516,720.67
House Republican Organization $342,175.38
Republican State Senate Campaign Committee $34,949.74


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 $660.00K Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate
LiUNA Chicago Laborers' District Council PAC $650.00K People for Emanuel Chris Welch
SEIU IL Council (Dues) $100.00K SEIU Illinois Council PAC
Vincent Foglia $100.00K Citizens for Darby Hills
LIUNA Chicago Laborers District Council $72.80K Friends of Mike Halpin
LIUNA Chicago Laborers District Council $72.80K Democrats for the Illinois House
Illinois Laborers' Legislative Committee $50.00K Democrats for the Illinois House
Main Street Leadership PAC $50.00K Friends of Ryan Spain
Illinois Laborers' Legislative Committee $50.00K ISDF, NFP
Illinois Health & Hospital Association PAC $50.00K Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate

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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 +$1,295,351.76
2 People for Emanuel Chris Welch +$901,250.00
3 Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate +$860,500.00
4 Democratic Party of Illinois +$443,433.34
5 ISDF, NFP +$254,861.68
6 Illinois Federation of Teachers COPE +$254,618.00
7 International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers PAC +$246,227.03
8 SEIU Illinois Council PAC +$236,000.00
9 Citizens for Darby Hills +$233,923.90
10 Affordable Assisted Living Coalition PAC +$227,100.00

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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 $14,818,227.69
2 Carpentry Advancement Political Action $8,129,405.25
3 Friends of Michael J Madigan $6,148,354.61
4 Chicagoland Operators Joint Labor-Management PAC $4,742,073.46
5 LiUNA Chicago Laborers District Council $4,054,840.88
6 Citizens for Giannoulias $3,973,144.48
7 People for Emanuel Chris Welch $3,813,545.25
8 JB for Governor $3,441,201.40
9 Laborers' Political League - Great Lakes Region $3,072,923.31
10 Illinois Federation of Teachers COPE $2,821,250.19

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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.