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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 $16,519,043.40
People for Emanuel Chris Welch $5,929,340.17
ISDF, NFP $1,625,502.71
Democrats for the Illinois House $1,190,445.75
JB for Governor $661,383.19
Democratic Party of Illinois $341,953.76
Republican State Party Committees
Committee Name Cash on Hand
Friends of John Curran $2,609,639.49
Illinois Republican Party $910,876.30
McCombie for Illinois $778,852.92
House Republican Organization $241,253.34
Republican State Senate Campaign Committee $37,949.74


Recent Political Donations

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

Donor Amount Recipient
Michael Brennan $250.00K IMPACT Chicago Fund
Lester Crown $100.00K Fair Maps Illinois NFP
Friends of Walter Burnett Jr. $75.80K Chicago Intellect PAC
IBEW Local Union 9 (Dues Check-off) $33.07K International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers PAC
Midwest Gaming & Entertainment LLC $30.00K Friends of John Curran
Gary Rabine $30.00K Bailey for Illinois
Judd Thruman $30.00K Judd Thruman for Circuit Judge
Painters District Council No. 30 L.M.I.D.F. $29.10K LMIDF Pac Fund
Prime Healthcare Services, Inc. $29.10K Illinois Hospital Assn PAC (IHA PAC)
Illinois Federation of Teachers COPE $27.32K American Federation of Teachers Local 604 COPE

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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 People for Emanuel Chris Welch +$1,587,110.54
2 Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate +$1,553,729.45
3 Chicagoland Operators Joint Labor-Management PAC +$904,564.54
4 Intl Union of Operating Engineers/Engineers +$715,250.00
5 ISDF, NFP +$507,600.00
6 Hynes for Assessor +$374,200.00
7 Citizens for Giannoulias +$354,219.84
8 Citizens for Reilly +$352,532.44
9 Health Care Council of IL PAC +$310,250.00
10 Karim Lakhani for Illinois +$301,900.00

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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 $16,519,043.40
2 Carpentry Advancement Political Action $7,626,505.25
3 Chicagoland Operators Joint Labor-Management PAC $6,129,689.21
4 Friends of Michael J Madigan $6,127,715.19
5 People for Emanuel Chris Welch $5,929,340.17
6 Citizens for Giannoulias $5,402,517.34
7 LiUNA Chicago Laborers District Council $4,202,039.52
8 Laborers' Political League - Great Lakes Region $2,854,874.97
9 Finishing Trades of Chicago Corp PAC $2,844,330.05
10 Friends of John Curran $2,609,639.49

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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.