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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 $16,138,234.66
JB for Governor $12,297,144.39
Democrats for the Illinois House $9,580,921.39
Democratic Party of Illinois $7,435,670.62
People for Emanuel Chris Welch $7,047,741.97
ISDF $4,781,923.46
Republican State Party Committees
Committee Name Cash on Hand
House Republican Organization $2,183,520.43
Illinois Republican Party $1,923,572.73
McCombie for Illinois $1,469,945.26
Friends of John Curran $1,087,234.28
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
Democrats for the Illinois House $61.50K Health Care Council of IL PAC
Chicago Teachers Union Local 1 PAC $56.00K Friends of Jennifer Custer
House Republican Organization $45.95K Citizens for Amy Grant
Clean Energy Illinois PAC $35.00K Friends of Bill Cunningham
Friends of Kelly Burke $30.00K Kelly Burke for Mayor
Comcast $27.40K Illinois Broadband & Cable Association
Illinois Federation of Teachers COPE $26.63K American Federation of Teachers Local 604 COPE
Tiffany Henyard $25.00K Friends of Tiffany Henyard
IPACE $20.00K Mary for Illinois
John Valle $20.00K Friends of John Valle

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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 +$1,035,347.67
2 Joyce for Senate +$1,002,447.15
3 Democrats for the Illinois House +$994,280.00
4 Bruce Leon For Education Chicago +$950,000.00
5 Friends of Yesenia Lopez +$807,969.13
6 Friends to Elect Harry Benton +$791,023.95
7 House Republican Organization +$745,728.06
8 Friends of Marti Deuter +$671,537.33
9 Democratic Party of Illinois +$660,500.00
10 Citizens for Jackie Williamson +$643,629.52

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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 $16,138,234.66
2 JB for Governor $12,297,144.39
3 Democrats for the Illinois House $9,580,921.39
4 Carpentry Advancement Political Action $7,630,719.04
5 Democratic Party of Illinois $7,435,670.62
6 People for Emanuel Chris Welch $7,047,741.97
7 Friends of Michael J Madigan $6,217,922.14
8 ISDF $4,781,923.46
9 Laborers' Political League - Great Lakes Region $4,496,583.79
10 INCS Action Independent Committee $3,422,583.59

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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.