Keep an eye on money in Illinois politics
Every Thursday, we recap the week’s political contributions, top earners, and highest grossing committees from across the state.
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.
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Top donations to Illinois political committees in the last 7 days, updated daily.
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 | JB for Governor | +$7,000,000.00 |
| 2 | Illinois Republican Party | +$1,513,500.00 |
| 3 | House Republican Organization | +$900,500.00 |
| 4 | 31st Ward Democratic Organization | +$147,000.00 |
| 5 | Kennedy for Illinois | +$133,706.34 |
| 6 | Chicago for Rahm Emanuel | +$115,850.00 |
| 7 | Anderson for Illinois | +$98,300.00 |
| 8 | Friends of Charlie Beach | +$90,000.00 |
| 9 | Citizens for Alderman Reilly | +$79,500.00 |
| 10 | Senate Democratic Victory Fund | +$78,500.00 |
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 | Citizens for Rauner, Inc | $70,575,256.98 |
| 2 | JB for Governor | $14,141,369.59 |
| 3 | Laborers' Political Action and Education League | $3,091,482.78 |
| 4 | Democratic Party of Illinois | $2,801,227.01 |
| 5 | Friends of Michael J Madigan | $2,517,428.95 |
| 6 | Citizens for Lisa Madigan | $2,271,562.88 |
| 7 | Friends of Edward M Burke | $2,209,022.43 |
| 8 | Chicagoland Operators Joint Labor-Management PAC | $1,762,318.78 |
| 9 | Illinois Republican Party | $1,753,111.55 |
| 10 | Biss for Illinois | $1,692,683.57 |
About
Illinois Sunshine is a tool by the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform 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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