Keep an Eye on Money in Illinois Politics
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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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Funds available for top Democratic and Republican political parties in Illinois, updated daily
Democratic State Party Committees | |
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Committee Name | Cash on Hand |
Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate | $12,938,086.32 |
JB for Governor | $11,120,430.53 |
People for Emanuel Chris Welch | $8,161,688.36 |
ISDF | $2,759,689.37 |
Democrats for the Illinois House | $1,536,609.37 |
Democratic Party of Illinois | $948,125.33 |
Republican State Party Committees | |
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Committee Name | Cash on Hand |
Friends of John Curran | $1,557,351.21 |
McCombie for Illinois | $1,141,074.53 |
Illinois Republican Party | $830,420.67 |
House Republican Organization | $632,412.68 |
Republican State Senate Campaign Committee | $94,439.52 |
Top donations to Illinois political committees in the last 7 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 |
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1 | Eileen O'Neill Burke for State's Attorney | +$1,327,000.27 |
2 | End Homelessness, supporting Bring Chicago Home | +$1,293,070.94 |
3 | Committee to Reelect Larry R Rogers Jr | +$795,300.00 |
4 | Committee for Natalie Toro | +$699,664.88 |
5 | Keep Chicago Affordable | +$597,500.00 |
6 | Friends for Clayton Harris lll | +$508,524.80 |
7 | Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate | +$497,500.00 |
8 | Friends of Michael Crawford | +$486,809.79 |
9 | Joy for Justice, Inc. | +$436,500.00 |
10 | SEIU Local 73 Bi-Partisan PAC | +$376,700.08 |
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 |
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1 | Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate | $12,938,086.32 |
2 | JB for Governor | $11,120,430.53 |
3 | Friends For Mary S Alexander-Basta | $10,230,575.51 |
4 | People for Emanuel Chris Welch | $8,161,688.36 |
5 | Carpentry Advancement Political Action | $8,147,351.53 |
6 | Friends of Michael J Madigan | $6,319,233.02 |
7 | Eileen O'Neill Burke for State's Attorney | $3,252,593.86 |
8 | Laborers' Political League - Great Lakes Region | $3,209,842.41 |
9 | Illinois PAC for Education (IPACE) | $2,889,949.75 |
10 | End Homelessness, supporting Bring Chicago Home | $2,824,225.78 |
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.