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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 $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
Committee Name Cash on Hand
Friends of John Curran $1,556,351.21
McCombie for Illinois $1,127,574.53
Illinois Republican Party $830,420.67
House Republican Organization $632,412.68
Republican State Senate Campaign Committee $94,439.52


Recent Political Donations

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

Donor Amount Recipient
Midwest Operating Engineers Construction Industry Research and Service $341.45K Chicagoland Operators Joint Labor-Management PAC
Service Employees International Union (COPE) $326.70K SEIU Local 73 Bi-Partisan PAC
JB For Governor $250.00K Cook County Democratic Party
Richard Uihlein $69.00K Citizens For Michele Hunter
I.P.A.C.E $68.50K Citizens for Chris Bishop
SEIU Local 73 $50.00K SEIU Local 73 Bi-Partisan PAC
Friends of Dave Severin $50.00K House Republican Organization
Health Care Council of Illinois PAC $30.00K McCombie for Illinois
Senate Republican Victory Fund $25.12K Committee to Elect Terri Bryant
I.P.A.C.E $25.00K Friends of Jesse Faber

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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 Eileen O'Neill Burke for State's Attorney +$1,473,300.27
2 End Homelessness, supporting Bring Chicago Home +$1,288,485.94
3 Committee to Reelect Larry R Rogers Jr +$796,300.00
4 Committee for Natalie Toro +$699,664.88
5 Keep Chicago Affordable +$597,500.00
6 Friends for Clayton Harris lll +$574,024.80
7 Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate +$497,500.00
8 Friends of Michael Crawford +$486,809.79
9 Joy for Justice, Inc. +$459,000.00
10 SEIU Local 73 Bi-Partisan PAC +$376,700.08

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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 $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 $3,242,593.86
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 $2,796,862.29

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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.