Donors
Who gives to many of the 2022 candidates for state office: 3,936 donors gave to two or more, 510 to ten or more, and 963 to both Democrats and Republicans.
Where the money comes from
Every itemized contribution to the 2022 state candidates ($451.9M), by kind of donor.
All 2022 state candidates
Democrats
Republicans
IndividualsBusinessesTrade, professional and issue groupsLabor unionsParties and legislative caucusesOther candidates and officeholders
All 2022 state candidates
Democrats
Republicans
IndividualsBusinessesTrade, professional and issue groupsLabor unionsParties and legislative caucusesOther candidates and officeholdersTheir own money and committees
Individuals
$102.7M 34% of others' money · 16,460 donors
- Kenneth Griffin $50,018,000
- Richard Uihlein $14,741,837
- Chris Larsen $5,000,000
- Kevin Taweel $5,000,000
- Jean Bailey $1,012,700
Businesses
$33.0M 11% of others' money · 4,590 donors
- Ozinga Bros. Inc. $2,037,000
- ISDF $1,369,251
- ULLICO Management Company $494,500
- Ameren Illinois $460,190
- Accel Entertainment Gaming, LLC $452,000
Trade, professional and issue groups
$59.7M 20% of others' money · 1,983 donors
- ISDF $13,590,500
- Carpentry Advancement PAC Fund $3,293,350
- Engineers Political Education Committee $3,032,050
- Engineers Political Education Committee Separate Education Fund $2,915,100
- Realtor Political Action Committee $2,397,691
All trade, professional and issue groups funding 2+ candidates →
Labor unions
$51.2M 17% of others' money · 1,049 donors
- LIUNA Chicago Laborers' District Council PAC $8,231,700
- Chicago Land Operators Joint Labor-Management PAC $6,946,441
- IBEW Illinois PAC $3,843,050
- Illinois Laborers' Legislative Committee $2,842,621
- Illinois Federation of Teachers COPE $2,636,450
Parties and legislative caucuses
$27.4M 9% of others' money · 130 donors
- Democratic Party of Illinois $14,424,206
- Illinois Republican Party $4,648,640
- Senate Republican Victory Fund $4,590,884
- House Republican Majority $2,116,289
- Democratic Party of Illinois (Nonfederal) $682,271
All parties and legislative caucuses funding 2+ candidates →
Other candidates and officeholders
$32.1M 10% of others' money · 534 donors
- Democrats for the Illinois House $20,721,265
- JB for Governor $2,478,000
- Irvin for Illinois $1,394,736
- Citizens for Durkin $671,112
- People for Emanuel Chris Welch $348,619
All other candidates and officeholders funding 2+ candidates →
Their own money and committees
$145.8M 32% of all · 136 donors
- JB Pritzker $145,000,000
- Deanne Mazzochi $158,670
- The Friends Of Gary Rabine $60,000
- Friends of Chuck Weaver $59,900
- Gary Rabine $53,226
Kinds of donor are read from the contributor's name and how the committee reported it: unions and labor councils, labor; associations, chambers and PACs, groups; party committees and the legislative leaders' caucus committees (Democratic Majority, the House Republican Organization and others), parties and caucuses; other candidates' committees ("Citizens for…", "Friends of…"), candidates. A candidate's own money is contributions in their name and transfers from their other committees. Names can mislead, so treat each kind as approximate.
| Donor | Candidates | Total | By party |
|---|---|---|---|
| Realtor Political Action Committee Group or PAC · Springfield | 134 | $2,397,691 | |
| DENT-IL-PAC Group or PAC · Springfield | 133 | $309,700 | |
| Chicago Land Operators Joint Labor-Management PAC Labor union · Countryside | 126 | $6,946,441 | |
| Accel Entertainment Gaming, LLC Business · Bolingbrook | 126 | $460,500 | |
| J & J Ventures Gaming LLC Business · Effingham | 125 | $446,600 | |
| CAR of Illinois Business · Springfield | 121 | $279,500 | |
| Illinois Federation of Teachers COPE Labor union · Westmont | 119 | $2,636,450 | |
| Peoples Gas Light & Coke Business · Milwaukee | 114 | $215,009 | |
| Illinois State Medical Society PAC Group or PAC · Chicago | 113 | $376,460 | |
| Matthew O'Shea Consulting Inc. Business · Hinsdale | 108 | $67,573 | |
| Illinois Hospital Association PAC Group or PAC · Springfield | 106 | $362,600 | |
| Illinois Trial Lawyers Association PAC Group or PAC · Springfield | 105 | $638,824 | |
| SUAAction Group or PAC · Springfield | 99 | $109,435 | |
| Associated Beer Distributors of Illinois PAC Group or PAC · Springfield | 97 | $602,566 | |
| Ameren Illinois Business · St. Louis | 96 | $497,690 | |
| PhRMA Business · Washington | 94 | $281,088 | |
| LIUNA Chicago Laborers' District Council PAC Labor union · Burr Ridge | 91 | $8,231,700 | |
| Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits, LLC Business · Miramar | 89 | $288,581 | |
| Manufacturers PAC Group or PAC · Springfield | 89 | $215,603 | |
| Illinois Laborers' Legislative Committee Labor union · Springfield | 88 | $2,842,621 | |
| SEIU Healthcare IL IN PAC Labor union · Chicago | 87 | $1,072,674 | |
| Illinois CPAs for Political Action Group or PAC · Chicago | 87 | $173,050 | |
| Illinois Optometric Association PAC Group or PAC · Springfield | 87 | $142,000 | |
| Health Care Council of Illinois PAC Group or PAC · Springfield | 85 | $2,367,700 | |
| SMART TD PAC Labor union · North Olmsted | 84 | $65,875 | |
| Teamsters Volunteers in Politics Labor union · Willow Springs | 79 | $341,900 | |
| Community BancPac Group or PAC · Springfield | 79 | $204,100 | |
| Centene Corporation PAC Group or PAC · St. Louis | 75 | $116,500 | |
| I.P.A.C.E. Group or PAC · Springfield | 74 | $2,465,629 | |
| AFSCME Labor union · Washington | 74 | $1,375,005 | |
| RAI Services Company Business · Winston-Salem | 74 | $103,500 | |
| Democratic Party of Illinois Party or caucus committee · Chicago | 73 | $14,424,206 | |
| Carpentry Advancement PAC Fund Group or PAC · Chicago | 73 | $3,293,350 | |
| Illinois American Water Company PAC Group or PAC · Belleville | 73 | $153,750 | |
| Cornerstone Government Affairs, Inc. Business · Washington | 72 | $77,735 | |
| Illinois Bankers PAC Group or PAC · Springfield | 70 | $195,318 | |
| Nicor Gas Business · Atlanta | 70 | $156,380 | |
| Illinois Lawyers PAC Group or PAC · Springfield | 70 | $152,000 | |
| Ben Lazare Consulting Business · Springfield | 70 | $148,216 | |
| Pfizer Inc. Business · Memphis | 70 | $78,000 | |
| Citizens for Durkin Candidate or officeholder committee · Burr Ridge | 69 | $671,112 | |
| Associated Fire Fighters of IL PAC Fund Labor union · Springfield | 69 | $428,015 | |
| Kasper & Nottage, PC Business · Chicago | 69 | $73,300 | |
| Pepsico Business · Chicago | 69 | $35,100 | |
| Sports Betting Alliance Group or PAC · Alexandria | 68 | $305,000 | |
| Amazon.com Services LLC Business · Seattle | 67 | $223,000 | |
| Sorling, Northrup, Hanna, Cullen and Cochran, Ltd. Business · Springfield | 67 | $47,750 | |
| Phillips 66 Business · Bartlesville | 66 | $108,071 | |
| Illinois Action Committee for Rural Electrification Group or PAC · Springfield | 66 | $83,660 | |
| IBEW Illinois PAC Labor union · Washington | 63 | $3,843,050 | |
| Comcast Financial Agency Corporation Business · Philadelphia | 63 | $290,000 | |
| Leinenweber Baroni & Daffada Consulting LLC Business · Chicago | 63 | $44,003 | |
| Personal PAC Group or PAC · Chicago | 62 | $235,152 | |
| Cozen O'Connor Business · Philadelphia | 62 | $120,314 | |
| Illinois Merchants Political Action Committee Team Group or PAC · Chicago | 62 | $96,190 | |
| CHEMPAC Group or PAC · Des Plaines | 61 | $117,250 | |
| LS Power Tomorrow, LLC Business · East Brunswick | 60 | $218,000 | |
| BNSF Railway Company Business · Fort Worth | 59 | $101,200 | |
| Democrats for the Illinois House Candidate or officeholder committee · Westchester | 58 | $20,721,265 | |
| Administrative District Council 1 of Illinois Group or PAC · Elmhurst | 57 | $213,350 | |
| Allstate Insurance Company Business · Northbrook | 56 | $102,500 | |
| Illinois Construction Industry PAC Group or PAC · Springfield | 56 | $64,500 | |
| Health Alliance Medical Plans Group or PAC · Champaign | 55 | $62,500 | |
| David Ormsby Inc Business · Chicago | 55 | $37,150 | |
| SLK Consulting Co., Inc. Business · Orland Park | 55 | $24,509 | |
| Planned Parenthood Illinois Action PAC Group or PAC · Springfield | 53 | $104,549 | |
| Health Care Service Corporation Employees' PAC Labor union · Chicago | 53 | $101,500 | |
| Contractors for Free Enterprise Business · Springfield | 53 | $63,250 | |
| Turing Strategies Business · Chicago | 53 | $55,191 | |
| Illinois AFL-CIO Labor union · Springfield | 52 | $73,174 | |
| John C. Corrigan & Associates, LLC Business · Chicago | 52 | $49,720 | |
| Nekritz Amdor Consulting LLC Business · Northbrook | 52 | $20,250 | |
| Aqua Illinois Inc. Business · Bryn Mawr | 51 | $59,750 | |
| Stricklin & Associates Business · Chicago | 51 | $52,059 | |
| Comcast Business · Philadelphia | 50 | $200,000 | |
| The Home Depot Inc. PAC Group or PAC · Washington | 50 | $111,750 | |
| Norfolk Southern Corporation Business · Norfolk | 50 | $48,200 | |
| COA PAC Group or PAC · Elmhurst | 50 | $38,000 | |
| Illinois Republican Party Party or caucus committee · Chicago | 49 | $4,648,640 | |
| Molina Healthcare, Inc. Business · Long Beach | 49 | $158,000 | |
| Illinois AFL-CIO COPE Labor union · Springfield | 49 | $125,322 | |
| Illinois Farm Bureau Activator Group or PAC · Bloomington | 49 | $121,450 | |
| UPSPAC Group or PAC · Atlanta | 49 | $68,500 | |
| Fidelity Consulting Group, LLC Business · Rosemont | 49 | $65,005 | |
| Sheriff's of Illinois PAC Group or PAC · Springfield | 49 | $17,100 | |
| Wine and Spirits Distributors of Illinois PAC Group or PAC · Chicago | 48 | $131,000 | |
| Roofers & Waterproofers Local 11 PAC Labor union · Oak Brook | 48 | $90,450 | |
| Verano Holdings LLC Business · Chicago | 47 | $137,500 | |
| Dan Shomon Inc. Business · Chicago | 46 | $46,700 | |
| ABATE PAC Group or PAC · Freeport | 46 | $19,325 | |
| Superior Ambulance Service, Inc. Business · Elmhurst | 45 | $110,149 | |
| Energy Transfer PAC Group or PAC · Austin | 45 | $36,200 | |
| IBEW PAC Voluntary Fund Labor union · Washington | 44 | $604,060 | |
| Walgreens Business · Deerfield | 44 | $174,800 | |
| Motorola Solutions Business · Chicago | 44 | $67,650 | |
| Target Corporation Business · Minneapolis | 44 | $51,950 | |
| UFCW Local 881 PAC Labor union · Des Plaines | 43 | $543,950 | |
| McGuire Woods Federal PAC Fund Group or PAC · Richmond | 43 | $89,450 | |
| INCS Action PAC Group or PAC · Chicago | 42 | $77,000 | |
| Illinois Optometric Association Group or PAC · Springfield | 42 | $75,150 | |
| AT&T Business · Chicago | 42 | $71,622 | |
| Rivers Casino Business · Des Plaines | 41 | $341,500 | |
| AFSCME Illinois Council No. 31 PAC Labor union · Springfield | 41 | $192,965 | |
| Foresight Energy Services Business · St. Louis | 41 | $98,000 | |
| Citizens for Lou Lang Candidate or officeholder committee · Skokie | 41 | $56,434 | |
| UP Railroad Company Business · Chicago | 41 | $52,450 | |
| Berteau Consulting LLC Business · Chicago | 41 | $19,250 | |
| IIAPAC Group or PAC · Springfield | 40 | $85,950 | |
| Illinois Policy PAC Group or PAC · Chicago | 40 | $53,000 | |
| Ford Motor Company Civic Action Fund Group or PAC · Dearborn | 40 | $43,752 | |
| Illinois Association of Aggregate Producers Group or PAC · Springfield | 40 | $31,850 | |
| Carpentry Advancement PAC Group or PAC · Chicago | 39 | $1,260,900 | |
| Ozinga for Illinois Candidate or officeholder committee · Mokena | 39 | $324,800 | |
| Ameren Illinois PAC Group or PAC · Springfield | 39 | $138,768 | |
| Abbvie PAC Group or PAC · North Chicago | 39 | $124,000 | |
| The Illinois Chamber PAC Group or PAC · Springfield | 39 | $104,800 | |
| Abbott Laboratories Employee PAC Group or PAC · Abbott Park | 39 | $88,500 | |
| Eli Lilly and Company PAC Group or PAC · Indianapolis | 39 | $63,000 | |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. Business · Menlo Park | 39 | $41,000 | |
| Constellation Energy Generation Business · Baltimore | 39 | $31,250 | |
| IPACE Group or PAC · Springfield | 38 | $1,331,500 | |
| Ameren Business · St. Louis | 38 | $163,750 | |
| CUPAC-Credit Union PAC Group or PAC · Naperville | 38 | $51,900 | |
| AT&T Illinois Employee PAC Group or PAC · Chicago | 37 | $79,000 | |
| Illinois Broadband and Cable Association PAC Group or PAC · Springfield | 37 | $62,000 | |
| Rock Holdings Inc Business · Detroit | 37 | $57,000 | |
| Zephyr Government Strategies Group or PAC · Evanston | 37 | $34,450 | |
| Associated Fire Fighters of IL PAC Labor union · Springfield | 36 | $173,850 | |
| CUPAC-Credit Union Political Action Council Group or PAC · Naperville | 36 | $44,300 | |
| Michael Best Strategies Business · Waukesha | 36 | $22,286 | |
| Christopher Dunn & Associates LLC Business · Wilmette | 36 | $16,650 | |
| Stand for Children Illinois PAC Group or PAC · Chicago | 35 | $288,000 | |
| Cook County College Teachers Union COPE Labor union · Chicago | 35 | $125,000 | |
| John Deere PAC Group or PAC · Moline | 35 | $101,500 | |
| CVS Health Business · Woonsocket | 35 | $93,000 | |
| Illinois Medical Anesthesia PAC Group or PAC · Chicago | 35 | $78,500 | |
| Citizens for Matt Murphy Candidate or officeholder committee · Palatine | 35 | $34,750 | |
| Christopher Dunn Lobbyist, Christopher Dunn & Associates · Wilmette | 35 | $14,350 | |
| I.U.O.E. Local 399 Political Education Fund Labor union · Chicago | 34 | $357,750 | |
| State Farm Federal PAC Group or PAC · Bloomington | 34 | $80,000 | |
| Jack Wuest Executive Director, Alternative Schools Network · Chicago | 34 | $58,180 | |
| Illinois Merchants PAC Group or PAC · Chicago | 34 | $56,250 | |
| NRG Energy Business · Princeton | 34 | $48,970 | |
| Freeborn & Peters LLP Group or PAC · Chicago | 34 | $31,000 | |
| Thomas J Walsh Consulting LLC Business · Western Springs | 34 | $22,250 | |
| House Republican Majority Party or caucus committee · Burr Ridge | 33 | $2,116,289 | |
| Fueling Illinois PAC Group or PAC · Springfield | 33 | $65,000 | |
| Charter Communications Business · St. Louis | 32 | $56,000 | |
| United Airlines, Inc. PAC Group or PAC · Chicago | 32 | $34,650 | |
| Illinois Pork Producers Association State Pork PAC Group or PAC · Springfield | 32 | $13,270 | |
| Credit Union PAC Group or PAC · Naperville | 31 | $93,060 | |
| AG-SOLVE Business · Bloomington | 31 | $31,350 | |
| Illinois Association of Court Clerks PAC Group or PAC · Lacon | 31 | $14,000 | |
| Michael Sacks CEO, GCM Grosvenor · Chicago | 30 | $430,000 | |
| Simmons Hanly Conroy Business · Alton | 30 | $336,248 | |
| Vistra Corp Business · Springfield | 30 | $115,800 | |
| Lyft, Inc. Business · San Francisco | 30 | $75,000 | |
| Illinois Restaurant Association Group or PAC · Chicago | 30 | $65,500 | |
| AT&T Services, Inc. on behalf of AT&T Illinois Business · Chicago | 30 | $46,659 | |
| Illinois Broadband and Cable Association Group or PAC · Springfield | 30 | $38,000 | |
| Vision M.A.I. LLC Business · Chicago | 30 | $36,100 | |
| SEIU Illinois Council PAC Fund Labor union · Chicago | 29 | $1,690,200 | |
| IUOE Local 399 Political Education Fund Labor union · Chicago | 29 | $329,900 | |
| Cari Sacks Not Employed, Not Employed · Chicago | 29 | $170,500 | |
| Illinois Retired Teachers PAC Labor union · Springfield | 29 | $131,350 | |
| Local 444 IPAL Fund Labor union · Joliet | 29 | $58,500 | |
| GR Consulting LLC Group or PAC · Springfield | 29 | $19,650 | |
| Kristen Bauer Consultant, KBauer Consulting Inc. · Palos Park | 29 | $14,050 | |
| Illinois Pipe Trades PAC Account Group or PAC · Springfield | 28 | $1,913,700 | |
| Illinois Pipe Trades PAC Group or PAC · Springfield | 28 | $796,700 | |
| Cooney & Conway Group or PAC · Chicago | 28 | $224,000 | |
| ICANN PAC Group or PAC · Springfield | 28 | $158,500 | |
| IOGA PAC Group or PAC · Mt. Vernon | 28 | $30,283 | |
| Humana Business · Lexington | 28 | $24,500 | |
| TRK-PAC Group or PAC · Springfield | 28 | $23,775 | |
| Senate Republican Victory Fund Party or caucus committee · Springfield | 27 | $4,590,884 | |
| Dish Group or PAC · Englewood | 27 | $65,000 | |
| Proviso Township Democratic Organization Group or PAC · Westchester | 27 | $56,000 | |
| Chicago Federation of Labor Labor union · Chicago | 27 | $42,046 | |
| TRK-PAC Mid-West Truckers Association, Inc. Group or PAC · Springfield | 27 | $35,875 | |
| Maren Ronan LTD Business · Western Springs | 27 | $21,650 | |
| Emergency Medicine PAC of Illinois Group or PAC · Downers Grove | 27 | $18,500 | |
| Chicagoland Operators Joint Labor Management PAC Labor union · Countryside | 26 | $553,652 | |
| Gun Violence Prevention PAC Group or PAC · Arlington Heights | 26 | $206,377 | |
| Downstate GOP Group or PAC · Fithian | 26 | $58,000 | |
| Marathon Petroleum Corporation Employees PAC Labor union · Findlay | 26 | $35,000 | |
| International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Union Local 15 Labor union · Downers Grove | 26 | $34,500 | |
| IBEW Local 15 Labor union · Downers Grove | 26 | $29,250 | |
| SMART Local 265 PAC Fund Labor union · Carol Stream | 25 | $294,950 | |
| Credit Union Political Action Council Group or PAC · Naperville | 25 | $44,545 | |
| Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. Business · Kenilworth | 25 | $38,000 | |
| Good Government Council Group or PAC · Springfield | 25 | $34,500 | |
| Illinois Architects PAC Group or PAC · Springfield | 25 | $24,500 | |
| Filson/Gordon Associates LLC Business · Springfield | 25 | $18,750 | |
| Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters PAC Labor union · Chicago | 24 | $350,750 | |
| UAW Illinois Political Action Committee Labor union · Lincolnshire | 24 | $331,100 | |
| Chicago Teachers Union PAC Labor union · Chicago | 24 | $187,300 | |
| Barton Management, Inc. Business · Northfield | 24 | $53,750 | |
| Illinois Association of Nurse Anesthetists PAC Group or PAC · Springfield | 24 | $50,775 | |
| IPMA PAC Group or PAC · Westchester | 24 | $28,500 |
From itemized contributions to the 2022 state candidates' committees since January 1, 2021. A person is a name and ZIP code; anyone else, a name as written, cleaned of spelling differences (“IL”/“Illinois”, “Inc.”) and merged where we've checked two spellings are the same donor. A company and its PAC are separate donors. By party: the candidates' parties (blue Democratic, red Republican, gray other parties).