Findings

Things worth a look on the 2022 candidates' campaign reports, checked against the Illinois Election Code. Each one quotes the rule it rests on and says what to check, including exceptions the reports can't show. They're prompts to look closer at public records, not conclusions.

In 2022, 120 of 384 candidates have something worth a look on their reports.

How the money was spent

Payments to the candidate, their home, and things the law restricts campaign money for.

1 candidateRent, mortgage or utilities to the candidate or their home1 payment · $1,3001 worth a look 31 candidatesCar leases and other restricted spending395 payments · $317,511All context 51 candidatesMileage, reimbursements and pay to the candidate358 payments · $395,650All context

Where the money came from

Sources over the contribution limit, contributions from abroad, and campaigns carried by party money.

32 candidatesContributions over the limit38 sources · $218,00531 worth a look 22 candidatesMostly party and caucus money$11,666,098Context

Reporting

Reports and notices filed late or missing, and donor details left out.

1 candidateSelf-funding with no notice found$200,0001 worth a look 109 candidatesLarge contributions reported late505 contributions · $3.4M70 worth a look 70 candidatesLarge contributions with no A-1 found343 contributions · $1.5M29 worth a look 157 candidatesQuarterly reports filed late205 reports, up to 542 days late13 worth a look 22 candidatesPayments with no purpose given121 payments · $161,7432 worth a look 17 candidatesDonors with no employer or occupation126 donors · $220,139All context

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Worth a look Self-funding · Don Debolt State Senator District 54

Put $200,000 of their own money in before the 2022 primary, with no self-funding notice found

A candidate who puts more than $100,000 of their own money (contributions and loans) into their campaign in the 12 months before an election must file a Notification of Self-funding within a day, which lifts the contribution limits for everyone in the race. Theirs passed $100,000 on 2022-06-21; no notification from their committees, and no lifted limits in the race, are on the State Board of Elections' records.

What to check

The notice may have been filed under another committee, or on paper.
Money matched here is in the candidate's name; a loan from a bank they guaranteed isn't theirs.
The threshold also counts their immediate family's money, which this doesn't.

Rule: Self-funding with no notice found

“during the 12 months prior to an election in an aggregate amount of more than (i) $250,000 for statewide office or (ii) $100,000 for all other elective offices, then the public official or candidate shall file with the State Board of Elections, within one day, a Notification of Self-funding”10 ILCS 5/9-8.5(h) ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how findings work