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Who gives to many of the 2024 candidates for state office: 2,667 donors gave to two or more, 404 to ten or more, and 763 to both Democrats and Republicans.

Where the money comes from

Every itemized contribution to the 2024 state candidates ($129.6M), by kind of donor.

All 2024 state candidates
Democrats
Republicans

IndividualsBusinessesTrade, professional and issue groupsLabor unionsParties and legislative caucusesOther candidates and officeholders

All 2024 state candidates
Democrats
Republicans

IndividualsBusinessesTrade, professional and issue groupsLabor unionsParties and legislative caucusesOther candidates and officeholdersTheir own money and committees

Individuals

$8.6M 7% of others' money · 7,635 donors

  1. Richard Uihlein $415,895
  2. Elizabeth Uihlein $147,000
  3. Michael Sacks $96,600
  4. Leo Smith $91,975
  5. Cari Sacks $89,700

Businesses

$23.2M 18% of others' money · 2,822 donors

  1. ISDF $710,101
  2. Accel Entertainment Gaming, LLC $502,125
  3. Ozinga Bros. $435,000
  4. Ullico Management Company $342,400
  5. Ameren Illinois $340,431

All businesses funding 2+ candidates →

Trade, professional and issue groups

$33.4M 26% of others' money · 1,565 donors

  1. ISDF $4,375,000
  2. Carpentry Advancement Political Action Committee Fund $2,595,500
  3. I.P.A.C.E. $1,672,458
  4. Health Care Council of Illinois PAC $1,579,750
  5. IPACE $954,472

All trade, professional and issue groups funding 2+ candidates →

Labor unions

$33.8M 26% of others' money · 860 donors

  1. Chicago Land Operators Joint Labor-Management PAC $6,694,815
  2. LIUNA Chicago Laborers' District Council PAC $4,113,600
  3. IBEW Illinois PAC $2,870,100
  4. Illinois Federation of Teachers COPE $2,502,400
  5. Illinois Laborers' Legislative Committee $2,133,650

All labor unions funding 2+ candidates →

Parties and legislative caucuses

$12.4M 10% of others' money · 80 donors

  1. Democratic Party of Illinois $6,551,670
  2. Illinois Republican Party $1,839,477
  3. House Republican Org $1,274,317
  4. House Republican Organization $948,792
  5. Senate Republican Victory Fund $834,485

All parties and legislative caucuses funding 2+ candidates →

Other candidates and officeholders

$17.5M 14% of others' money · 428 donors

  1. Democrats for the Illinois House $11,192,769
  2. JB for Governor $1,650,000
  3. People for Emanuel Chris Welch $560,082
  4. Committee to Elect Jay C. Hoffman $212,104
  5. Friends of Janet Yang Rohr $138,780

All other candidates and officeholders funding 2+ candidates →

Their own money and committees

$551,129 0% of all · 87 donors

  1. Donald F Harmon $179,302
  2. Liz Bishop $52,100
  3. Elizabeth Hernandez $27,805
  4. Aris Garcia $27,462
  5. MICHAEL KIRKTON $19,871

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.

Parties and legislative caucuses ✕
DonorCandidatesTotalBy party
Democratic Party of Illinois
Party or caucus committee · Chicago		52$6,551,670
Illinois Republican Party
Party or caucus committee · Springfield		23$1,839,477
Senate Republican Victory Fund
Party or caucus committee · Springfield		11$834,485
House Republican Organization
Party or caucus committee · Naperville		10$948,792
House Republican Org
Party or caucus committee · Naperville		9$1,274,317
Tazewell County Republican Central Committee
Party or caucus committee · Tremont		3$28,100
LaSalle County Democratic Central Committee
Party or caucus committee · Ottawa		3$7,800
Unity Party of Bloom Township
Party or caucus committee · Chicago Heights		3$1,750
McDonough County Republican Central Committee
Party or caucus committee · Macomb		2$5,450
Peoria County Republican Central Committee
Party or caucus committee · Peoria		2$3,000
Madison County Democratic Central Committee
Party or caucus committee · Edwardsville		2$2,500
Washington County Republican Central Committee
Party or caucus committee · Nashville		2$2,298
Washington County Republican CC
Party or caucus committee · Nashville		2$1,998
Dekalb County Democratic Central Committee
Party or caucus committee · Dekalb		2$1,400
Jefferson County Republican Party
Party or caucus committee · Mt Vernon		2$758

From itemized contributions to the 2024 state candidates' committees since January 1, 2023. 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).