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Adam Niemerg R

Incumbent, Republican candidate for State Representative District 102

March 19, 2024 primary: won with 7,682 votes (85.4%) · November 5, 2024 general: won with 47,051 votes (100%)

🔓 Contribution limits are off in their race (board determination).

Also ran for State Representative in 2026 ($25,000 raised), 2022 ($119,433 raised).

Worth a look

Context How the money was spent

$11,872.32 paid by the campaign to the candidate

Campaign money may go to a candidate or their family only as pay for work actually done; reimbursing campaign costs they paid out of pocket (mileage, travel, supplies) is common and allowed. The purposes the campaign wrote are listed with each payment.

What to check

Whether each payment is a reimbursement for campaign costs, or pay for work done.
Family is matched by last name and the home address on file with the Board; relatives elsewhere aren't found.

The entries (6)

Name	Who	Purpose (as reported)	Date	Amount
Adam Niemerg	the candidate	Mileage 1st Quarter	2024-03-31	$4,744
Adam Niemerg	the candidate	Mileage	2024-09-30	$1,856
Adam Niemerg	the candidate	Mileage	2023-06-30	$1,611
Adam Niemerg	the candidate	Mileage 4th Quarter	2024-01-16	$1,402
Adam Niemerg	the candidate	Mileage	2023-09-30	$1,238
Adam Niemerg	the candidate	Mileage	2023-03-30	$1,022

Rule: Mileage, reimbursements and pay to the candidate

“For payments to a public official or candidate or his or her family member unless for compensation for services actually rendered by that person.”10 ILCS 5/9-8.10(a)(11) ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how findings work

Context Late reports

1 large contribution ($1,000) reported on an A-1 after the deadline

A contribution of $1,000 or more must be reported to the State Board of Elections within 5 business days (2 in the last 30 days before an election the candidate is on the ballot for). The latest: $1,000 from Ameren, received 2023-04-10, reported 2023-04-21: 9 business days, 4 past the deadline.

What to check

The receipt date is what the committee reported; a correction or a typo there changes the count.
A contribution received and returned within the same quarterly period needn't be reported on an A-1.
The Board decides on fines and can waive them (inadvertence, clerical error, days late).

The entries (1)

Name	Date	A-1 filed	Business days	Allowed	Amount
Ameren	2023-04-10	2023-04-21	9	5	$1,000

Rule: Large contributions reported late

“A political committee shall file a report of any contribution of $1,000 or more electronically with the Board within 5 business days after receipt of the contribution, except that the report shall be filed within 2 business days after receipt if (i) the contribution is received 30 or fewer days before the date of an election”10 ILCS 5/9-10(c) ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how findings work

Campaign money

$128,263raised, 68 itemized contributions, plus $5,858 in small ones

$0from the candidate (incl. loans)

$132,185spent

$21,776cash on hand on December 31, 2024

Where their money comes from (besides their own)

35%12%49%

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

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How it was spent: $132,185

Radio$32,362

Other (as described)$23,017

Mail and literature$19,935

Contributions to other committees$16,400

Travel and meals$14,341

Office, printing and supplies$9,160

Digital and online$7,298

Donations and sponsorships$5,090

Print ads and billboards$1,729

Consultants and field$1,500

Largest payees: Medium Buying LLC $32,362 Radio · Prairie State Strategies LLC $15,229 Mail and literature · Adam Niemerg $11,872 Travel and meals · Illinois Republican Party $10,400 Contributions to other committees · Blair Group LLC $10,004 Other (as described) · Tactical Campaigns $8,969 Other (as described) · Get It Right $5,000 Contributions to other committees · Ad Works Publishing $4,919 Office, printing and supplies

Grouped by the purpose each payment lists (“direct mail”, “consulting”), so the groups are approximate; a consultant's payments to others (ads, mail) show under the consultant.

Top contributors	Type	Total
Chris Miller Illinois First Oakland	Committee	$50,000
Richard Uihlein Self Employed · Self Employed · Lake Bluff	Person	$6,000
Dan Caulkins retired · retired · Decatur	Person	$5,500
Jo Caulkins retired · retired · Decatur	Person	$5,000
Chris Miller Illinois First Oakland	Business or group	$5,000
HG Development Effingham	Business or group	$5,000
Paul Koerner Koerner Distributing · Self Employed · Effingham	Person	$5,000
Jack Bishop self employed · self employed · Lake Bluff	Person	$3,300
David Falk pharmacist · self employed · Decatur	Person	$3,000
Associated Beer Distributors of Illinois Springfield	Committee	$2,500
Fred Helmuth Accountant · Accountant · Arcola	Person	$2,500
Ameren Illinois PAC Springfield	Committee	$2,000
Friends of Chapin Rose Mahomet	Committee	$2,000
Charles Heuerman retired · retired · Teutopolis	Person	$2,000
Brad Voyles self employed · Self Employed · Watson	Person	$2,000

Committee: Committee To Elect Adam Niemerg (every report they filed is on the State Board of Elections' site). Data current as of October 12, 2026.

Outside spending for and against them

$78spent supporting them

$0spent opposing them

Spender		Amount
Illinois Farm Bureau ACTIVATOR general · 2024-10-02	for	$78

Independent expenditures reported by other committees since January 1, 2023. The candidate doesn't control them.

Their donors also gave to

Their largest donors who also funded other 2024 state candidates.

Donor	To them	Candidates funded
Chris Miller - Illinois First Group or PAC · Oakland	$55,000	7
Richard Uihlein CEO, Uline · Lake Bluff	$6,000	7
Dan Caulkins retired, retired · Decatur	$5,500	5
Jo Caulkins Retired, Retired · Decatur	$5,000	6
Paul Koerner Koerner Distributing, Self Employed · Effingham	$5,000	2
HG Development Business · Effingham	$5,000	2
Jack Bishop Self Employed, Self Employed · Lake Bluff	$3,300	5
David Falk pharmacist, self employed · Decatur	$3,000	2
Fred Helmuth President, Okaw Properties Inc. · Arcola	$2,500	3
Associated Beer Distributors of Illinois Business · Springfield	$2,500	11
Charles Heuerman retired, retired · Teutopolis	$2,000	2
Ameren Illinois PAC Group or PAC · Springfield	$2,000	22
Contractors for Free Enterprise Business · Springfield	$1,500	41
Marathon Petroleum Corporation Employees PAC Labor union · Findlay	$1,500	3
Ameren Business · St. Louis	$1,000	27