🔓 Contribution limits are off in their race (board determination).
Campaign money
$22,013,831raised, 1,179 itemized contributions, plus $5,655 in small ones
$0from the candidate (incl. loans)
$492,688spent
$21,849,062cash on hand on June 30, 2026; $2,282,150 in debts
$2,930,614 of it in 180 large contributions reported on A-1s since their last quarterly report (through June 30, 2026): $1,000 or more from one source must be reported within days, ahead of the next quarterly.
Engineers Political Education Committee Separate Education Fund $300,000 2026-09-22 · Matthew Pritzker $250,000 2026-09-25 · Ironworkers Local Union 1 $200,000 2026-09-02 · Brian Miller $125,000 2026-09-18 · BL Management One, LLC $100,000 2026-09-30 · Craig A. Bondy $100,000 2026-09-30 · Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. $100,000 2026-09-30 · Charlie N Mills $100,000 2026-09-30 · William Silverstein $100,000 2026-07-01 · Daniel Tierney $100,000 2026-07-17
Where their money comes from (besides their own)
34%26%14%26%
IndividualsBusinessesTrade, professional and issue groupsLabor unionsParties and legislative caucusesOther candidates and officeholders
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How it was spent: $492,688
Legal, accounting and fees$132,323
Other (as described)$96,552
Consultants and field$95,833
Contributions to other committees$76,500
Digital and online$41,853
Fundraising and events$24,363
Refunds$13,900
Travel and meals$7,628
Donations and sponsorships$2,080
Office, printing and supplies$1,656
Largest payees: Paragon Payment Solutions $129,927 Legal, accounting and fees · Internal Revenue Service $46,289 Other (as described) · Cook County Democratic Party $45,000 Contributions to other committees · New Chicago Consulting LLC $37,333 Consultants and field · Illinois Department of Revenue $34,387 Other (as described) · RS Advisors $30,000 Consultants and field · GTO Strategies $19,915 Digital and online · P2 Consulting Inc $19,724 Consultants and field
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 |
|---|
Engineers Political Education Committee Separate Education Fund
Washington | Committee | $1,325,000 |
Carpentry Advancement PAC
Chicago | Committee | $1,052,800 |
Chicago Land Operators Joint Labor-Management PAC
Countryside | Committee | $1,000,000 |
Local 134 State & Municipal PAC International Brotherhood of Electrica
Chicago | Committee | $1,000,000 |
LIUNA Chicago Laborers' District Council Political Action Committee
Chicago | Committee | $827,100 |
UA Union Plumbers & Pipefitters Vote! PAC
Annapolis | Committee | $650,000 |
Liz Lefkofsky
Executive Director · Lefkofsky Family Foundation · Chicago | Person | $507,300 |
Michael Sacks
CEO · GCM Grosvenor · Chicago | Person | $500,400 |
Neil G. Bluhm
Principal · Walton Street Capital LLC · Chicago | Person | $500,000 |
ML Development Group LLC
Chicago | Business or group | $500,000 |
Matthew R Pritzker Revocable Trust
Chicago | Business or group | $500,000 |
Willy Family LLC
Chicago | Business or group | $500,000 |
Spring Bank
Bronx | Business or group | $347,234.34 |
IBEW Illinois PAC
Washington | Committee | $337,800 |
Laborers' Political League Great Lakes Region
Chicago | Committee | $327,100 |
Committee: Citizens for Giannoulias (every report they filed is on the State Board of Elections' site). Data current as of October 12, 2026.