Worth a look
Context How the money was spent
$8,772.80 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 (3)
| Name | Who | Purpose (as reported) | Date | Amount |
|---|
| Ann Williams | the candidate | Mileage Reimbursement | 2025-06-05 | $4,608 |
| Ann Williams | the candidate | Mileage Reimbursement | 2026-06-08 | $3,588 |
| Ann Williams | the candidate | Mileage | 2025-11-19 | $577 |
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 Contribution limits
1 source gave more than the contribution limit ($200 over in all)
A candidate's committee may accept only so much from one source in an election cycle: in 2025–26, $7,300 from an individual, $14,600 from a corporation, union or association, and $72,800 from a PAC or another candidate's committee. The most over: Patrick Salvi gave $7,500 in the primary cycle, against a limit of $7,300 for an individual.
What to check- Excess returned to the source (or given to charity) within 30 days of the Board's notice isn't a violation; a refund the committee listed under another name or purpose isn't subtracted here.
- Two different people with the same name and ZIP code would be added together.
- Spouses are separate sources, as are a business and the person who owns it.
- Whether a corporation's or union's own PAC gave instead (the PAC limit applies to it).
The entries (1)
| Name | Kind | Cycle | Contributions | Given | Limit | Over |
|---|
| Patrick Salvi | an individual | primary | 2 | $7,500 | $7,300 | $200 |
Rule: Contributions over the limit
“During an election cycle, a candidate political committee may not accept contributions with an aggregate value over the following: (i) $5,000 from any individual, (ii) $10,000 from any corporation, labor organization, or association, or (iii) $50,000 from a candidate political committee or political action committee.”10 ILCS 5/9-8.5(b) (adjusted for inflation each odd year, 9-8.5(g)) ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how findings work
Campaign money
$332,487raised, 224 itemized contributions, plus $1,269 in small ones
$4,425from the candidate (incl. loans)
$101,454spent
$318,305cash on hand on June 30, 2026
$136,133 of it in 62 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.
Associated Beer Distributors of Illinois $34,133 2026-10-05 · Accel Entertainment Gaming, LLC $5,000 2026-07-31 · Base Power Inc $5,000 2026-07-06 · Chicago Land Operators Joint Labor-Management PAC $4,500 2026-10-05 · J & J Ventures Gaming, LLC $4,000 2026-10-05 · Sports Betting Alliance $4,000 2026-09-24 · Johnson & Johnson Corporate Political Fund $3,500 2026-09-24 · Comcast Financial Agency Corporation $3,000 2026-07-31 · Downstate Operators Joint Labor Management PAC $3,000 2026-10-05 · ABBVIE Political Action Committee $2,500 2026-09-24
Where their money comes from (besides their own)
56%23%12%
IndividualsBusinessesTrade, professional and issue groupsLabor unionsParties and legislative caucusesOther candidates and officeholders
Plus $4,425 of their own money and from their other committees. Compare with all state candidates →
How it was spent: $101,454
Office, printing and supplies$31,023
Travel and meals$12,774
Contributions to other committees$12,422
Other (as described)$10,717
Digital and online$7,330
Refunds$7,000
Donations and sponsorships$6,014
Consultants and field$5,580
Fundraising and events$5,157
Staff pay$3,439
Largest payees: Near North Village $15,750 Office, printing and supplies · Ann Williams $8,773 Travel and meals · Base Power Inc $5,000 Refunds · Mailchimp $4,725 Digital and online · Nelson Wurth Consulting $4,250 Other (as described) · Wurkwel Ventures, LLC $4,142 Office, printing and supplies · O'Donovan's $3,658 Fundraising and events · AT&T Services, Inc $3,487 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 |
|---|
Associated Beer Distributors of Illinois
Springfield | Business or group | $34,133.08 |
Chicago Land Operators Joint Labor-Management PAC
Countryside | Committee | $13,000 |
Base Power Inc
Austin | Business or group | $10,000 |
Sports Betting Alliance
Lubbock | Business or group | $9,000 |
ABBVIE Political Action Committee
N. Chicago | Committee | $7,500 |
Accel Entertainment Gaming, LLC
Bolingbrook | Business or group | $7,500 |
Marquis Energy - Illinois LLC
Hennepin | Business or group | $7,500 |
Patrick Salvi
Attorney · Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard · Waukegan | Person | $7,500 |
Michael Sacks
CEO · Grosvenor Capital Management · Chicago | Person | $7,300 |
Comcast Financial Agency Corporation
Philadelphia | Business or group | $7,000 |
Johnson & Johnson Corporate Political Fund
Washington | Business or group | $6,500 |
PhRMA
Washington | Business or group | $6,500 |
Downstate Operators Joint Labor Management PAC
Peoria | Committee | $6,000 |
Superior Ambulance
Elmhurst | Business or group | $5,494.45 |
Breakthru Bev Illinois
Cicero | Business or group | $5,000 |
Committee: Friends of Ann M Williams (every report they filed is on the State Board of Elections' site). Data current as of October 12, 2026.
Their home
$800,000 – $900,000estimated market value, 2026 assessment
$335,800median home value in Cook County (Illinois: $280,700)
The Cook County assessor's estimate of the market value of the home at the address Ann Williams filed with the State Board of Elections, shown as a range; the address isn't published here. Assessments trail the market and can be appealed, so treat it as a rough figure. How this works. Medians: Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024.