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Dan Caulkins R
Republican candidate for State Representative District 88
June 28, 2022 primary: won with 13,853 votes (100%) · November 8, 2022 general: won with 37,580 votes (100%)
Campaign money
IndividualsBusinessesTrade, professional and issue groupsLabor unionsParties and legislative caucusesOther candidates and officeholders
Plus $50,000 of their own money and from their other committees. Compare with all state candidates →
How it was spent: $214,044
Largest payees: Restore IL PAC $38,000 Contributions to other committees · Citizens for Chris Miller $20,000 Contributions to other committees · Smith for Illinois House $17,400 Contributions to other committees · SurusDH, LLC $16,598 Consultants and field · Patty Krueger $16,485 Staff pay · Red Tail Run Golf Course $12,035 Other (as described) · Schmidt for Illinois $11,000 Contributions to other committees · House Republican Organization $10,000 Contributions to other committees
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 | Total |
|---|---|
| Bailey For Illinois Louisville | $59,900 |
| Dan Caulkins retired · self imp retired · Decatur | $50,000 |
| Franciscan Properties, LLC Chicago | $11,000 |
| Zacre LLC West Chicago | $11,000 |
| Central Illinois manufacturing CIMTEK Bement | $7,000 |
| Richard Uihlein Owner · Owner of the business · Lake Forest | $6,000 |
| Amazon Seattle | $3,000 |
| Ameren Springfield | $3,000 |
| Realtor Political Action Committee Springfield | $3,000 |
| Illinois Road Builders Itasca | $2,000 |
| PhRMA Washington | $2,000 |
| Illinois Optometric Association, P.A.C. Springfield | $1,750 |
| AT&T Illinois Employee PAC Chicago | $1,500 |
| Mark Allen self employed · Self employed · Decatur | $1,500 |
| Edgar Bachrach retired · Retired · Chicago | $1,500 |
Committee: Committee to Elect Dan Caulkins (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
| Spender | Amount | |
|---|---|---|
| Illinois Farm Bureau ACTIVATOR general · 2022-10-26 | for | $69 |
Independent expenditures reported by other committees since January 1, 2021. The candidate doesn't control them.
Companies on the state register
Corporations and LLCs the Secretary of State lists Dan Caulkins as an officer, manager or member of.
| Company | Their role | Gave to the campaign |
|---|---|---|
| POLAR PELLETS LLC LLC, since 2019 · file 08365059 | manager | — |
Registered agent for (the person who receives legal papers; often a lawyer or accountant for a client, not an owner): TWO CARDS INC. (dissolved) · ZDC INC. (dissolved).
From the Secretary of State's business records of October 13, 2026, matched by name and ZIP code against the address the State Board of Elections has for the candidate (or by name when the company itself gave to their campaign). Someone listed only at another address isn't found; search the Secretary of State's business entity search by file number for the full record.
Their donors also gave to
Their largest donors who also funded other 2022 state candidates.
| Donor | To them | Candidates funded | By party |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bailey for Illinois Candidate or officeholder committee · Louisville | $59,900 | 8 | |
| Dan Caulkins retired, State of IL · Decatur | $50,000 | 4 | |
| Richard Uihlein Owner, Uline · Lake Forest | $6,000 | 13 | |
| Realtor Political Action Committee Group or PAC · Springfield | $3,000 | 134 | |
| Ameren Business · St. Louis | $3,000 | 38 | |
| Amazon Business · Seattle | $3,000 | 16 | |
| Illinois Road Builders Group or PAC · Itasca | $2,000 | 4 | |
| PhRMA Business · Washington | $2,000 | 94 | |
| Illinois Optometric Association, P.A.C. Group or PAC · Springfield | $1,750 | 5 | |
| Edgar Bachrach retired, Retired · Chicago | $1,500 | 4 | |
| AT&T Illinois Employee PAC Group or PAC · Chicago | $1,500 | 37 | |
| ADM Business · Decatur | $1,250 | 4 | |
| CAR of Illinois Business · Springfield | $1,000 | 121 | |
| Middle Ground PAC Group or PAC · Urbana | $1,000 | 7 | |
| Contractors for Free Enterprise Business · Springfield | $1,000 | 53 |