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Desi Anderson R

Republican candidate for State Representative District 91

March 19, 2024 primary: won with 4,538 votes (100%) · November 5, 2024 general: lost with 23,929 votes (100%)

Worth a look

Context Late reports

1 contribution of $1,000 or more ($1,000) with no A-1 found

Each contribution of $1,000 or more must be reported on an A-1 within days of receipt, ahead of the quarterly report. These appear on a quarterly report, but no A-1 entry from the same contributor for the same amount within a week of the date was found. The largest: $1,000 from Tazewell County Republican Central Committee on 2024-09-19.

What to check

The A-1 may list the contributor under another spelling or a different amount (a split check).
A contribution received and returned within the same period needn't be reported on an A-1.
Search the committee's A-1 filings on the State Board of Elections' site to confirm.

The entries (1)

Name	Reported on	Date	Amount
Tazewell County Republican Central Committee	Quarterly	2024-09-19	$1,000

Rule: Large contributions with no A-1 found

“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”10 ILCS 5/9-10(c) ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how findings work

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71% of their itemized money came from party and caucus committees

$302,215.65 of $422,898.33 came from political party committees, which in the General Assembly mostly means the committees the four legislative leaders control. Party money has no limit in a general election; it's how the leaders fund the races they target.

What to check

Which committees: see the donors on their page.

Rule: Mostly party and caucus money

Context, not a rule. How findings work

Campaign money

$422,898raised, 260 itemized contributions, plus $11,100 in small ones

$3,300from the candidate (incl. loans)

$182,035spent

$11,894cash on hand on December 31, 2024

Where their money comes from (besides their own)

12%72%

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

Plus $3,300 of their own money and from their other committees. Compare with all state candidates →

How it was spent: $182,035

Other (as described)$62,887

TV and streaming ads$25,000

Digital and online$21,481

Contributions to other committees$20,610

Consultants and field$13,000

Fundraising and events$12,807

Polling$12,450

Office, printing and supplies$10,454

Staff pay$2,500

Donations and sponsorships$700

Largest payees: Moss LLC $106,484 Digital and online · Illinois House Republican Organization $17,910 Contributions to other committees · Claymore Strategic Solutions $13,950 Polling · The Newberg Group LLC $8,500 Consultants and field · Chik-Fil-A $6,301 Fundraising and events · Signsonthecheap.com $6,246 Office, printing and supplies · Doubletree Hotel $3,105 Fundraising and events · Joshua Heil $2,500 Staff pay

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
Illinois House Republican Organization Naperville	Business or group	$142,689.75
Illinois Republican Party Springfield	Business or group	$117,775.90
Tazewell County Republican Central Committee Tremont	Party	$26,250
Common Sense McLean County Bloomington	Committee	$20,750
LaHood for Congress PEORIA	Committee	$12,500
McLean County Republican Central Committee Bloomington	Party	$10,000
Citizens to Elect Justice Lisa Holder White Springfield	Committee	$5,000
Kelly Loeffler Chair · Greater Georgia · Atlanta	Person	$5,000
Woodford County Republican Committee Eureka	Party	$5,000
Don Tracy Retired · Retired · Springfield	Person	$4,000
Regan for Illinois Decatur	Committee	$3,750
Friends of Travis Weaver Edwards	Committee	$3,300
Hesed Capital LLC Carlock	Business or group	$3,300
McCombie for Illinois Savanna	Committee	$3,000
Timothy Ruestman Coroner · Woodford County · Kappa	Person	$3,000

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

Companies on the state register

Corporations and LLCs the Secretary of State lists Desi Anderson as an officer, manager or member of; money from them to the campaign counts as their own.

Company	Their role	Status	Gave to the campaign
HESED CAPITAL L.L.C. LLC, since 2021 · file 09938966	manager	Involuntarily dissolved · last annual report 2025	$3,300

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 2024 state candidates.

Donor	To them	Candidates funded
Illinois Republican Party Party or caucus committee · Springfield	$117,776	23
Tazewell County Republican Central Committee Party or caucus committee · Tremont	$26,250	3
Common Sense McLean County Group or PAC · Bloomington	$21,250	3
LaHood for Congress Candidate or officeholder committee · Peoria	$12,500	16
Don Tracy Retired, Retired · Springfield	$4,000	13
Regan for Illinois Candidate or officeholder committee · Decatur	$3,750	7
Friends of Travis Weaver Candidate or officeholder committee · Edwards	$3,300	15
McCombie for Illinois Candidate or officeholder committee · Savanna	$3,000	34
Timothy Ruestman Coroner, Woodford County · Kappa	$3,000	2
Friends of Sally Turner Candidate or officeholder committee · Elkhart	$1,500	6
NFIB Illinois PAC Group or PAC · Washington	$1,500	13
McLean County Farm Bureau Political Involvement Committee Group or PAC · Bloomington	$1,500	2
Connie Beard Realtor, Denbesten Real Estate · Bloomington	$1,100	3
Kathleen Salvi Attorney, Self · Mundelein	$1,000	5
Sheriffs of Illinois Group or PAC · Springfield	$600	28