Illinois Files🔍 Search

Candidates › State Senate

Don Harmon D

Incumbent, Democratic candidate for State Senator District 39

March 17, 2026 primary: won with 27,053 votes (100%) · November 3, 2026 general

🔓 Contribution limits are off in their race (self funding disclosure).

Also ran for State Senator in 2024 ($17.1M raised), 2022 ($19.2M raised).

Worth a look

Context Late reports

1 large contribution ($2,500) 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: $2,500 from Dunkin' Brands PAC, received 2025-09-22, reported 2025-10-01: 7 business days, 2 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)
NameDateA-1 filedBusiness daysAllowedAmount
Dunkin' Brands PAC2025-09-222025-10-0175$2,500
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

$16,476,430raised, 906 itemized contributions, plus $5,943 in small ones
$106,254from the candidate (incl. loans)
$4,413,819spent
$19,917,425cash on hand on June 30, 2026

$6,055,370 of it in 309 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.

LiUNA Chicago Laborers' District Council PAC $630,000 2026-08-05 · Chicagoland Operators Joint Labor-Management PAC $500,000 2026-08-05 · Carpentry Advancement Political Action Committee Fund $452,500 2026-10-09 · Illinois Laborers' Legislative Committee $400,000 2026-09-09 · Engineers Political Education Committee $357,500 2026-10-06 · Illinois Federation of Teachers COPE $202,000 2026-09-17 · Health Care Council of Illinois Political Action Committee $175,000 2026-09-17 · Affordable Assisted Living Coalition PAC $150,000 2026-10-09 · Downstate Illinois Laborers' District Council PAC Fund $100,000 2026-09-09 · Illinois Pipe Trades PEF $100,000 2026-09-17

Where their money comes from (besides their own)

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

Plus $106,254 of their own money and from their other committees. Compare with all state candidates →

How it was spent: $4,413,819

Contributions to other committees$2,575,685
Donations and sponsorships$368,067
Staff pay$286,072
Consultants and field$251,723
Other (as described)$249,963
Office, printing and supplies$186,445
Refunds$122,700
Travel and meals$119,373
Polling$82,315
Legal, accounting and fees$61,041

Largest payees: ISDF $2,000,000 Contributions to other committees · Citizens for Karina Villa $225,000 Contributions to other committees · Preckwinkle for President $103,000 Contributions to other committees · James M. Sweeney Golf Classic $100,000 Donations and sponsorships · Donald F Harmon $100,000 Refunds · Greenhouse Management $95,341 Office, printing and supplies · New Chicago Consulting, LLC $94,800 Consultants and field · Professional Circulation Inc. $85,000 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 contributorsTypeTotal
Chicago Land Operators Joint Labor Management PAC
Countryside
Committee$2,010,000
Chicagoland Operators Joint Labor-Management PAC
Countryside
Committee$1,500,000
LIUNA Chicago Laborers' District Council PAC
Burr Ridge
Committee$735,000
Carpentry Advancement Political Action Committee Fund
Chicago
Committee$702,500
LiUNA Chicago Laborers' District Council PAC
Burr Ridge
Committee$630,000
Engineers Political Education Committee
Washington
Committee$557,500
United Association of Journeymen & IL Pipe Trades Association PAC
Springfield
Committee$500,000
Illinois Laborers' Legislative Committee
Springfield
Committee$410,000
Illinois Federation of Teachers COPE
Westmont
Committee$362,000
Affordable Assisted Living Coalition PAC
Springfield
Committee$300,000
Health Care Council of Illinois Political Action Committee
Springfield
Committee$285,250
Sports Betting Alliance
Lubbock
Business or group$255,000
IUOE Local 399 Political Education Fund
Chicago
Committee$200,000
UA Political Action Fund
Annapolis
Committee$200,000
IBEW Illinois PAC
Washington
Committee$157,500

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

Their home

$600,000 – $700,000estimated 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 Don Harmon 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.

Committees

Subcommittees: Constitutional Amendments (sub-chair) · Elections (sub-chair)

Their seats in the current General Assembly, from ilga.gov. Compare with who funds them: their donors.

Companies on the state register

Corporations and LLCs the Secretary of State lists Don Harmon as an officer, manager or member of.

CompanyTheir roleStatusGave to the campaign
1935-307 FAIRFIELD LLC
LLC, since 2026 · file 18301318
managerGood standing—

Registered agent for (the person who receives legal papers; often a lawyer or accountant for a client, not an owner): FRIENDS OF DON HARMON · ISDF, NFP · DL21C (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 2026 state candidates.

DonorTo themCandidates fundedBy party
Chicago Land Operators Joint Labor-Management PAC
Labor union · Countryside
$2,010,000115
Chicagoland Operators Joint Labor-Management PAC
Labor union · Countryside
$1,500,00017
LIUNA Chicago Laborers' District Council PAC
Labor union · Burr Ridge
$1,365,00072
Carpentry Advancement PAC Fund
Group or PAC · Chicago
$702,50072
Engineers Political Education Committee
Group or PAC · Washington
$557,5002
United Assn of Journeymen & IL Pipe Trades Assn PAC
Group or PAC · Springfield
$500,00012
Illinois Laborers' Legislative Committee
Labor union · Springfield
$410,00078
Illinois Federation of Teachers COPE
Labor union · Westmont
$362,00088
Affordable Assisted Living Coalition PAC
Group or PAC · Springfield
$300,00010
Health Care Council of Illinois PAC
Group or PAC · Springfield
$285,25065
Sports Betting Alliance
Group or PAC · Lubbock
$255,000103
UA Political Action Fund
Group or PAC · Annapolis
$200,0002
IUOE Local 399 Political Education Fund
Labor union · Chicago
$200,00029
IBEW Illinois PAC
Labor union · Washington
$157,50047
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.
Business · Chicago
$150,0003