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Emil Jones III D

Incumbent, Democratic candidate for State Senator District 14

March 17, 2026 primary: won with 16,667 votes (60.6%) · November 3, 2026 general

🔓 Contribution limits are off in their race (board determination).

Also ran for State Senator in 2022 ($291,051 raised).

Worth a look

Context Late reports

3 quarterly reports filed late (up to 8 days)

Quarterly reports are due by the 15th of the month after each quarter. The report for the quarter ending 2025-06-30 was due 2025-07-15 and filed 2025-07-23.

What to check

A paper report postmarked 3 days before the deadline is on time; the Board records when it arrived.
The Board assesses fines for late reports and may waive them.

The entries (3)

Quarter ending	Due	Filed	Days late
2025-03-31	2025-04-15	2025-04-16	1
2025-06-30	2025-07-15	2025-07-23	8
2026-06-30	2026-07-15	2026-07-16	1

Rule: Quarterly reports filed late

“A political committee shall file quarterly reports no later than the 15th day of the month following each period.”10 ILCS 5/9-10(b) ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how findings work

Context Missing details

1 payment ($4,398.41) with no purpose given

Every itemized payment on a report must say what it was for. These leave it blank.

What to check

The committee may have amended the report to add the purposes.
Whether each payment is a reimbursement, pay for work, repayment of a loan the candidate made to the campaign, or something else.

The entries (1)

Name	Date	Amount
Minuteman Press	2026-01-06	$4,398

Rule: Payments with no purpose given

“the full name and mailing address of each person to whom expenditures have been made by the committee or candidate within the reporting period in an aggregate amount or value in excess of $150; the amount, date, and purpose of each of those expenditures”10 ILCS 5/9-11(a)(12) ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how findings work

Campaign money

$214,839raised, 62 itemized contributions, plus $200 in small ones

$0from the candidate (incl. loans)

$36,716spent

$325,410cash on hand on June 30, 2026

Where their money comes from (besides their own)

14%32%50%

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

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How it was spent: $36,716

Office, printing and supplies$17,223

Other (as described)$12,702

Mail and literature$4,888

Fundraising and events$1,660

Travel and meals$242

Largest payees: Minuteman Press $26,040 Office, printing and supplies · totals under 150 $5,355 Other (as described) · Wal-mart $2,949 Other (as described) · Williams Inn Pizza $1,373 Fundraising and events · Verizon Wireless $470 Office, printing and supplies · STK 48 $287 Fundraising and events · Devon's Seafood Grill $242 Travel and meals

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
Liuna Chicago Laborers District Council PAC Burr Ridge	Committee	$53,000
Chicago Land Operators Joint Labor Managemnet PAC Countryside	Committee	$32,000
United Assn of Journetmen & IL springfield	Committee	$30,000
Health Care Council of IL PAC Springfield	Business or group	$25,000
IL Federation of Teachers Springfield	Committee	$10,000
Ben Lazare Consulting Springfield	Business or group	$5,250
AFSCME Illinois Council Pringfield	Committee	$5,000
Illinois AFL-CIO Springfield	Committee	$5,000
Washington Memory Gardens Homewood	Business or group	$5,000
Stephen Morill Chicago	Person	$4,150
Butcher Law Firm PC Springfield	Business or group	$3,000
IL Trial Lawyers Association Springfield	Committee	$2,500
Constellation Baltimore	Business or group	$2,000
Friends Mattie Hunter Chicago	Committee	$2,000
scarabaeus LLc Chicago	Business or group	$2,000

Committee: Friends of Emil Jones III (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

$17,400spent supporting them

$0spent opposing them

Spender		Amount
INCS Action Independent Committee primary · 2026-03-06	for	$17,400

Independent expenditures reported by other committees since January 1, 2025. The candidate doesn't control them.

Their home

$100,000 – $200,000estimated 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 Emil Jones III 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

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 Emil Jones III as an officer, manager or member of.

Company	Their role	Status	Gave to the campaign
EMIL JONES III, LEGAL DEFENSE FUND LLC LLC, since 2023 · file 13470944	manager, registered agent	Not in good standing · last annual report 2025	—
THE CURL CLINIC LLC LLC, since 2020 · file 09001336	manager	Not in good standing · last annual report 2025	—

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.

Donor	To them	Candidates funded
LIUNA Chicago Laborers' District Council PAC Labor union · Burr Ridge	$53,000	72
Health Care Council of Illinois PAC Group or PAC · Springfield	$25,000	65
Illinois Federation of Teachers Labor union · Westmont	$10,000	12
Ben Lazare Consulting Business · Chicago	$5,250	47
Illinois AFL-CIO Labor union · Springfield	$5,000	12
Butcher Law Firm, PC Business · Springfield	$3,000	4
Illinois Trial Lawyers Association Group or PAC · Springfield	$2,500	8
Scarabaeus LLC Business · Chicago	$2,000	7
Constellation Business · Baltimore	$2,000	7
ActBlue Illinois Business · Boston	$1,689	4
Illinois State Medical Society Group or PAC · Chicago	$1,500	19
IFSA PAC Group or PAC · Springfield	$1,500	4
All-Circo, Inc Business · Downers Grove	$1,500	5
Marquardt & Humes Inc Business · Wheaton	$1,500	6
Kasper & Nottage, PC Business · Chicago	$1,000	49