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Erin Chan Ding D

Democratic candidate for State Representative District 52

March 17, 2026 primary: lost with 4,302 votes (35.5%)

Worth a look

Worth a look Contribution limits

1 source gave more than the contribution limit ($2,700 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: Steve Dorsey gave $10,000 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)
NameKindCycleContributionsGivenLimitOver
Steve Dorseyan individualprimary2$10,000$7,300$2,700
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

Context Late reports

1 quarterly report filed late (up to 1 days)

Quarterly reports are due by the 15th of the month after each quarter. The report for the quarter ending 2025-09-30 was due 2025-10-15 and filed 2025-10-16.

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 (1)
Quarter endingDueFiledDays late
2025-09-302025-10-152025-10-161
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

4 payments ($4,375.58) 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 (4)
NameDateAmount
Gladiator Consulting2025-11-01$2,000
USPS2026-02-06$1,520
USPS Stamp Fulfillment Services2026-01-21$500
ActBlue Technical Services2025-09-21$356
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

Context Missing details

3 of 15 donors giving over $500 listed with no employer or occupation

For anyone who gives more than $500 in a reporting period, a report must list their occupation and employer, or say the committee made a good-faith effort to find out. These list neither.

What to check
  • The committee may have filed an amendment adding them.
  • A retiree or someone not employed should still be listed as such.
The entries (3)
NameDateAmount
Dominic Green2026-02-13$2,200
Jessica Green2026-02-13$2,200
Erin Chan Ding2025-12-31$1,615
Rule: Donors with no employer or occupation
“if the contributor is an individual who contributed more than $500, the occupation and employer of the contributor or, if the occupation and employer of the contributor are unknown, a statement that the committee has made a good faith effort to ascertain this information”10 ILCS 5/9-11(a)(4) ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how findings work

Campaign money

$225,285raised, 112 itemized contributions, plus $10,303 in small ones
$0from the candidate (incl. loans)
$169,069spent
$39,940cash on hand on June 30, 2026
Where their money comes from (besides their own)

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

Plus $5,946 of their own money and from their other committees. Compare with all state candidates →

How it was spent: $169,069

Mail and literature$91,691
Other (as described)$30,930
Office, printing and supplies$22,174
Staff pay$7,926
Consultants and field$5,790
Fundraising and events$5,274
Legal, accounting and fees$4,356
Postage and delivery$780
Digital and online$148

Largest payees: Navigate Campaigns $111,820 Mail and literature · Winning Connections $11,000 Office, printing and supplies · Gladiator Consulting $9,790 Consultants and field · Minuteman Press Chicago $8,165 Office, printing and supplies · William Mackelfresh $6,026 Staff pay · Laduzinsky&Associates $3,993 Legal, accounting and fees · Neoteca $3,318 Fundraising and events · USPS $2,456 Postage and delivery

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
Dit Chan
Retired · Retired · Glendale Heights
Person$38,785
Chicago Land Operators Joint Labor-Management PAC
Countryside
Committee$30,000
Illinois Federation of Teachers COPE
Westmont
Committee$30,000
SEIU Illinois State Council PAC Fund
Chicago
Committee$20,000
ICIRR Action
Chicago
Business or group$10,762
Steve Dorsey
Creative Operations Officer · Oakland County · Novi
Person$10,000
IPACE
Springfield
Committee$10,000
Illinois Asian American Legislative Caucus PAC
Chicago
Committee$10,000
Lake County Federation of Teachers Local 504 COPE PAC Fund
Gurnee
Committee$10,000
Ironworkers District Council of Chicago & Vicinity
Des Plaines
Committee$7,500
Erin Chan Ding
Freelance Journalist · Self · South Barrington
Person$5,945.97
Raymond Lin
FullerThaler · Palo Alto
Person$5,000
Teamsters Volunteers in Politics
Willow Springs
Committee$5,000
Charley Ding
Physician · Self-Employed · South Barrington
Person$3,966.59
Dominic Green
Barrington
Person$2,200

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

Their home

$1.0M – $1.3Mestimated 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 Erin Chan Ding 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.

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
$30,000115
Illinois Federation of Teachers COPE
Labor union · Westmont
$30,00088
SEIU Illinois State Council PAC Fund
Labor union · Chicago
$20,0002
ICIRR Action
Group or PAC · Chicago
$10,7626
IPACE
Group or PAC · Springfield
$10,00028
Ironworkers District Council of Chicago & Vicinity
Labor union · Des Plaines
$7,5009
Erin Chan Ding
Freelance Journalist, Self · South Barrington
$5,9462
Teamsters Volunteers in Politics
Labor union · Willow Springs
$5,00084
Friends of Josina Morita
Candidate or officeholder committee · Skokie
$2,4395
Jessica Green
NOT EMPLOYED, N/A · Barrington
$2,2002
Josina Morita
Commissioner, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District · Skokie
$1,0003
Friends of Theresa Mah
Candidate or officeholder committee · Chicago
$1,0004
Friends of Adriane Johnson
Candidate or officeholder committee · Riverwoods
$7506
Shazia Khan
Physician, Loyola · South Barrington
$5003
Rita Mayfield
State Representative, State of Illinois · Waukegan
$5002