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Jason Plummer R
Incumbent, Republican candidate for State Senator District 55
March 19, 2024 primary: won with 22,703 votes (100%) · November 5, 2024 general: won with 95,805 votes (100%)
🔓 Contribution limits are off in their race (self funding disclosure).
Also ran for State Senator in 2022 ($134,637 raised).
Campaign money
IndividualsBusinessesTrade, professional and issue groupsLabor unionsParties and legislative caucusesOther candidates and officeholders
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How it was spent: $560,679
Largest payees: Bank of Hillsboro $280,330 Legal, accounting and fees · Senate Republican Victory Fund $230,400 Contributions to other committees · Citizens for Chris Slusser $25,000 Contributions to other committees · Citizens for Patrick McRae $15,000 Contributions to other committees · Friends of Fred Schulte $3,000 Contributions to other committees · Fisher $1,873 Office, printing and supplies · St. Louis Cardinals $1,797 Fundraising and events · Schmidt for Illinois $1,000 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 |
|---|---|
| Bank of Hillsboro Edwardsville | $160,597.58 |
| Richard Uihlein Executive · Uline · Lake Forest | $156,895 |
| American Trust Insurance Company St. Louis | $45,000 |
| Guarantee Trust Life Insurance Co. Glenview | $25,000 |
| Carol Babcock Occupational Therapist · TheraKids · Bethalto | $6,900 |
| RP Lumber, Inc Edwardsville | $6,195 |
| Chicago Land Operators Joint Labor-Management PAC Countryside | $5,000 |
| Ameren St. Louis | $4,000 |
| Accel Entertainment Gaming, LLC Bolingbrook | $3,500 |
| Realtor Political Action Committee Springfield | $3,000 |
| Charles Barenfanger President · Effingham Railroad · Vandalia | $2,500 |
| Amazon.com Services, LLC Seattle | $2,000 |
| Phillips 66 Company Houston | $1,501.32 |
| CUPAC Naperville | $1,500 |
| IFDA PAC Springfield | $1,500 |
Committee: Plummer for Illinois (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 · 2024-10-01 – 2024-10-02 | for | $156 |
Independent expenditures reported by other committees since January 1, 2023. The candidate doesn't control them.
Committees
- Approp- Pub Safety & Infrastructure
- Commerce
- Environment and Conservation
- Executive AppointmentsMinority Spokesperson
- Financial InstitutionsMinority Spokesperson
- Health and Human Services
- Insurance
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 Jason Plummer as an officer, manager or member of.
| Company | Their role | Gave to the campaign |
|---|---|---|
| COUNTRY BANCORP, INC. Corporation (out of state), since 1984 · file 53545947 | president | — |
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 | By party |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Uihlein CEO, Uline · Lake Bluff | $149,995 | 7 | |
| Guarantee Trust Life Insurance Co. Business · Glenview | $25,000 | 4 | |
| Richard Uihlein Executive, Uline · Lake Forest | $6,900 | 7 | |
| Chicago Land Operators Joint Labor-Management PAC Labor union · Countryside | $5,000 | 97 | |
| Ameren Business · St. Louis | $4,000 | 27 | |
| Accel Entertainment Gaming, LLC Business · Bolingbrook | $3,500 | 116 | |
| Realtor Political Action Committee Group or PAC · Springfield | $3,000 | 86 | |
| Charles Barenfanger President, Effingham Railroad · Vandalia | $2,500 | 3 | |
| Amazon.com Services LLC Business · Seattle | $2,000 | 52 | |
| Phillips 66 Company Group or PAC · Oklahoma City | $1,501 | 54 | |
| CUPAC Group or PAC · Naperville | $1,500 | 17 | |
| IFDA PAC Group or PAC · Springfield | $1,500 | 28 | |
| Illinois CPAs for Political Action Group or PAC · Chicago | $1,200 | 68 | |
| Illinois Hospital Association PAC Group or PAC · Springfield | $1,000 | 43 | |
| Home PAC Group or PAC · Springfield | $1,000 | 8 |