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Jennifer Korte R

Republican candidate for State Representative District 112

June 28, 2022 primary: won with 4,454 votes (67.2%) · November 8, 2022 general: lost with 17,450 votes (100%)

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

Worth a look

Context Context

50% of their itemized money came from party and caucus committees

$312,965.01 of $624,293.85 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

$624,294raised, 135 itemized contributions, plus $9,340 in small ones

$16,025from the candidate (incl. loans)

$366,470spent

$1,230cash on hand on December 31, 2022; $1,800 in debts

Where their money comes from (besides their own)

20%50%19%

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

Plus $1,025 of their own money and from their other committees. Compare with all state candidates →

How it was spent: $366,470

TV and streaming ads$185,008

Other (as described)$150,635

Consultants and field$8,000

Office, printing and supplies$6,771

Digital and online$4,297

Mail and literature$4,046

Staff pay$3,000

Print ads and billboards$1,350

Legal, accounting and fees$1,151

Fundraising and events$811

Largest payees: SRCP Media, Inc $185,008 TV and streaming ads · Tactical Campaigns $120,616 Other (as described) · Catalyst Partners $14,000 Staff pay · Jennifer Korte $13,200 Other (as described) · Facebook $9,425 Digital and online · Cost Less Copy Center $5,135 Office, printing and supplies · Kim Farkas $2,550 Other (as described) · Victory Phones LLC $2,060 Other (as described)

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 Republican Party Chicago	Business or group	$141,820.20
House Republican Majority Burr Ridge	Business or group	$123,644.81
Chris Miller - Illinois First Oakland	Committee	$51,000
House Republican Majority Burr Ridge	Committee	$47,500
Citizens for Durkin Burr Ridge	Committee	$30,000
Restore Illinois PAC Louisville	Committee	$30,000
Blaine Wilhour Restore Illinois PAC Louisville	Committee	$20,000
Citizens for Blaine Wilhour Beecher City	Committee	$20,000
Ozinga for Illinois Mokena	Committee	$20,000
Truck Centers Troy	Business or group	$10,000
Citizens for Durkin Burr Ridge	Business or group	$9,590
Plummer for Illinois Troy	Committee	$9,000
Committee to Elect Dan Caulkins Decatur	Committee	$7,500
Breakthrough Ideas Weaton	Committee	$7,000
R.L.P Development Corporation LLC, an Illinois Corporation Edwwardsville	Business or group	$6,363.84

Committee: Citizens for Jennifer Korte (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

$115,340spent supporting them

$0spent opposing them

Spender		Amount
People Who Play By The Rules PAC general · 2022-10-14 – 2022-10-28	for	$60,089
INCS Action Independent Committee general · 2022-10-17 – 2022-11-14	for	$41,834
People Who Play By The Rules PAC primary · 2022-06-14	for	$13,416

Independent expenditures reported by other committees since January 1, 2021. The candidate doesn't control them.

Their donors also gave to

Their largest donors who also funded other 2022 state candidates.

Donor	To them	Candidates funded
House Republican Majority Party or caucus committee · Burr Ridge	$171,145	33
Illinois Republican Party Party or caucus committee · Chicago	$141,820	49
Chris Miller - Illinois First Business · Oakland	$51,000	9
Citizens for Durkin Candidate or officeholder committee · Burr Ridge	$39,590	69
Restore Illinois PAC Group or PAC · Louisville	$30,000	10
Citizens For Blaine Wilhour Candidate or officeholder committee · Beecher City	$20,000	4
Ozinga for Illinois Candidate or officeholder committee · Mokena	$20,000	39
Breakthrough Ideas Business · Wheaton	$12,000	9
Plummer for Illinois Candidate or officeholder committee · Troy	$10,200	6
Truck Centers Inc. Business · Troy	$10,000	2
Committee to Elect Dan Caulkins Candidate or officeholder committee · Decatur	$7,500	9
MCRCC Group or PAC · Wood River	$5,000	2
Citizens for CD Davidsmeyer Candidate or officeholder committee · Jacksonville	$5,000	9
Jay Bergman CEO & President, Petco Petroleum Corp · Hinsdale	$4,000	4
Downstate GOP Group or PAC · Fithian	$3,000	26