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Jesse Sullivan R

Republican candidate for Governor

June 28, 2022 primary: lost with 125,094 votes (15.7%)

🔓 Contribution limits are off in their race (limits off for race).

Worth a look

Context Late reports

1 quarterly report filed late (up to 3 days)

Quarterly reports are due by the 15th of the month after each quarter. The report for the quarter ending 2022-03-31 was due 2022-04-15 and filed 2022-04-18.

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
2022-03-312022-04-152022-04-183
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

Campaign money

$12,644,355raised, 482 itemized contributions, plus $156,192 in small ones
$192from the candidate (incl. loans)
$12,580,468spent
$58,095cash on hand on December 31, 2022
Where their money comes from (besides their own)

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

Plus $1,192 of their own money and from their other committees. Compare with all state candidates →

How it was spent: $12,580,468

Other (as described)$7,764,514
Digital and online$1,745,468
Mail and literature$927,417
Consultants and field$508,006
Staff pay$470,895
TV and streaming ads$224,000
Legal, accounting and fees$189,814
Office, printing and supplies$188,611
Polling$158,511
Radio$129,834

Largest payees: FlexPoint Media Inc. $7,552,912 TV and streaming ads · IMGE $1,084,843 Digital and online · Axiom Strategies $889,304 Office, printing and supplies · Poolhouse $415,999 Consultants and field · Campaign Ad-Cloud $351,000 Digital and online · Honigman LLC $118,223 Legal, accounting and fees · Para Bellum Public Affairs LLC $109,833 Digital and online · Cygnal LLC $98,631 Polling

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
Chris Larsen
Chairman of the Board · Ripple Inc. · San Francisco
Person$5,000,000
Kevin Taweel
CEO · Asurion · San Mateo
Person$5,000,000
Robert & Dorothy King
Retired · Retired · Menlo Park
Person$1,000,000
Gerald Risk
Vice Chairman · Asurion · Hillsborough
Person$750,000
Bradley Garlinghouse
CEO · Ripple · Atherton
Person$100,000
William Park
Real Estate · Self Employed · Oak Brook
Person$78,000
Richard Colburn
Vice President · Payroll & Insurance Inc. · Northbrook
Person$50,000
DV Group LLC
Chicago
Business or group$50,000
William O'Kane
Management · Group Fox Management · Lake Bluff
Person$50,000
Robert Oster
Investor · Robert Oster Company · Menlo Park
Person$50,000
Donald R Wilson
CEO · DRW Trading Group · Chicago
Person$50,000
American Heritage Investment LLC
Chicago
Business or group$39,960
John Fellowes
President & CEO · Fellowes Brands · Wheaton
Person$32,070
Bart Pieper
Financial Engineer · Marquis Management · Dunlap
Person$25,879.92
Jay Brown
President & CEO · Crown Castle · Houston
Person$25,000

Committee: Sullivan for Illinois NFP (every report they filed is on the State Board of Elections' site). Data current as of October 12, 2026.

Companies on the state register

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

CompanyTheir roleStatusGave to the campaign
CLAIRVAUX GROUP, INC.
Corporation (out of state), since 2026 · file 75538022
presidentGood standing—
GC FEDERAL, LLC
LLC, since 2026 · file 18277735
manager, registered agentGood standing—
GLADIUS CHRISTI CO.
Corporation (out of state), since 2026 · file 75365373
presidentGood standing—
ALTER GLOBAL LLC
LLC, since 2020 · file 09471286
manager, registered agentWithdrawn · last annual report 2021—
ALTER MANAGEMENT LLC
LLC, since 2021 · file 11266592
managerRevoked · last annual report 2024—

Registered agent for (the person who receives legal papers; often a lawyer or accountant for a client, not an owner): GLADIUS CHRISTI NFP · ALTER GLOBAL (withdrawn) · LIVE ONEWORLD NFP (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 2022 state candidates.

DonorTo themCandidates fundedBy party
Richard Colburn
Vice President, Payroll & Insurance Inc. · Northbrook
$50,0004
Donald R Wilson
Owner, DRW Holdings LLC · Chicago
$50,0002
Kevin Breheny
President, JL Hubbard · Forsyth
$5,0006
Michael Keiser
Executive, BDGR, Inc. · Chicago
$5,0003
Justin Maze
Circuit Clerk, Williamson County · Johnston City
$3,6113
David Clark
Attorney, Self Employed · Monmouth
$3,4003
David Reisenbigler
CEO, Erie Foods International Inc · Erie
$2,9002
Deca Holdings LLC
Business · Mahomet
$2,5002
Doris Trcka
Retired, Retired · Mount Prospect
$1,5002
John Goetz
CEO, R.D. Lawrence Constructio Co. · Petersburg
$1,0002
John Lillard
Retired, Retired · Lake Forest
$1,0002
Warren Schaffer
Owner, Warren D Schaffer Trucking Company · Lexington
$1,0002
Mark Plunkett
Pediatric Heart Surgeon, OSF Childrens Hospital · Peoria
$1,0004
George Rouse
Retired, Retired · Champaign
$1,0002
Stuart King
Physician, Self Employed · Champaign
$9062