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Jonathan Carroll D

Incumbent, Democratic candidate for State Representative District 57

June 28, 2022 primary: won with 8,255 votes (100%) · November 8, 2022 general: won with 22,553 votes (100%)

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Worth a look Late reports

7 large contributions ($17,500) reported on an A-1 after the deadline

A contribution of $1,000 or more must be reported to the State Board of Elections within 5 business days (2 in the last 30 days before an election the candidate is on the ballot for). The latest: $5,000 from LCFT-COPE Local 504 (IFT-AFTAF CIO), received 2021-10-04, reported 2021-11-03: 21 business days, 16 past the deadline.

What to check

The receipt date is what the committee reported; a correction or a typo there changes the count.
A contribution received and returned within the same quarterly period needn't be reported on an A-1.
The Board decides on fines and can waive them (inadvertence, clerical error, days late).

The entries (7)

Name	Date	A-1 filed	Business days	Allowed	Amount
LCFT-COPE Local 504 (IFT-AFTAF CIO)	2021-10-04	2021-11-03	21	5	$5,000
J&J Ventures Gaming	2021-10-14	2021-11-03	14	5	$2,000
Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits, LLC	2021-10-14	2021-11-03	14	5	$1,000
Health Care Service Corporation Employees PAC	2021-10-16	2021-11-03	13	5	$1,000
JDRC Managed Services, LLC	2021-10-23	2021-11-03	8	5	$2,500
Jonathan Aaron	2022-02-19	2022-03-02	7	5	$5,000
Ameren Illinois	2022-02-19	2022-03-02	7	5	$1,000

Rule: Large contributions reported late

“A political committee shall file a report of any contribution of $1,000 or more electronically with the Board within 5 business days after receipt of the contribution, except that the report shall be filed within 2 business days after receipt if (i) the contribution is received 30 or fewer days before the date of an election”10 ILCS 5/9-10(c) ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how findings work

Context How the money was spent

$4,878.56 in payments described as a vehicle purchase, lease or payment

The Election Code bars campaign money for club and gym dues, clothing, vehicles not used mainly for the campaign, and tuition, each with exceptions. These payments' descriptions name one of those.

What to check

Club: renting a club for a specific campaign event is allowed; dues aren't.
Clothing: costumes or items worn to advertise the campaign are allowed.
Vehicle: allowed when used primarily for the campaign or government duties.
Tuition: allowed for education directly tied to the official's duties.

The entries (8)

Name	Kind	Purpose (as reported)	Date	Amount
Ford Motor Credit	a vehicle purchase, lease or payment	Car payment	2022-02-22	$610
Ford Motor Credit	a vehicle purchase, lease or payment	Car Payment	2022-04-21	$610
Ford Motor Credit	a vehicle purchase, lease or payment	Car lease payment	2022-06-21	$610
Ford Motor Credit	a vehicle purchase, lease or payment	Car lease payment	2022-07-21	$610
Ford Motor Credit	a vehicle purchase, lease or payment	Car lease payment	2022-08-19	$610
Ford Motor Credit	a vehicle purchase, lease or payment	Car lease payment	2022-09-21	$610
Ford Motor Credit	a vehicle purchase, lease or payment	Car lease payment	2022-10-21	$610
Ford Motor Credit	a vehicle purchase, lease or payment	Car lease payment	2022-12-21	$610

Rule: Car leases and other restricted spending

“For membership or club dues charged by organizations, clubs, or facilities that are primarily engaged in providing health, exercise, or recreational services”10 ILCS 5/9-8.10(a)(7) ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how findings work

Context How the money was spent

$1,862.05 paid by the campaign to the candidate

Campaign money may go to a candidate or their family only as pay for work actually done; reimbursing campaign costs they paid out of pocket (mileage, travel, supplies) is common and allowed. The purposes the campaign wrote are listed with each payment.

What to check

Whether each payment is a reimbursement for campaign costs, or pay for work done.
Family is matched by last name and the home address on file with the Board; relatives elsewhere aren't found.

The entries (3)

Name	Who	Purpose (as reported)	Date	Amount
Jonathan Carroll	the candidate	Expense Reimbursement	2021-12-31	$936
Jonathan Carroll	the candidate	Mileage	2021-10-04	$586
Jonathan Carroll	the candidate	Mileage	2021-12-31	$339

Rule: Mileage, reimbursements and pay to the candidate

“For payments to a public official or candidate or his or her family member unless for compensation for services actually rendered by that person.”10 ILCS 5/9-8.10(a)(11) ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how findings work

Context Missing details

2 payments ($1,485.29) 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 (2)

Name	Date	Amount
Amazon	2021-12-04	$990
Brendan Heneghan	2022-01-30	$495

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

$417,318raised, 312 itemized contributions, plus $7,110 in small ones

$1,311from the candidate (incl. loans)

$318,835spent

$138,246cash on hand on December 31, 2022

Where their money comes from (besides their own)

9%17%35%19%13%

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

Plus $1,311 of their own money and from their other committees. Compare with all state candidates →

How it was spent: $318,835

Other (as described)$70,751

Mail and literature$47,841

Office, printing and supplies$45,413

Contributions to other committees$41,700

Polling$36,280

Digital and online$25,239

Staff pay$15,500

Travel and meals$13,880

Consultants and field$9,000

Fundraising and events$5,885

Largest payees: Resonance Campaigns, LLC $37,906 Mail and literature · Tulchin Research $36,280 Polling · Citizens for Mark Walker $21,000 Contributions to other committees · Matthew Labbe $18,662 Staff pay · Left Hook $15,000 Digital and online · Winning Connections $14,000 Office, printing and supplies · Michael Amarillo $13,000 Staff pay · 1833 Group $12,569 Consultants and field

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
Democratic Party of Illinois Chicago	Business or group	$55,823.12
IPACE Springfield	Committee	$50,000
Chicagoland Operators Joint Labor Management PAC Countryside	Committee	$28,100
Democrats for the Illinois House Westchester	Business or group	$16,751.55
Health Care Council of Illinois PAC Springfield	Committee	$16,000
LCFT-COPE Local 504 (IFT-AFTAF CIO) Gurnee	Committee	$10,000
UAW Illinois PAC Lincolnshire	Committee	$10,000
United Food & Commercial Workers International Union AFL-CIO, CLC Washington	Business or group	$10,000
Associated Beer Distrubutors of IL PAC Springfield	Business or group	$8,610.54
Realtor PAC Springfield	Committee	$8,000
ABDI-PAC Springfield,	Business or group	$6,045.29
Jonathan Aaron Citadel Health Care · Citadel Healthcare · Northbrook	Person	$6,000
Friends of Sam Yingling Grayslake	Committee	$5,000
Julie Morrison for State Senate Deerfield	Business or group	$4,399.50
Michael Gold President · Arangous Corp. · Northbrook	Person	$4,000

Committee: Friends of Jonathan Carroll (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

$69spent supporting them

$0spent opposing them

Spender		Amount
Illinois Farm Bureau ACTIVATOR general · 2022-10-26	for	$69

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

Their home

$800,000 – $900,000estimated 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 Jonathan Carroll 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 2022 state candidates.

Donor	To them	Candidates funded
Democratic Party of Illinois Party or caucus committee · Chicago	$55,823	73
IPACE Group or PAC · Springfield	$50,000	38
Chicagoland Operators Joint Labor Management PAC Labor union · Countryside	$28,100	26
Democrats for the Illinois House Candidate or officeholder committee · Westchester	$16,752	58
Health Care Council of Illinois PAC Group or PAC · Springfield	$16,000	85
UAW Illinois Political Action Committee Labor union · Lincolnshire	$10,000	24
Realtor Political Action Committee Group or PAC · Springfield	$10,000	134
LCFT-COPE Local 504, IFT-AFTAF CIO Labor union · Gurnee	$10,000	3
United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, AFL-CIO, CLC Labor union · Washington	$10,000	8
ABDI-PAC Group or PAC · Springfield	$6,045	21
Friends of Sam Yingling Candidate or officeholder committee · Round Lake Beach	$5,000	3
Julie Morrison for State Senate Candidate or officeholder committee · Deerfield	$4,705	9
J & J Ventures Gaming LLC Business · Effingham	$3,500	125
Chicago Land Operators Joint Labor-Management PAC Labor union · Countryside	$3,000	126
Illinois Trial Lawyers Association Group or PAC · Springfield	$3,000	7