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Jonathan Ojeda R

Republican candidate for State Representative District 68

June 28, 2022 primary: won with 6,264 votes (100%) · November 8, 2022 general: lost with 14,527 votes (100%)

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

Worth a look

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60% of their itemized money came from party and caucus committees

$53,141.19 of $89,145.19 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

$89,145raised, 32 itemized contributions, plus $100 in small ones

$0from the candidate (incl. loans)

$21,041spent

$8,508cash on hand on December 31, 2022

Where their money comes from (besides their own)

17%60%22%

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

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How it was spent: $21,041

Mail and literature$21,041

Largest payees: Cor Strategies $21,041 Mail and literature

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
House Republican Majority Burr Ridge	Business or group	$29,072
Illinois Republican Party Chicago	Business or group	$23,069.19
JBD Lead Forward PAC LaGrange	Committee	$10,000
Citizens for Durkin Burr Ridge	Business or group	$7,554
Ozinga for Illinois Mokena	Committee	$7,500
Illinois Road Builders PAC Itasca	Committee	$2,500
Citizens for Chris Miller Oakland	Committee	$1,000
Citizens for John M Cabello Machesney Park	Committee	$1,000
Downstate GOP Fithian	Committee	$1,000
INCS Action PAC Chicago	Committee	$1,000
LaHood for Congress Peoria	Committee	$1,000
Martin McLaughlin for State Rep Barrington	Committee	$1,000
Ogle County Republican CC Dixon	Committee	$1,000
Michael Chamberlain Belvidere	Person	$500
Citizens for Tyler Crosby Rockford	Committee	$500

Committee: Friends for Ojeda (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

$78,156spent supporting them

$0spent opposing them

Spender		Amount
People Who Play By The Rules PAC general · 2022-10-14 – 2022-10-28	for	$78,156

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

Companies on the state register

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

Company	Their role	Status	Gave to the campaign
JJ ARXENAL LLC LLC, since 2023 · file 12661924	manager	Involuntarily 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.

Donor	To them	Candidates funded
House Republican Majority Party or caucus committee · Burr Ridge	$29,072	33
Illinois Republican Party Party or caucus committee · Chicago	$23,069	49
JBD Lead Forward PAC Group or PAC · Lagrange	$10,000	7
Citizens for Durkin Candidate or officeholder committee · Burr Ridge	$7,554	69
Ozinga for Illinois Candidate or officeholder committee · Mokena	$7,500	39
Illinois Road Builders PAC Group or PAC · Itasca	$2,500	21
LaHood for Congress Candidate or officeholder committee · Peoria	$1,000	15
Downstate GOP Group or PAC · Fithian	$1,000	26
Martin McLaughlin for State Rep Candidate or officeholder committee · Barrington	$1,000	7
INCS Action PAC Group or PAC · Chicago	$1,000	42
Citizens for Chris Miller Candidate or officeholder committee · Oakland	$1,000	5
Citizens for John M Cabello Candidate or officeholder committee · Machesney Park	$1,000	2
Contractors for Free Enterprise Business · Springfield	$250	53