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Mark L Walker D
Incumbent, Democratic candidate for State Representative District 53
June 28, 2022 primary: won with 6,897 votes (100%) · November 8, 2022 general: won with 18,449 votes (100%)
🔓 Contribution limits are off in their race (board determination).
Also ran for State Representative in 2024 ($427,383 raised).
Campaign money
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How it was spent: $1,414,798
Largest payees: Buying Time, LLC Media $1,203,750 TV and streaming ads · Tulchin Research $52,530 Polling · Mark L. Walker $30,000 Other (as described) · Winning Connections, Inc. $23,700 Other (as described) · Devine Mulvey, Inc. $23,100 TV and streaming ads · Citizens for Ann Gillespie $16,887 Office, printing and supplies · Left Hook Strategy $12,000 Digital and online · Chi-Town Printing, Inc. $10,602 Office, printing and supplies
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 |
|---|---|
| Democrats for the Illinois House Westchester | $453,211.70 |
| Democrats for the Illinois House Westchester | $436,000 |
| Democratic Party of Illinois (Nonfederal) Chicago | $250,656.86 |
| Carpentry Advancement Political Action Committee Fund Chicago | $119,800 |
| LiUNA Chicago Laborers' District Council PAC Burr Ridge | $119,800 |
| Chicago Land Operators Joint Labor-Management PAC Countryside | $117,800 |
| IPACE Springfield | $70,000 |
| IBEW Illinois PAC Washington | $59,900 |
| United Food & Commercial Workers Int'l Union, AFL-CIO, CLC Washington | $59,900 |
| Illinois Federation of Teachers COPE Westmont | $34,500 |
| AFSCME Washington | $32,500 |
| Friends of Jonathan Carroll Northbrook | $21,000 |
| LIUNA Laborers' Political League Education Fund Washington | $20,000 |
| Illinois Laborers' Legislative Committee Springfield | $15,000 |
| SEIU IL Council PAC Fund Chicago | $15,000 |
Committee: Citizens for Mark Walker (every report they filed is on the State Board of Elections' site). Data current as of October 12, 2026.
Their donors also gave to
Their largest donors who also funded other 2022 state candidates.
| Donor | To them | Candidates funded | By party |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democrats for the Illinois House Candidate or officeholder committee · Westchester | $889,212 | 58 | |
| Democratic Party of Illinois (Nonfederal) Party or caucus committee · Chicago | $250,657 | 3 | |
| Carpentry Advancement PAC Fund Group or PAC · Chicago | $119,800 | 73 | |
| LIUNA Chicago Laborers' District Council PAC Labor union · Burr Ridge | $119,800 | 91 | |
| Chicago Land Operators Joint Labor-Management PAC Labor union · Countryside | $117,800 | 126 | |
| IPACE Group or PAC · Springfield | $70,000 | 38 | |
| IBEW Illinois PAC Labor union · Washington | $59,900 | 63 | |
| Illinois Federation of Teachers COPE Labor union · Westmont | $34,500 | 119 | |
| AFSCME Labor union · Washington | $32,500 | 74 | |
| Friends of Jonathan Carroll Candidate or officeholder committee · Northbrook | $21,000 | 6 | |
| Illinois Laborers' Legislative Committee Labor union · Springfield | $15,000 | 88 | |
| SEIU Illinois Council PAC Fund Labor union · Chicago | $15,000 | 29 | |
| NW Suburban Teachers Union Labor union · Schaumburg | $10,150 | 9 | |
| Clifford Law Offices, P.C. Group or PAC · Chicago | $10,000 | 9 | |
| Cooney & Conway Group or PAC · Chicago | $10,000 | 28 |