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Matthew J Schultz R

Republican candidate for State Representative District 21

June 28, 2022 primary: won with 2,196 votes (100%) · November 8, 2022 general: lost with 7,675 votes (100%)

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

Campaign money

$21,717raised, 13 itemized contributions, plus $1,215 in small ones
$205from the candidate (incl. loans)
$19,383spent
$2,715cash on hand on December 31, 2022; $5 in debts
Where their money comes from (besides their own)

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How it was spent: $19,383

Mail and literature$7,730
Other (as described)$6,458
Office, printing and supplies$2,236
Digital and online$1,592
Print ads and billboards$1,250
Postage and delivery$116

Largest payees: American Strategies LLC $12,441 Mail and literature · Union Signs & Printing $1,400 Office, printing and supplies · M13 Graphics $1,289 Mail and literature · Meta Platforms, Inc. $1,247 Digital and online · Southwest Regional Publishing Company $950 Print ads and billboards · United States Postal Service $428 Postage and delivery · Wix.com LTD $346 Digital and online · Brookfield Elks $315 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 contributorsTypeTotal
Elizabeth Uihlein
President · Uline Inc. · Lake Bluff
Person$6,000
Richard Uihlein
Uline · Self Employed · Lake Bluff
Person$6,000
Voter Protection NFP Political Action Committee
Chicago
Committee$5,000
Citizens For Durkin
Burr Ridge
Committee$2,000
William Wolf
Venture Captial · BW Financial Services, LLC · Chicago
Person$1,000
Keith Lutz
Chicago
Person$250
Wilson & Wilson Estate Planning & Elder Law LLC
La Grange
Committee$250
Able Printing Service Inc.
Berwyn
Business or group$209.24
Dante Orfei
Riverside
Person$208.20
Gail Dunham
Summerfield
Person$200
Allan Manteuffel
Wheaton
Person$200
Joseph Topinka
Riverside
Person$200
Vera Wilt
North Riverside
Person$200

Committee: Citizens for Matthew J Schultz (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 Matthew J Schultz as an officer, manager or member of.

CompanyTheir roleStatusGave to the campaign
MIDWEST TRUTH MEDIA LLC
LLC, since 2019 · file 07620853
manager, registered agentInvoluntarily dissolved · last annual report 2022—

Registered agent for (the person who receives legal papers; often a lawyer or accountant for a client, not an owner): TAXPAYER EDUCATION FOUNDATION · TAXPAYERS UNITED OF AMERICA, INC..

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 Uihlein
Uline, Self Employed · Lake Bluff
$6,0005
Voter Protection NFP Political Action Committee
Group or PAC · Chicago
$5,0007
Citizens for Durkin
Candidate or officeholder committee · Burr Ridge
$2,00069
William Wolf
Venture Capital, BW Financial Services LLC · Chicago
$1,0003
Allan Manteuffel
Retired, Retired · Wheaton
$2002