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Michele Hunter R
Republican candidate for State Representative District 54
June 28, 2022 primary: won with 5,538 votes (100%) · November 8, 2022 general: lost with 14,829 votes (100%)
🔓 Contribution limits are off in their race (board determination).
Also ran for State Representative in 2024 ($60,179 raised).
Campaign money
IndividualsBusinessesTrade, professional and issue groupsLabor unionsParties and legislative caucusesOther candidates and officeholders
Plus $300 of their own money and from their other committees. Compare with all state candidates →
How it was spent: $108,558
Largest payees: Minuteman Press $30,592 Postage and delivery · Air Adhart Strategies, Inc. $28,000 Consultants and field · Cain and Company $14,990 TV and streaming ads · CBC Tax & Accounting, Inc $7,588 Legal, accounting and fees · Palm Court Restaurant $7,219 Office, printing and supplies · Think Big Go Local, Inc. $3,000 Digital and online · Victory Geek LLC $2,854 Other (as described) · Awesome Campaigns.com, Inc. $2,793 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 |
|---|---|
| House Republican Majority Burr Ridge | $23,145.94 |
| Citizens for Durkin Burr Ridge | $15,393 |
| Citizens for Durkin Burr Ridge | $11,000 |
| Illinois Republican Party Chicago | $7,274.63 |
| Citizens for Tom Morrison Rolling Meadows | $6,000 |
| Restore Illinois PAC Louisville | $6,000 |
| Lawrence Andrews Sales Vice President · Pinnancle Insurance and Financial Service · Arlington Heights | $5,000 |
| Breakthrough Ideas Wheaton | $5,000 |
| Illinois Citizens for Ethics Chicago | $5,000 |
| Martin McLaughlin for State Rep Barrington | $5,000 |
| Peggy Waldron McCoy Retired · N/A · Peterstown | $4,000 |
| Frank J. Gagliardi Attorney · PLRB · Bartlett | $3,500 |
| Illinois Road Builders PAC Itasca | $2,500 |
| Ozinga for Illinois MoKena | $2,500 |
| Eric Friedemann Attorney · PLRB · Glendale Heights | $2,235 |
Committee: Citizens For Michele Hunter (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
| Spender | Amount | |
|---|---|---|
| People Who Play By The Rules PAC general · 2022-10-14 – 2022-10-25 | for | $37,872 |
Independent expenditures reported by other committees since January 1, 2021. The candidate doesn't control them.
Their home
The Cook County assessor's estimate of the market value of the home at the address Michele Hunter 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 | By party |
|---|---|---|---|
| Citizens for Durkin Candidate or officeholder committee · Burr Ridge | $26,393 | 69 | |
| House Republican Majority Party or caucus committee · Burr Ridge | $23,146 | 33 | |
| Illinois Republican Party Party or caucus committee · Chicago | $7,275 | 49 | |
| Citizens for Tom Morrison Candidate or officeholder committee · Palatine | $6,000 | 5 | |
| Restore Illinois PAC Group or PAC · Louisville | $6,000 | 10 | |
| Martin McLaughlin for State Rep Candidate or officeholder committee · Barrington | $5,203 | 7 | |
| Breakthrough Ideas Business · Wheaton | $5,000 | 9 | |
| Illinois Citizens for Ethics Candidate or officeholder committee · Chicago | $5,000 | 5 | |
| Illinois Road Builders PAC Group or PAC · Itasca | $2,500 | 21 | |
| Ozinga for Illinois Candidate or officeholder committee · Mokena | $2,500 | 39 | |
| Illinois Citizens for Life PAC Candidate or officeholder committee · St. Charles | $1,956 | 4 | |
| Citizens to Elect Steven E Reick Group or PAC · Harvard | $1,000 | 8 | |
| Caterpillar Inc. PAC Group or PAC · Deerfield | $1,000 | 20 | |
| Family PAC Group or PAC · Chicago | $995 | 2 | |
| Republicans of Wheeling Township Group or PAC · Arlington Heights | $500 | 2 |