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Nabeela Syed D

Democratic candidate for State Representative District 51

June 28, 2022 primary: won with 7,103 votes (72.2%) · November 8, 2022 general: won with 23,775 votes (100%)

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

Also ran for State Representative in 2024 ($1.6M raised).

Worth a look

Worth a look Contribution limits

1 source gave more than the contribution limit ($1,000 over in all)

A candidate's committee may accept only so much from one source in an election cycle: in 2025–26, $7,300 from an individual, $14,600 from a corporation, union or association, and $72,800 from a PAC or another candidate's committee. The most over: Syed Moizuddin gave $7,000 in the primary cycle, against a limit of $6,000 for an individual.

What to check
  • Excess returned to the source (or given to charity) within 30 days of the Board's notice isn't a violation; a refund the committee listed under another name or purpose isn't subtracted here.
  • Two different people with the same name and ZIP code would be added together.
  • Spouses are separate sources, as are a business and the person who owns it.
  • Whether a corporation's or union's own PAC gave instead (the PAC limit applies to it).
The entries (1)
NameKindCycleContributionsGivenLimitOver
Syed Moizuddinan individualprimary2$7,000$6,000$1,000
Rule: Contributions over the limit
“During an election cycle, a candidate political committee may not accept contributions with an aggregate value over the following: (i) $5,000 from any individual, (ii) $10,000 from any corporation, labor organization, or association, or (iii) $50,000 from a candidate political committee or political action committee.”10 ILCS 5/9-8.5(b) (adjusted for inflation each odd year, 9-8.5(g)) ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how findings work

Campaign money

$1,595,652raised, 595 itemized contributions, plus $70,530 in small ones
$2,300from the candidate (incl. loans)
$1,393,889spent
$11,222cash on hand on December 31, 2022
Where their money comes from (besides their own)

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

Plus $2,300 of their own money and from their other committees. Compare with all state candidates →

How it was spent: $1,393,889

TV and streaming ads$746,800
Digital and online$187,704
Staff pay$124,488
Donations and sponsorships$122,550
Mail and literature$67,900
Office, printing and supplies$56,158
Consultants and field$32,250
Other (as described)$31,441
Polling$13,300
Fundraising and events$7,461

Largest payees: Buying Time, LLC $771,200 Digital and online · Left Hook $134,461 Digital and online · Democratic Party of Illinois $101,450 Donations and sponsorships · Wildfire Mail $69,400 Mail and literature · Chi-Town Printing $43,447 Office, printing and supplies · Sanborn Williams Consulting $32,250 Consultants and field · Randall Thacker $30,500 Staff pay · GTO Strategies $26,300 Polling

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
Democrats for the Illinois House
Westchester
Committee$772,000
Democratic Party of Illinois
Chicago
Business or group$149,068.31
Democrats for the Illinois House
Westchester
Business or group$76,742.92
Illinois Federation of Teachers COPE
Westmont
Committee$64,900
LIUNA Chicago Laborers' District Council PAC
Burr Ridge
Committee$25,000
Friends of Ram
Chicago
Committee$22,500
Personal PAC
Chicago
Business or group$20,771.56
Chicago Land Operators Joint Labor-Management PAC
Countryside
Committee$20,000
Lake County Federation of Teachers Local 504 COPE
Gurnee
Committee$20,000
Northwest Suburban Teachers Union LU 1211
Schaumburg
Committee$15,000
Shazia Khan
Physician · Loyola · South Barrington
Person$11,000
UAW Illinois Political Action Committee
Licolnshire
Committee$10,000
Akcan Balkir
Research Assistant · UC Berkeley · Inverness
Person$8,745
Planned Parenthood Illinois Action PAC
Springfield
Business or group$7,583.54
AFSCME
Washington
Committee$7,500

Committee: Friends & Family of Nabeela Syed (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.

DonorTo themCandidates fundedBy party
Democrats for the Illinois House
Candidate or officeholder committee · Westchester
$848,74358
Democratic Party of Illinois
Party or caucus committee · Chicago
$149,06873
Illinois Federation of Teachers COPE
Labor union · Westmont
$64,900119
LIUNA Chicago Laborers' District Council PAC
Labor union · Burr Ridge
$25,00091
Friends of Ram
Candidate or officeholder committee · Chicago
$22,50019
Personal PAC
Group or PAC · Chicago
$20,77262
Lake County Federation of Teachers Local 504 COPE
Labor union · Gurnee
$20,0003
Chicago Land Operators Joint Labor-Management PAC
Labor union · Countryside
$20,000126
Northwest Suburban Teachers Union LU 1211
Labor union · Schaumburg
$15,0002
Shazia Khan
Physician, Loyola · South Barrington
$11,0002
UAW Illinois Political Action Committee
Labor union · Lincolnshire
$10,00024
Planned Parenthood Illinois Action PAC
Group or PAC · Springfield
$7,58453
Indian American Impact Fund
Group or PAC · Princeton
$7,5002
AFSCME
Labor union · Washington
$7,50074
Alan Prochaska
Retired, Retired · Palatine
$6,0002