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Sam Yingling D

Democratic candidate for State Senator District 31

June 28, 2022 primary: lost with 6,858 votes (44.9%)

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

Worth a look

Context Late reports

1 quarterly report filed late (up to 3 days)

Quarterly reports are due by the 15th of the month after each quarter. The report for the quarter ending 2022-03-31 was due 2022-04-15 and filed 2022-04-18.

What to check

A paper report postmarked 3 days before the deadline is on time; the Board records when it arrived.
The Board assesses fines for late reports and may waive them.

The entries (1)

Quarter ending	Due	Filed	Days late
2022-03-31	2022-04-15	2022-04-18	3

Rule: Quarterly reports filed late

“A political committee shall file quarterly reports no later than the 15th day of the month following each period.”10 ILCS 5/9-10(b) ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how findings work

Campaign money

$368,909raised, 110 itemized contributions, plus $3,289 in small ones

$0from the candidate (incl. loans)

$408,629spent

$72cash on hand on December 31, 2022

Where their money comes from (besides their own)

11%53%12%19%

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

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How it was spent: $408,629

TV and streaming ads$214,593

Office, printing and supplies$62,025

Other (as described)$36,874

Mail and literature$35,787

Polling$22,650

Staff pay$15,489

Contributions to other committees$13,490

Travel and meals$3,091

Legal, accounting and fees$2,758

Consultants and field$955

Largest payees: BOCA Media Group $251,335 TV and streaming ads · NCRE Inc. $30,000 Office, printing and supplies · Margin of Era Research $22,650 Polling · Springfield Rentals $12,300 Office, printing and supplies · Sam Morales $9,590 Staff pay · Stefan Mejdina $6,000 Staff pay · Hustle $5,607 Other (as described) · Tracey Repa $5,270 Other (as described)

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
IPACE Springfield	Committee	$59,900
RPAC Springfield	Committee	$59,000
Friends of Joyce Mason Gurnee	Committee	$50,000
Dan Didech Campaign Committee Buffalo Grove	Committee	$35,000
International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 705 Chicago	Committee	$32,000
Friends to Elect Kathleen Willis Addison	Committee	$15,000
Illinois Trial Lawyers Springfield	Committee	$6,500
Dan Didech Campaign Committee Buffalo Grove	Business or group	$6,043.60
Chicagoland Operators Joint Labor Management PAC Countryside	Committee	$6,000
Wendy Meister Self · Self · Riverwoods	Person	$6,000
Roger C. Marquardt & Co Downers Grove	Business or group	$5,010.24
Citizens for Gregory Harris Chicago	Committee	$5,000
Friends of Jonathan Carroll Northbrook	Committee	$5,000
LCFT-COPE Gurnee	Committee	$5,000
Allie McMains Self · Self · Chicago	Person	$5,000

Committee: Friends of Sam Yingling (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

$116,438spent supporting them

$0spent opposing them

Spender		Amount
Illinois REALTORS Fund primary · 2022-06-06 – 2022-06-20	for	$116,438

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

Their home

$500,000 – $600,000estimated market value, 2025 assessment

$368,400median home value in Lake County (Illinois: $280,700)

The Lake County assessor's estimate of the market value of the home at the address Sam Yingling 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
IPACE Group or PAC · Springfield	$59,900	38
Dan Didech Campaign Committee Group or PAC · Buffalo Grove	$41,044	2
International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 705 Labor union · Chicago	$32,000	5
Friends to Elect Kathleen Willis Group or PAC · Addison	$15,000	2
Illinois Trial Lawyers Group or PAC · Springfield	$6,500	3
Chicagoland Operators Joint Labor Management PAC Labor union · Countryside	$6,000	26
Wendy Meister Self, Self · Riverwoods	$6,000	2
Roger C. Marquardt & Co., Inc. Business · Wheaton	$5,010	21
LCFT-COPE Group or PAC · Gurnee	$5,000	2
Citizens for Gregory Harris Candidate or officeholder committee · Chicago	$5,000	17
Friends of Jonathan Carroll Candidate or officeholder committee · Northbrook	$5,000	6
Friends of Rita Mayfield Candidate or officeholder committee · Waukegan	$4,000	5
Carpentry Advancement PAC Group or PAC · Chicago	$2,500	39
CUPAC Group or PAC · Naperville	$2,250	23
LIUNA Chicago Laborers' District Council PAC Labor union · Burr Ridge	$2,000	91