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Sonia Anne Khalil D

Democratic candidate for State Representative District 36

March 19, 2024 primary: lost with 5,263 votes (43.0%)

Worth a look

Context Contribution limits

1 source gave more than the contribution limit ($100 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: Nemer Ziyad gave $7,000 in the primary cycle, against a limit of $6,900 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
Nemer Ziyadan individualprimary3$7,000$6,900$100
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

Context Late reports

3 large contributions ($3,000) reported on an A-1 after the deadline

A contribution of $1,000 or more must be reported to the State Board of Elections within 5 business days (2 in the last 30 days before an election the candidate is on the ballot for). The latest: $1,000 from Rima Kapitan, received 2023-11-19, reported 2023-12-04: 9 business days, 4 past the deadline.

What to check
  • The receipt date is what the committee reported; a correction or a typo there changes the count.
  • A contribution received and returned within the same quarterly period needn't be reported on an A-1.
  • The Board decides on fines and can waive them (inadvertence, clerical error, days late).
The entries (3)
NameDateA-1 filedBusiness daysAllowedAmount
Rima Kapitan2023-11-192023-12-0495$1,000
Mohammed Maali2023-12-192024-01-0395$1,000
Malik Ali2024-01-092024-01-1865$1,000
Rule: Large contributions reported late
“A political committee shall file a report of any contribution of $1,000 or more electronically with the Board within 5 business days after receipt of the contribution, except that the report shall be filed within 2 business days after receipt if (i) the contribution is received 30 or fewer days before the date of an election”10 ILCS 5/9-10(c) ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how findings work

Context Late reports

2 contributions of $1,000 or more ($3,500) with no A-1 found

Each contribution of $1,000 or more must be reported on an A-1 within days of receipt, ahead of the quarterly report. These appear on a quarterly report, but no A-1 entry from the same contributor for the same amount within a week of the date was found. The largest: $2,500 from Halawa Tax Consultants on 2024-01-25.

What to check
  • The A-1 may list the contributor under another spelling or a different amount (a split check).
  • A contribution received and returned within the same period needn't be reported on an A-1.
  • Search the committee's A-1 filings on the State Board of Elections' site to confirm.
The entries (2)
NameReported onDateAmount
Halawa Tax ConsultantsQuarterly2024-01-25$2,500
Rima KapitanQuarterly2023-12-04$1,000
Rule: Large contributions with no A-1 found
“A political committee shall file a report of any contribution of $1,000 or more electronically with the Board within 5 business days after receipt of the contribution”10 ILCS 5/9-10(c) ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how findings work

Campaign money

$617,288raised, 495 itemized contributions, plus $21,089 in small ones
$1,575from the candidate (incl. loans)
$618,642spent
$1,444cash on hand on December 31, 2024
Where their money comes from (besides their own)

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

Plus $1,575 of their own money and from their other committees. Compare with all state candidates →

How it was spent: $618,642

TV and streaming ads$210,830
Mail and literature$171,563
Consultants and field$56,787
Office, printing and supplies$51,773
Other (as described)$43,175
Staff pay$39,598
Polling$24,500
Legal, accounting and fees$12,750
Digital and online$4,418
Fundraising and events$1,462

Largest payees: BOCA $210,830 TV and streaming ads · GDA Wins, LLC $163,700 Mail and literature · RS Advisors $31,500 Consultants and field · GTO Strategies LLC $24,000 Polling · Chi Town Printing Inc. $23,130 Office, printing and supplies · Stones' Phones $22,930 Office, printing and supplies · Quwa Strategies LLC $16,568 Digital and online · ActBlue LLC $13,223 Legal, accounting and fees

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
Rashid for Illinois
Summit
Committee$65,000
SEIU IL Council PAC Fund
Chicago
Committee$40,000
SEIU HealthCare IL IN PAC
Chicago
Committee$35,000
ALLH LLC
Rockford
Business or group$13,700
First Choice Tax Solutions Inc
Whiting
Business or group$13,700
Triad Associates
Carol Stream
Business or group$13,700
- MPI Media Group
Orland Park
Person$13,500
Progressive Dems for Jessie Fuentes
Oak Lawn
Committee$10,000
- Ahmad Properties
Justice
Person$9,000
S.E.I.U. Local 73 B-PAC Account
Chicago
Committee$7,500
SEIU Local 73 Bi-Partisan PAC
Chicago
Business or group$7,167.63
Nemer Ziyad
Not Employed · Not Employed · Tinley Park
Person$7,000
Hani Abdallah
self employed · Self employed · Homer Glen
Person$6,900
Bader Almoshelli
MD · AdventHealth · Glen Ellyn
Person$6,900
Muna Baste
Self · Self · Bridgeview
Person$6,900

Committee: Friends of Sonia (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 Sonia Anne Khalil as an officer, manager or member of.

CompanyTheir roleStatusGave to the campaign
KISSING BANDITS LLC
LLC, since 2019 · file 07883315
managerInvoluntarily dissolved—
THE A-LIST FIRM, LLC
LLC, since 2017 · file 06515916
manager, registered agentInvoluntarily dissolved—

Registered agent for (the person who receives legal papers; often a lawyer or accountant for a client, not an owner): FRIENDS OF SONIA INC. (dissolved).

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 2024 state candidates.

DonorTo themCandidates fundedBy party
Rashid for Illinois
Candidate or officeholder committee · Summit
$66,7297
SEIU IL Council PAC Fund
Labor union · Chicago
$40,0009
SEIU Healthcare IL IN PAC
Labor union · Chicago
$35,00070
ALLH LLC
Business · Rockford
$13,7002
Triad Associates
Business · Carol Stream
$13,7002
Progressive Dems for Jessie Fuentes
Group or PAC · Chicago
$10,0002
S.E.I.U Local 73 B-PAC Account
Labor union · Chicago
$7,5002
Hani Abdallah
self employed, Self employed · Homer Glen
$6,9003
Bader Almoshelli
physician, CP · Glen Ellyn
$6,9003
Mohammed Abdallah
CEO, Fuel line · Palos Park
$6,0002
Chereen Maali
Homemaker, Homemaker · Oak Brook
$6,0003
Saber Sabbah
Retailer, Self · Palos Hills
$5,5002
Sami Bader
Self Employed, Nationwide Real Estate · Orland Park
$5,5003
Kalid Baste
Accountant, Baste Financial · Bridgeview
$5,0003
Jawahir Jewelry Inc
Business · Bridgeview
$5,0002