Steve Kim R

Republican candidate for Attorney General

June 28, 2022 primary: lost with 248,652 votes (34.7%)

🔓 Contribution limits are off in their race (ie committee disclosure).

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

$602,068raised, 18 itemized contributions, plus $2,303 in small ones

$50,000from the candidate (incl. loans)

$631,512spent

$4,449cash on hand on December 31, 2022; $50,000 in debts

Where their money comes from (besides their own)

94%

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

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How it was spent: $631,512

Other (as described)$546,104

Consultants and field$35,271

Digital and online$29,252

Travel and meals$8,200

Polling$6,500

Office, printing and supplies$5,020

Contributions to other committees$1,000

Legal, accounting and fees$165

Largest payees: Strategic Media Services, Inc. $424,614 Other (as described) · Storytellers Group LLC $94,034 Other (as described) · Targeted Victory $28,252 Digital and online · Intellz $20,500 Polling · Brian Sterling $17,486 Travel and meals · Strategic Victory Solutions LLC $10,005 Consultants and field · Jamestown Associates $9,054 Other (as described) · Strategic Victory Solutions, LLC $7,516 Consultants and field

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
Irvin For Illinois Aurora	Committee	$550,000
Irvin for Illinois Aurora	Business or group	$12,368.17
Dan Rutherford Campaign Committee Pontiac	Committee	$10,000
Ronald Gidwitz Ceo · Continental Materials Corp. · Hobe Sound	Person	$6,000
Kenneth Griffin Founder and CEO · Citadel LLC · Chicago	Person	$6,000
Dan Rutherford Campaign Committee Pontiac	Business or group	$5,750
Randall Langer Executive · Global Ventures Group · Chicago	Person	$5,000
Eugene Carpino CEO · Augustus Global · Downers Grove	Person	$2,000
Lincoln PAC Athens	Committee	$2,000
Citizens For Jim Edgar Savoy	Committee	$1,000
Stephen Smith Investments · Glenarbor Partners, Inc. · Chicago	Person	$1,000
Woory Market Schaumburg	Business or group	$300
Young Sook Han Mangum Woodstock	Person	$250
Chun Kwak Northbrook	Person	$200
SKKU Brothers Inc. Lincolnwood	Business or group	$200

Committee: Kim for Attorney General (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

$255,001spent supporting them

$0spent opposing them

Spender		Amount
Citizens for Judicial Fairness primary · 2022-05-12	for	$255,001

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

Companies on the state register

Corporations and LLCs the Secretary of State lists Steve Kim as an officer, manager or member of.

Company	Their role	Status	Gave to the campaign
LAW OFFICES OF STEVE KIM P.C. Corporation, since 2009 · file 66597733	president, registered agent	Dissolved · last annual report 2024	—
S KIM INTERNATIONAL LLC LLC, since 2022 · file 11722253	manager	Involuntarily dissolved · last annual report 2023	—

Registered agent for (the person who receives legal papers; often a lawyer or accountant for a client, not an owner): AMERICAN MARKET SUPPORT LLC (involuntarily 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 2022 state candidates.

Donor	To them	Candidates funded
Irvin for Illinois Candidate or officeholder committee · Aurora	$562,368	3
Dan Rutherford Campaign Committee Group or PAC · Pontiac	$15,750	3
Ronald Gidwitz CEO, Continental Materials Corp. · Hobe Sound	$6,000	2
Kenneth Griffin Founder and CEO, Citadel Llc · Chicago	$6,000	4
Stephen Smith Investments, Glenarbor Partners, Inc. · Chicago	$1,000	2
Citizens For Jim Edgar Candidate or officeholder committee · Savoy	$1,000	2