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Sunjay Kumar D

Democratic candidate for State Representative District 13

March 17, 2026 primary: lost with 3,565 votes (13.4%)

🔓 Contribution limits are off in their race (limits off for race).

Worth a look

Context Missing details

17 payments ($52,592.30) with no purpose given

Every itemized payment on a report must say what it was for. These leave it blank.

What to check
  • The committee may have amended the report to add the purposes.
  • Whether each payment is a reimbursement, pay for work, repayment of a loan the candidate made to the campaign, or something else.
The entries (17)
NameDateAmount
GKG Strategies2026-01-26$13,000
Grace Enterprises2026-02-23$12,863
QTJ Engagement LLC2026-03-20$11,789
QTJ Engagement LLC2026-01-13$4,500
Minuteman Press Chicago2026-01-16$2,073
Minuteman Press Chicago2026-03-11$2,073
Furama2025-11-25$2,000
Minuteman Press Chicago2026-03-12$1,121
Keilyn Kuramitsu2026-02-25$560
Minuteman Press Chicago2026-02-23$545
ActBlue2025-12-31$445
Minuteman Press Chicago2025-11-10$374
Human Rights Campaign2026-06-08$300
Minuteman Press Chicago2025-11-25$288
Dunkin Donuts2026-03-17$271
Keilyn Kuramitsu2026-04-21$238
Flywire Corporation2026-03-03$153
Rule: Payments with no purpose given
“the full name and mailing address of each person to whom expenditures have been made by the committee or candidate within the reporting period in an aggregate amount or value in excess of $150; the amount, date, and purpose of each of those expenditures”10 ILCS 5/9-11(a)(12) ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how findings work

Campaign money

$256,010raised, 251 itemized contributions, plus $19,373 in small ones
$52,891from the candidate (incl. loans)
$168,619spent
$1,349cash on hand on June 30, 2026
Where their money comes from (besides their own)

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

Plus $52,891 of their own money and from their other committees. Compare with all state candidates →

How it was spent: $168,619

Other (as described)$54,162
TV and streaming ads$46,980
Mail and literature$39,561
Staff pay$12,309
Office, printing and supplies$5,586
Legal, accounting and fees$4,554
Fundraising and events$4,363
Digital and online$896
Postage and delivery$208

Largest payees: Grace Enterprises $49,751 Mail and literature · QUWA Digital LLC $46,980 TV and streaming ads · QTJ Engagement LLC $20,789 Staff pay · GKG Strategies $13,000 Other (as described) · Minuteman Press Chicago $11,276 Office, printing and supplies · Keilyn Kuramitsu $8,852 Staff pay · Mullen Law Firm $3,500 Legal, accounting and fees · Gemini Bhalsod $2,400 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 contributorsTypeTotal
Rashid for Illinois
Summit
Committee$70,000
Sunjay Kumar
Chicago
Person$52,890.72
Illinois Asian American Caucus
Chicago
Committee$17,500
Mustafa Anwar
Manager · iMentor · Chicago
Person$14,501
Becky Kumar
Retired · Not Applicable · Charlotte
Person$12,300
JCUA Votes
Chicago
Business or group$9,499.53
ICIRR Action
Chicago
Business or group$9,008
Pradeep Kumar
An Acturial Approach · President · Charlotte
Person$7,300
One People's Campaign PAC
Chicago
Business or group$6,450.71
Asian American Midwestern Progressives
Chiago
Business or group$4,934.97
Ray Rivera
Photogrpaher · Self Employed · Chicago
Person$3,750
Zoe Uvin
Not Employed · Not Employed · Chicago
Person$2,250
Huang Eugenia
Teacher · CPS · APT 3
Person$2,001
Lena Chipman
Executive · Concentrix · Memphis
Person$2,000
Timothy Ng
Database Administrator · Earthjustice · Chicago
Person$2,000

Committee: Neighbors for Sunjay Kumar (every report they filed is on the State Board of Elections' site). Data current as of October 12, 2026.

Their home

$200,000 – $300,000estimated market value, 2026 assessment
$335,800median home value in Cook County (Illinois: $280,700)

The Cook County assessor's estimate of the market value of the home at the address Sunjay Kumar 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 2026 state candidates.

DonorTo themCandidates fundedBy party
Rashid for Illinois
Candidate or officeholder committee · Summit
$70,00014
ICIRR Action
Group or PAC · Chicago
$9,0086
Friends of Theresa Mah
Candidate or officeholder committee · Chicago
$1,0004
Josina Morita
Commissioner, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District · Skokie
$1,0003
Indian American Impact Fund
Group or PAC · Princeton
$1,0002
United Working Families
Group or PAC · Chicago
$1,0002
Victor Ravago
Small Business Owner, Bravo Hospitality · Chicago
$9803
Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth
Chicago
$5002
Clem Balanoff
Political Consultant, Amalgamated Transit Union · Chicago
$50014
David Igasaki
Attorney, Retired · Chicago
$4004
Ricky Gandhi
Economist, Department of Labor · Burbank
$2502