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Suzanne M Ness D
Incumbent, Democratic candidate for State Representative District 66
June 28, 2022 primary: won with 5,741 votes (100%) · November 8, 2022 general: won with 19,645 votes (100%)
🔓 Contribution limits are off in their race (board determination).
Also ran for State Representative in 2026 ($291,036 raised), 2024 ($838,636 raised).
Campaign money
IndividualsBusinessesTrade, professional and issue groupsLabor unionsParties and legislative caucusesOther candidates and officeholders
Plus $500 of their own money and from their other committees. Compare with all state candidates →
How it was spent: $1,688,948
Largest payees: Buying Time, LLC $1,438,650 TV and streaming ads · Devine Mulvey Longabaugh, Inc. $41,400 TV and streaming ads · Tulchin Research $32,500 Polling · Roxie Spate $30,753 Digital and online · Winning Connections $21,972 Other (as described) · Forest Printing Co $12,929 Office, printing and supplies · John Lim $8,765 Staff pay · Stars and Stripes Printing $8,635 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 contributors | Total |
|---|---|
| Democrats for Illinois House Westchester | $901,000 |
| Democrats for Illinois House Westchester | $233,254.15 |
| Democratic Party of Illinois Chicago, IL 60664 | $137,040.77 |
| I.P.A.C.E. Springfield | $75,000 |
| Chicago Land Operators Joint Labor-Management PAC Countryside | $64,900 |
| Illinois Federation of Teachers COPE Westmont | $64,900 |
| IBEW Illinois PAC Washington | $60,450 |
| Carpentry Advancement Political Action Committee Fund Chicago | $59,900 |
| United Food & Commercial Workers International Union, AFL-CIO, CLC Washington | $59,900 |
| Chicagoland Operators Joint Labor Management PAC Countryside | $54,900 |
| Friends of Michelle Mussman 09-09 Schaumburg | $45,000 |
| AFSCME Washington | $32,500 |
| SEIU Healthcare IL IN PAC Chicago | $20,500 |
| Associated Fire Fighters of IL PAC Fund Springfield | $10,500 |
| Democratic Party of IL Chicago | $10,302.66 |
Committee: Citizens For Suzanne Ness (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
| Spender | Amount | |
|---|---|---|
| INCS Action Independent Committee general · 2022-10-21 – 2022-11-01 | against | $38,838 |
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 Suzanne M Ness as an officer, manager or member of.
| Company | Their role | Gave to the campaign |
|---|---|---|
| LIVING FORWARD, LLC LLC, since 2006 · file 01939319 | manager | — |
| TRUSTED CAPITOL PROPERTIES LLC LLC, since 2023 · file 13691142 | manager | — |
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 | By party |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democrats for the Illinois House Candidate or officeholder committee · Westchester | $1,134,254 | 58 | |
| Democratic Party of Illinois Party or caucus committee · Chicago | $147,343 | 73 | |
| I.P.A.C.E. Group or PAC · Springfield | $75,000 | 74 | |
| Illinois Federation of Teachers COPE Labor union · Westmont | $64,900 | 119 | |
| Chicago Land Operators Joint Labor-Management PAC Labor union · Countryside | $64,900 | 126 | |
| IBEW Illinois PAC Labor union · Washington | $60,450 | 63 | |
| Carpentry Advancement PAC Fund Group or PAC · Chicago | $59,900 | 73 | |
| United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, AFL-CIO, CLC Labor union · Washington | $59,900 | 8 | |
| Chicagoland Operators Joint Labor Management PAC Labor union · Countryside | $54,900 | 26 | |
| AFSCME Labor union · Washington | $32,500 | 74 | |
| SEIU Healthcare IL IN PAC Labor union · Chicago | $20,500 | 87 | |
| Associated Fire Fighters of IL PAC Fund Labor union · Springfield | $10,500 | 69 | |
| Cooney & Conway Group or PAC · Chicago | $10,000 | 28 | |
| Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard Group or PAC · Waukegan | $10,000 | 17 | |
| Clifford Law Offices Business · Chicago | $10,000 | 18 |