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Travis Weaver R

Republican candidate for State Representative District 93

June 28, 2022 primary: won with 7,484 votes (63.7%) · November 8, 2022 general: won with 33,189 votes (100%)

Also ran for State Representative in 2026 ($543,870 raised), 2024 ($244,360 raised).

Worth a look

Worth a look Contribution limits

1 source gave more than the contribution limit ($4,000 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: Rita Kress gave $10,000 in the primary cycle, against a limit of $6,000 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
Rita Kressan individualprimary2$10,000$6,000$4,000
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

1 large contribution ($1,000) 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 Suanne Krick, received 2022-05-17, reported 2022-05-30: 8 business days, 3 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 (1)
NameDateA-1 filedBusiness daysAllowedAmount
Suanne Krick2022-05-172022-05-3085$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

Campaign money

$362,860raised, 243 itemized contributions, plus $9,900 in small ones
$22,053from the candidate (incl. loans)
$360,467spent
$14,792cash on hand on December 31, 2022
Where their money comes from (besides their own)

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

Plus $69,953 of their own money and from their other committees. Compare with all state candidates →

How it was spent: $360,467

TV and streaming ads$150,784
Other (as described)$80,985
Office, printing and supplies$61,081
Consultants and field$33,400
Radio$10,296
Legal, accounting and fees$7,396
Postage and delivery$4,999
Contributions to other committees$4,050
Refunds$4,000
Fundraising and events$1,184

Largest payees: Wilson Grand Communications $177,784 TV and streaming ads · Coleman Printing $44,160 Office, printing and supplies · Karen Disharoon $16,500 Consultants and field · Facebook $15,936 Other (as described) · Travis Weaver $12,000 Other (as described) · Advantage $10,940 Other (as described) · Steven Shearer $10,000 Consultants and field · Precision Signz $9,740 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
Friends of Chuck Weaver
Peoria
Committee$59,900
Friends of Win Stoller
Peoria
Committee$40,000
Marquis Energy LLC
Hennepin
Business or group$12,000
Travis Weaver
Business Owner · Self Employed · Peoria
Person$10,053.19
Enviro-safe Refrigerants INC
Pekin
Business or group$10,000
JBD Lead Forward PAC
La Grange
Committee$10,000
Rita Kress
Executive · Kress Industries · Brimfield
Person$10,000
Water Street Advisory Inc.
Peoria
Business or group$8,000
D.L. Marquis
Executive · Marquis Energy · Peoria
Person$6,000
John Wieland
Executive · MH Equipment · Brimfield
Person$6,000
Julie Wieland
Home maker · None · Brimfield
Person$6,000
Timothy Shea
Builder · Self · Peoria
Person$5,500
John Bell
Executive · Assured Partners of Colorado · Westminster
Person$5,000
Citizens for Unes
East Peoria
Committee$5,000
Kress Enterprises
Brimfield
Business or group$5,000

Committee: Friends of Travis Weaver (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

$69spent supporting them
$0spent opposing them
SpenderAmount
Illinois Farm Bureau ACTIVATOR
general · 2022-10-26
for$69

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

Their donors also gave to

Their largest donors who also funded other 2022 state candidates.

DonorTo themCandidates fundedBy party
Friends of Chuck Weaver
Candidate or officeholder committee · Peoria
$59,9007
Friends of Win Stoller
Candidate or officeholder committee · Peoria
$40,0006
Marquis Energy LLC
Business · Hennepin
$12,00021
Travis Weaver
Business Owner, Self Employed · Peoria
$10,0537
Rita Kress
Executive, Kress Industries · Brimfield
$10,0002
JBD Lead Forward PAC
Group or PAC · Lagrange
$10,0007
John Wieland
Executive, MH Equipment · Brimfield
$6,0004
DL Marquis
Executive, Marquis Energy · Peoria
$6,0002
Citizens for Unes
Candidate or officeholder committee · East Peoria
$5,0006
Realtor Political Action Committee
Group or PAC · Springfield
$5,000134
David Erickson
Farmer, Erickson Farms · Altona
$4,1002
Petersen Health Care Management LLC
Business · Peoria
$4,0002
Richard Kube
Physician, Prairie Spine Institute · Peoria
$3,0003
CMS Cepcor Americas
Business · Peoria
$3,0002
Dean Heinzmann
Executive, Fortress Bank · Peoria
$2,7503