The top 100 political contributions made during the week ending Jan. 28 can be found in the table below, according to the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).
Donations made to political groups or candidates must be disclosed under state law for greater transparency in elections.
Individuals can donate up to $5,400 to a candidate for office, whereas corporations and unions can give up to a maximum of $10,800.
Across the U.S., donors contributed more than $18 billion during the two-year 2020 election cycle, with hundreds of millions more in 2021.
Top Political Contributions in Illinois for the week ending Jan. 28
| Committee | Contributor | Contribution Type | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friends of Brandon Johnson | Chicago Teachers Union, PAC | Transfer In | $200,000 | 2023-01-28 |
| Get Stuff Done, PAC | LIUNA Chicago Laborers' District Council, PAC | Transfer In | $200,000 | 2023-01-27 |
| Vallas For Mayor | James S. Frank | Individual Contribution | $150,000 | 2023-01-24 |
| Lightfoot for Chicago | James S. Frank | Individual Contribution | $150,000 | 2023-01-23 |
| Vallas For Mayor | Anthony Davis | Individual Contribution | $100,000 | 2023-01-27 |
| Get Stuff Done, PAC | James S. Crown | Individual Contribution | $100,000 | 2023-01-26 |
| Get Stuff Done, PAC | Lester Crown | Individual Contribution | $100,000 | 2023-01-26 |
| Vallas For Mayor | Gerald Beeson | Individual Contribution | $100,000 | 2023-01-23 |
| Vallas For Mayor | Samuel Zell Revocable Trust | Individual Contribution | $100,000 | 2023-01-23 |
| Vallas For Mayor | Matthew Simon | Individual Contribution | $75,000 | 2023-01-25 |
| Illinois Financial Services Assn PAC | Independent Finance, PAC | Individual Contribution | $57,405 | 2023-01-24 |
| Vallas For Mayor | River's Edge Capital | Individual Contribution | $50,000 | 2023-01-27 |
| Lightfoot for Chicago | LPAC Action Network | Individual Contribution | $50,000 | 2023-01-25 |
| Senate Republican Victory Fund | Friends of John Curran | Transfer In | $50,000 | 2023-01-27 |
| Vallas For Mayor | ML Development Group, LLC | Individual Contribution | $50,000 | 2023-01-27 |
| Local 705 Teamsters Political Action Committee B | Teamsters Local 705 Dues Payments | Individual Contribution | $50,000 | 2023-01-24 |
| Vallas For Mayor | Eric Chern | Individual Contribution | $50,000 | 2023-01-27 |
| Vallas For Mayor | Shawn Fagan | Individual Contribution | $50,000 | 2023-01-24 |
| Vallas For Mayor | Gregory Carlin | Individual Contribution | $50,000 | 2023-01-27 |
| Friends of Angie Guerrero-Cuellar | IBEW Voluntary Fund, PAC | Individual Contribution | $39,000 | 2023-01-24 |
| Illinois Laborers' Legislative Committee | Indiana Laborers' District Council | Individual Contribution | $35,774 | 2023-01-26 |
| Chicagoland Apartment Assn-PAC (CAA PAC) | Chicagoland Apartment Association | Individual Contribution | $27,400 | 2023-01-24 |
| Chicago Federation of Labor & Industrial Union Council PAC | Chicago Fed of Labor & IUC | Individual Contribution | $27,400 | 2023-01-24 |
| Vallas For Mayor | Gidwitz, Ronald | Individual Contribution | $25,000 | 2023-01-24 |
| Vallas For Mayor | E. T. Gimbel | Individual Contribution | $25,000 | 2023-01-27 |
| House Republican Majority | Illinois House Victory Fund | Transfer In | $25,000 | 2023-01-26 |
| Friends of Anthony Napolitano | Fraternal Order of Police Chicago Lodge No. 7, PAC | Transfer In | $25,000 | 2023-01-25 |
| Lightfoot for Chicago | Emily's List | Individual Contribution | $25,000 | 2023-01-27 |
| Vallas For Mayor | 4 a, LLC | Individual Contribution | $25,000 | 2023-01-27 |
| Friends of Tabares | Fraternal Order of Police Chicago Lodge #7 | Transfer In | $25,000 | 2023-01-27 |
| Friends of Megan Mathias | Chicago Land Operators Joint Labor Management, PAC | Transfer In | $25,000 | 2023-01-27 |
| Lightfoot for Chicago | UFCW Local 881, PAC | Transfer In | $25,000 | 2023-01-26 |
| Illinois Trial Lawyers Assn PAC | Keefe, Keefe & Unsell, PC | Individual Contribution | $24,000 | 2023-01-23 |
| Friends of Brandon Johnson | United Working Families, PAC | In-kind Contribution | $21,392 | 2023-01-27 |
| Chicago Federation of Labor & Industrial Union Council PAC | Chicago Teachers Union | Individual Contribution | $15,422 | 2023-01-24 |
| Carpentry Advancement Political Action | Labor Management Union Carpentry Cooperation Promotion Fund | Individual Contribution | $15,063 | 2023-01-24 |
| Get Stuff Done, PAC | Samco Enterprises, Inc. | Individual Contribution | $15,000 | 2023-01-26 |
| Chicago Democratic Socialists of America | Chicago Democratic Socialists of America | Individual Contribution | $14,000 | 2023-01-27 |
| 36th Ward Dems | MZI Group | Individual Contribution | $13,700 | 2023-01-23 |
| Teamsters' Volunteers in Politics | Local 705 | Individual Contribution | $12,042 | 2023-01-23 |
| New Day Bill Conway | R. Elliot, LLC | Individual Contribution | $12,000 | 2023-01-23 |
| New Day Bill Conway | 1549 Glacier Trail, LLC | Individual Contribution | $12,000 | 2023-01-23 |
| Scott Wehrli for Naperville | BBM Incorporated | Individual Contribution | $12,000 | 2023-01-24 |
| Ironworkers District Council of Chicago & Vicinity PAC | Architectural and Ornamental Iron Workers Union Local 63 IPAL Fund | Individual Contribution | $10,667 | 2023-01-26 |
| Ironworkers District Council of Chicago & Vicinity PAC | Ironworkers Local Union 1 IPEF Fund | Individual Contribution | $10,666 | 2023-01-23 |
| Ana with the People | 10th Ward Democratic Organization | In-kind Contribution | $10,049 | 2023-01-23 |
| Friends of Gilbert Villegas for Alderman | The Custom Companies | Individual Contribution | $10,000 | 2023-01-23 |
| Friends of William Hall | Chicago Teachers Union, PAC | Transfer In | $10,000 | 2023-01-23 |
| Chicago Journeymen Plumbers' LU 130 | Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate | Individual Contribution | $10,000 | 2023-01-26 |
| The People for Emanuel "Chris" Welch | IHA Human Capital Services | Individual Contribution | $10,000 | 2023-01-24 |
| Democrats for the Illinois House | IHA Human Capital Services, Inc. | Individual Contribution | $10,000 | 2023-01-24 |
| Lightfoot for Chicago | John M. Atkinson | Individual Contribution | $10,000 | 2023-01-26 |
| Illinois American Water Co PAC (IL-Am PAC) | Loellke Plumbing, Inc. | Individual Contribution | $10,000 | 2023-01-24 |
| Citizens For Davis | Davis for Congress | Individual Contribution | $10,000 | 2023-01-23 |
| Gun Violence Prevention PAC | John Schmidt | Individual Contribution | $10,000 | 2023-01-27 |
| Vallas For Mayor | Steven Fifield | Individual Contribution | $10,000 | 2023-01-24 |
| Committee on Affirmative Leadership IL Coal Assn | ICG Illinois, LLC | Individual Contribution | $10,000 | 2023-01-26 |
| Friends of Aja Kearney | LIUNA | Individual Contribution | $10,000 | 2023-01-28 |
| Neighbors for Angela Clay | Illinois Nurses Association Political Action Committee. | Transfer In | $10,000 | 2023-01-26 |
| McCombie for Illinois | Farmers Employee & Agent Illinois, PAC | Transfer In | $10,000 | 2023-01-24 |
| Vallas For Mayor | O'Scannlain, Sean | Individual Contribution | $10,000 | 2023-01-24 |
| Friends of Gilbert Villegas for Alderman | Realtor, PAC | Individual Contribution | $10,000 | 2023-01-23 |
| Friends of Tabares | Realtor, PAC | Individual Contribution | $10,000 | 2023-01-27 |
| Citizens for Alderman Reilly | Realtor Political Action Committee | Transfer In | $10,000 | 2023-01-27 |
| Vallas For Mayor | Greg Kay | Individual Contribution | $10,000 | 2023-01-25 |
| Friends of Eddie Guillen | LIUNA Chicago Laborers' District Council | Transfer In | $10,000 | 2023-01-27 |
| Vallas For Mayor | Tsourapas, Maria Mitchell | Individual Contribution | $10,000 | 2023-01-23 |
| Community For Aida Flores | LIUNA Chicago Laborers' District Council, PAC | Transfer In | $10,000 | 2023-01-27 |
| Vallas For Mayor | Mark L Weglarz 2004 Trust | Individual Contribution | $10,000 | 2023-01-24 |
| Unidos Con Oscar | Grassroots Illinois Action | Individual Contribution | $10,000 | 2023-01-27 |
| Economic Freedom Alliance | Albert Miller | Individual Contribution | $10,000 | 2023-01-26 |
| Friends of Raymond A Lopez | Fraternal Order of Police - Chicago Lodge #7 | Transfer In | $10,000 | 2023-01-24 |
| Friends of Angie Guerrero-Cuellar | Teamsters Local 731 | Transfer In | $10,000 | 2023-01-24 |
| Citizens for Alderman Reilly | Hyatt Shared Service Center | Individual Contribution | $10,000 | 2023-01-27 |
| Kam for Chicago Mayor | Friends of Kam Buckner | Transfer In | $9,000 | 2023-01-27 |
| Brittany Pedersen for Kane County Judge | Pedersen Company | In-kind Contribution | $8,715 | 2023-01-23 |
| Teamsters' Volunteers in Politics | Local 710 | Individual Contribution | $8,426 | 2023-01-23 |
| United Working Families PAC | Grassroots Illinois Action | Transfer In | $7,500 | 2023-01-25 |
| Citizens for Alderman Reilly | The Prime Group, Inc. | Individual Contribution | $6,900 | 2023-01-27 |
| Citizens for Alderman Reilly | Lodge Management Group | Individual Contribution | $6,900 | 2023-01-26 |
| IBEW Local 176 Voluntary PAC | Ibew District ACCT, Ibew | Transfer In | $6,766 | 2023-01-27 |
| Chicago Federation of Labor & Industrial Union Council PAC | UNITEHERE Local 1 | Individual Contribution | $6,300 | 2023-01-24 |
| Friends of Gilbert Villegas for Alderman | Tyler Quast | Individual Contribution | $6,000 | 2023-01-23 |
| New Day Bill Conway | Lozins, Robert | Individual Contribution | $6,000 | 2023-01-23 |
| New Day Bill Conway | Jonathan Glick | Individual Contribution | $6,000 | 2023-01-23 |
| Illinois American Water Co PAC (IL-Am PAC) | American Water | Individual Contribution | $6,000 | 2023-01-24 |
| American Property Casualty Insurance Assoc. Pol. Acct. | Shelter Mutual Insurance Company | Individual Contribution | $5,152 | 2023-01-27 |
| Vallas For Mayor | Quazzo, Deborah | Individual Contribution | $5,000 | 2023-01-24 |
| Illinois American Water Co PAC (IL-Am PAC) | Donohue and Associates | Individual Contribution | $5,000 | 2023-01-24 |
| Friends for Frank Saverino | Frank Saverino | Loan Received | $5,000 | 2023-01-26 |
| Friends of Michelle A Harris | Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council, PAC | Transfer In | $5,000 | 2023-01-24 |
| Citizens for Mike Coffey | IUOE Local 965 Fund, PAC | Transfer In | $5,000 | 2023-01-23 |
| Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce PAC | Target Corporation | Individual Contribution | $5,000 | 2023-01-25 |
| Friends of Timmy Knudsen | Rika Yoshida | Individual Contribution | $5,000 | 2023-01-23 |
| REALTORS® Political Action Committee | Heartland Realtor Organization | Individual Contribution | $5,000 | 2023-01-24 |
| Nelda Munoz for School Board | Christopher McDougal Jr. | Individual Contribution | $5,000 | 2023-01-23 |
| Lightfoot for Chicago | Cathleen Stone | Individual Contribution | $5,000 | 2023-01-26 |
| Lightfoot for Chicago | James Stone | Individual Contribution | $5,000 | 2023-01-26 |
| Sawyer for Chicago | Diamond Black | Individual Contribution | $5,000 | 2023-01-24 |
| Lightfoot for Chicago | Mark Lawrence | Individual Contribution | $5,000 | 2023-01-25 |
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