The top 100 political contributions made during the week ending Oct. 21 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 Oct. 21
| Committee | Contributor | Contribution Type | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicagoland Operators Joint Labor-Management PAC | Midwest Operating Engineers Construction Industry Research and Service | Individual Contribution | $916,666 | 2023-10-20 |
| International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers PAC | IBEW Local Union 309 | Individual Contribution | $46,880 | 2023-10-17 |
| ISDF | Illinois Laborers' Legislative Committee | Transfer In | $43,500 | 2023-10-19 |
| Democratic Party of Illinois | The People for Emanuel Chris Welch | Transfer In | $40,000 | 2023-10-19 |
| Friends of Pablo deCastro | Pablo Decastro | Loan Received | $40,000 | 2023-10-19 |
| Citizens for Judge Leah Setzen | Setzen, Leah | Loan Received | $40,000 | 2023-10-16 |
| Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate | Sports Betting Alliance | Individual Contribution | $40,000 | 2023-10-19 |
| Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate | The Gori Law Firm, PC | Individual Contribution | $30,000 | 2023-10-19 |
| Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate | Levin & Perconti | Individual Contribution | $30,000 | 2023-10-19 |
| Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate | Power Rogers, LLP | Individual Contribution | $30,000 | 2023-10-19 |
| Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate | Romanucci & Blandin | Individual Contribution | $30,000 | 2023-10-19 |
| Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate | Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard, P.C. | Individual Contribution | $30,000 | 2023-10-19 |
| Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate | Conroy Hanly Simmons | Individual Contribution | $30,000 | 2023-10-19 |
| Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate | Keefe, Keefe, & Unsell, PC | Individual Contribution | $30,000 | 2023-10-19 |
| Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate | Clifford Law Offices, P C | Individual Contribution | $30,000 | 2023-10-19 |
| Cable Television & Communication Assn PAC | Comcast | Transfer In | $27,400 | 2023-10-20 |
| ISDF | Association Management Resources | Individual Contribution | $27,400 | 2023-10-19 |
| ISDF | Association Venture Corporation | Individual Contribution | $27,400 | 2023-10-19 |
| ISDF | Illinois Risk Management Services, Inc. | Individual Contribution | $27,400 | 2023-10-19 |
| ISDF | The Gori Law Firm, PC | Individual Contribution | $25,000 | 2023-10-19 |
| ISDF | Levin & Perconti | Individual Contribution | $25,000 | 2023-10-19 |
| Cook County Democratic Party | Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council Political Action Committee | Transfer In | $25,000 | 2023-10-19 |
| Lou Panici for Judge | Friends for State Representative Anthony Deluca | Transfer In | $25,000 | 2023-10-21 |
| Friends of Aris Garcia | Aris Garcia | Individual Contribution | $25,000 | 2023-10-16 |
| ISDF | Power Rogers, LLP | Individual Contribution | $25,000 | 2023-10-19 |
| Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate | Hurley McKenna & Mertz | Individual Contribution | $25,000 | 2023-10-19 |
| ISDF | Hurley McKenna & Mertz | Individual Contribution | $25,000 | 2023-10-19 |
| ISDF | Romanucci & Blandin | Individual Contribution | $25,000 | 2023-10-19 |
| ISDF | Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard, P.C. | Individual Contribution | $25,000 | 2023-10-19 |
| ISDF | Conroy Hanly Simmons | Individual Contribution | $25,000 | 2023-10-19 |
| ISDF | Keefe, Keefe, & Unsell, PC | Individual Contribution | $25,000 | 2023-10-19 |
| ISDF | Clifford Law Offices, P C | Individual Contribution | $25,000 | 2023-10-19 |
| Illinois Laborers' Legislative Committee | Midwest Region Organizing Committee | Individual Contribution | $22,171 | 2023-10-20 |
| Citizens for Marcus C Evans Jr | United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, AFL-CIO, CLC | Transfer In | $20,000 | 2023-10-18 |
| Gente for Graciela Guzman | CTU, PAC | Transfer In | $20,000 | 2023-10-18 |
| Committee To Elect Phil Villasenor For Judge | Philip A. Villasenor | Individual Contribution | $20,000 | 2023-10-18 |
| Democratic Party of Illinois | Local 881 United Food and Commercial Workers Political Action Fund | Transfer In | $20,000 | 2023-10-20 |
| Friends of John Curran | Engineers Political Education Committee Separate Education Fund | Transfer In | $20,000 | 2023-10-19 |
| Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate | Accel Entertainment Gaming, LLC | Individual Contribution | $20,000 | 2023-10-19 |
| Friends of Ram | Health Care Council of Illinois Political Action Committee | Transfer In | $20,000 | 2023-10-20 |
| Friends of Ram | Illinois Laborers' Legislative Committee | Transfer In | $20,000 | 2023-10-20 |
| Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate | Cavanagh Law Group | Individual Contribution | $20,000 | 2023-10-19 |
| Illinois Laborers' Legislative Committee | Laborers' Supplemental Dues Fund | Individual Contribution | $16,303 | 2023-10-20 |
| ISDF | DRIVE Committee | Transfer In | $15,000 | 2023-10-19 |
| Friends of John Curran | Fraternal Order of Police-Chicago Lodge No. 7 | Transfer In | $15,000 | 2023-10-18 |
| Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate | Allstate Insurance Company | Individual Contribution | $15,000 | 2023-10-19 |
| ISDF | Cavanagh Law Group | Individual Contribution | $15,000 | 2023-10-19 |
| DuPage County Republican Central Committee | Inland Real Estate Group, Inc. | In-kind Contribution | $15,000 | 2023-10-16 |
| Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate | Association Management Resources | Individual Contribution | $13,700 | 2023-10-19 |
| Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate | Association Venture Corporation | Individual Contribution | $13,700 | 2023-10-19 |
| Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate | Illinois Risk Management Services, Inc. | Individual Contribution | $13,700 | 2023-10-19 |
| Illinois Laborers' Legislative Committee | Southern IL Laborers & Employers H&W | Individual Contribution | $13,324 | 2023-10-20 |
| Friends of Judge Sean Donahue | Sean Donahue | Loan Received | $12,189 | 2023-10-18 |
| Illinois Laborers' Legislative Committee | Laborers' Local Union 165 | Individual Contribution | $10,047 | 2023-10-20 |
| Personal PAC Inc | Dina Isaacs | Individual Contribution | $10,010 | 2023-10-17 |
| Personal PAC Inc | Michael Krasny | Individual Contribution | $10,010 | 2023-10-18 |
| Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate | Cogan & Power, P.C. | Individual Contribution | $10,000 | 2023-10-19 |
| ISDF | Cogan & Power, P.C. | Individual Contribution | $10,000 | 2023-10-19 |
| ISDF | Comcast Financial Agency Corporation | Individual Contribution | $10,000 | 2023-10-19 |
| Citizens for Sara Feigenholtz | DaVita | Individual Contribution | $10,000 | 2023-10-17 |
| Committee on Affirmative Leadership IL Coal Assn | Foresight Energy, LLC | Individual Contribution | $10,000 | 2023-10-16 |
| Illinois Women's Institute for Leadership Training Academy | Friends of Cheri Bustos | Individual Contribution | $10,000 | 2023-10-19 |
| Friends for Clayton Harris III | Friends of Heather Steans | Transfer In | $10,000 | 2023-10-19 |
| Friends of Marcelino Garcia | Marcelino Garcia | In-kind Contribution | $10,000 | 2023-10-15 |
| Friends of Mokena | GT Express | Individual Contribution | $10,000 | 2023-10-18 |
| Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate | Health Care Council of Illinois Political Action Committee | Transfer In | $10,000 | 2023-10-19 |
| Cook County Democratic Party | Health Care Service Corporation | Individual Contribution | $10,000 | 2023-10-17 |
| Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate | Realtor, PAC | Transfer In | $10,000 | 2023-10-19 |
| Cook County Democratic Party | I. U. O. E. Local 399 Political Education Fund | Transfer In | $10,000 | 2023-10-17 |
| Friends of Ram | Illinois Pipe Trades Assocation | Transfer In | $10,000 | 2023-10-20 |
| Cook County Democratic Party | Leo Smith | Individual Contribution | $10,000 | 2023-10-17 |
| Committee to Elect Michael Chvatal | Sue Chvatal | Individual Contribution | $10,000 | 2023-10-16 |
| McCombie for Illinois | Citizens for Patrick Windhorst | Transfer In | $10,000 | 2023-10-19 |
| Personal PAC Inc | Bernadette Chopra | Individual Contribution | $9,892 | 2023-10-20 |
| Illinois Laborers' Legislative Committee | Laborers' Local Union 309 | Individual Contribution | $9,523 | 2023-10-20 |
| Citizens for Michael E Hastings | Orland Township Democrats | Transfer In | $8,900 | 2023-10-16 |
| Illinois Laborers' Legislative Committee | GPLDC | Individual Contribution | $8,373 | 2023-10-20 |
| Friends of Larecia Tucker | Friends For Fritz | In-kind Contribution | $8,250 | 2023-10-16 |
| Rossana for Committeeperson | People for Rossana | Transfer In | $8,000 | 2023-10-16 |
| IMHA - PAC | Forest Hills Village MHC Holdings, LLC | Individual Contribution | $7,548 | 2023-10-17 |
| Friends of Ryan Spain | House Republican Majority | In-kind Contribution | $7,541 | 2023-10-17 |
| International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers PAC | IBEW Local Union 145 | Individual Contribution | $7,500 | 2023-10-17 |
| IMHA - PAC | Four Seasons MHC Holdings, LLC | Individual Contribution | $7,044 | 2023-10-17 |
| Friends of Bob Morgan | Paragon Biosciences, LLC | Individual Contribution | $7,000 | 2023-10-18 |
| Friends of Bob Morgan | Lefkofsky, Liz | Individual Contribution | $6,900 | 2023-10-18 |
| Friends of Bob Morgan | William E. Wolf | Individual Contribution | $6,900 | 2023-10-18 |
| Friends of Bob Morgan | Meredith Bluhm | Individual Contribution | $6,900 | 2023-10-18 |
| Friends of Bob Morgan | Elise Sacks | Individual Contribution | $6,900 | 2023-10-18 |
| Friends of Bob Morgan | Matthew Sacks | Individual Contribution | $6,900 | 2023-10-18 |
| Hanover Township Republican Organization | Northwest Suburban Lincoln Day Dinner | Transfer In | $6,626 | 2023-10-16 |
| Friends of John Curran | Molson Coors Beverage Company | Individual Contribution | $6,000 | 2023-10-18 |
| Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate | Kasper & Nottage, P.C. | Individual Contribution | $6,000 | 2023-10-19 |
| Illinois Policy PAC | Lahood for Congress | Other Receipt | $5,600 | 2023-10-18 |
| IMHA - PAC | Gateway MHC Holdings, LLC | Individual Contribution | $5,304 | 2023-10-17 |
| Personal PAC Independent Committee | Leo Smith | Individual Contribution | $5,150 | 2023-10-17 |
| Illinois Laborers' Legislative Committee | Laborers' Local Union 32 | Individual Contribution | $5,003 | 2023-10-20 |
| Cook County Democratic Party | The People for Emanuel Chris Welch | Transfer In | $5,000 | 2023-10-19 |
| ISDF | Constellation Energy Generation | Individual Contribution | $5,000 | 2023-10-19 |
| Committee to Elect Jay C Hoffman | Constellation Energy Generation | Individual Contribution | $5,000 | 2023-10-16 |
| Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate | Upspac | Transfer In | $5,000 | 2023-10-19 |
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