The top 100 political contributions made during the week ending June 1 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 June 1
| Committee | Contributor | Contribution Type | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate | Carpentry Advancement Political Action Committee Fund | Individual Contribution | $200,000 | 2024-05-31 |
| Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate | Chicago Land Operators Joint Labor Management, PAC | Transfer In | $200,000 | 2024-05-31 |
| Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate | CAR of Illinois | Transfer In | $25,000 | 2024-05-31 |
| Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate | LR Development Company, LLC | Individual Contribution | $25,000 | 2024-05-31 |
| Elect Dan McConchie | Illinois Restoration, PAC | Transfer In | $19,936 | 2024-05-30 |
| Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate | Chicago Stagehands Local 2, PAC | Transfer In | $15,000 | 2024-05-31 |
| Friends of Colleen Redpath Feger | Timber Ridge Properties | Individual Contribution | $10,000 | 2024-05-29 |
| ISDF | Associated Fire Fighters of IL Fund, PAC | Transfer In | $10,000 | 2024-05-31 |
| ISDF | CAR of Illinois | Transfer In | $10,000 | 2024-05-31 |
| 28th Ward Democratic Organization | Chicago Land Operators Joint Labor-Management, PAC | Transfer In | $10,000 | 2024-05-31 |
| Illinois Bankers' PAC | CIBC | Individual Contribution | $10,000 | 2024-05-31 |
| Personal PAC Inc | Juliette Goldstein | Individual Contribution | $10,000 | 2024-05-30 |
| ISDF | Brown Mayer | Individual Contribution | $10,000 | 2024-05-31 |
| Personal PAC Inc | Sheila Nielsen | Individual Contribution | $10,000 | 2024-05-30 |
| ISDF | UFCW Local 881, PAC | Transfer In | $10,000 | 2024-05-31 |
| Friends of Keith Turner | Keith Turner | Loan Received | $9,000 | 2024-05-30 |
| Personal PAC Inc | Dordek, Eileen | Individual Contribution | $8,525 | 2024-05-30 |
| Citizens to Elect Emma Mitts | Cari B. Sacks | Individual Contribution | $6,900 | 2024-05-29 |
| Hopkins for Chicago | Cari Sacks | Individual Contribution | $6,900 | 2024-05-28 |
| Hopkins for Chicago | Michael Sacks | Individual Contribution | $6,900 | 2024-05-28 |
| Democratic Party Of Proviso | Chicago Federation of Labor & Industrial Union Council, PAC | Transfer In | $5,001 | 2024-05-31 |
| Illinois Women's Institute for Leadership Training Academy | Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate | Transfer In | $5,000 | 2024-05-29 |
| Illinois Women's Institute for Leadership Training Academy | Illinois Federation of Teachers-COPE | Transfer In | $5,000 | 2024-05-29 |
| Citizens to Elect Mike Kirkton. | Michael Kirkton | Individual Contribution | $5,000 | 2024-05-28 |
| Illinois Women's Institute for Leadership Training Academy | The People for Emanuel Chris Welch | Transfer In | $5,000 | 2024-05-29 |
| ISDF | John Atkinson | Individual Contribution | $5,000 | 2024-05-31 |
| Jil Tracy for State Senate | Dot Foods, Inc. | Individual Contribution | $5,000 | 2024-05-31 |
| Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate | Ifda, PAC | Transfer In | $5,000 | 2024-05-31 |
| ISDF | Illinois AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education | Transfer In | $5,000 | 2024-05-31 |
| 28th Ward Democratic Organization | LIUNA Chicagoland Laborers' District Council, PAC | Transfer In | $5,000 | 2024-05-31 |
| ISDF | Solar Energy Industries Association | Individual Contribution | $5,000 | 2024-05-31 |
| ISDF | Sprinkler Fitters Local 281 Political Education Fund | Transfer In | $5,000 | 2024-05-31 |
| Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate | Superior Ambulance Service | Individual Contribution | $5,000 | 2024-05-31 |
| Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate | West Suburban Teachers Union Local 571-COPE Fund | Transfer In | $5,000 | 2024-05-31 |
| Friends of Justice Linda Davenport for Appellate Court | Carpentry Advancement Political Action Committee Fund | Transfer In | $5,000 | 2024-05-31 |
| One Tinley Park | Chicago Land Operators Joint Labor-Management, PAC | Transfer In | $5,000 | 2024-05-30 |
| Democratic Party Of Proviso | Chicagoland Operators Joint Labor-Management, PAC | Transfer In | $5,000 | 2024-05-31 |
| Committee for Retention of Judges in Cook County | Peck Ritchey, LLC | Individual Contribution | $5,000 | 2024-05-31 |
| Friends of Frank J Andreou for Circuit Court Judge | Patrick Salvi | Individual Contribution | $5,000 | 2024-06-01 |
| Committee for Retention of Judges in Cook County | Conroy Hanley Simmons | Individual Contribution | $5,000 | 2024-05-31 |
| Illinois AFL-CIO COPE | Great Lakes Region Organizing Committee | Individual Contribution | $5,000 | 2024-05-29 |
| Illinois AFL-CIO COPE | Ridge & Downes | Individual Contribution | $5,000 | 2024-05-29 |
| Friends of Rinehart | UFCW Local 881, PAC | Transfer In | $5,000 | 2024-05-27 |
| Illinois AFL-CIO COPE | Ullico Life Insurance Company | Individual Contribution | $5,000 | 2024-05-29 |
| Illinois Restauranteurs PAC | Vaughan Hospitality | Individual Contribution | $5,000 | 2024-05-28 |
| Illinois Laborers' Legislative Committee | Laborers' Local Union 32 | Individual Contribution | $4,253 | 2024-05-29 |
| Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate | Kadens, Peter | Individual Contribution | $3,500 | 2024-05-31 |
| Young Democrats of Kane County | Walter Lindwall | Individual Contribution | $3,500 | 2024-05-28 |
| Illinois Hospital Assn PAC (IHA PAC) | Centennial Medical Management, CORP | Individual Contribution | $3,190 | 2024-05-30 |
| Illinois Laborers' Legislative Committee | Ncilh&WF | Individual Contribution | $3,158 | 2024-05-29 |
| Personal PAC Inc | Jerome Kahn | Individual Contribution | $3,105 | 2024-05-30 |
| Friends of Colton Ekhoff | Colton Ekhoff | In-kind Contribution | $3,016 | 2024-05-31 |
| Manufacturers PAC (MPAC) | Archer Daniels Midland Company | Individual Contribution | $3,000 | 2024-05-31 |
| Illinois Bankers' PAC | First Waterloo Bancshares, Inc. | Individual Contribution | $3,000 | 2024-05-31 |
| Personal PAC Inc | Don Harmon | Individual Contribution | $3,000 | 2024-05-30 |
| Friends of Anthony Napolitano | Tanya Lawrence | Individual Contribution | $3,000 | 2024-05-31 |
| Hopkins for Chicago | Market Square Shopping Center, LLC | Individual Contribution | $3,000 | 2024-05-28 |
| Chris Brown Campaign Committee | Ayers Electric, Inc. | Individual Contribution | $2,500 | 2024-05-29 |
| Chris Brown Campaign Committee | D Construction | Individual Contribution | $2,500 | 2024-05-29 |
| Chris Brown Campaign Committee | Feeney's Package Liquor, Inc. | Individual Contribution | $2,500 | 2024-05-29 |
| Friends of Colleen Redpath Feger | Friends For Redpath | Transfer In | $2,500 | 2024-05-29 |
| Tazewell County Republican Central Committee | Jay Harms | Individual Contribution | $2,500 | 2024-05-30 |
| Committee to Elect Randi Freese | Charles Ruth | Individual Contribution | $2,500 | 2024-05-28 |
| Chris Brown Campaign Committee | Wheeler & Dearth Law Firm, Ltd. | Individual Contribution | $2,500 | 2024-05-29 |
| Jil Tracy for State Senate | Brown Electric Construction Company | Individual Contribution | $2,500 | 2024-05-31 |
| ISDF | Credit Union Political Action Committee | Transfer In | $2,500 | 2024-05-31 |
| ISDF | Louis Lang | Individual Contribution | $2,500 | 2024-05-31 |
| 28th Ward Democratic Organization | Levy & Augustine | Individual Contribution | $2,500 | 2024-05-31 |
| Caruana for Winnebago County Sheriff | Meirtran, Inc. | Individual Contribution | $2,500 | 2024-05-29 |
| 28th Ward Democratic Organization | Patel, Shishir | Individual Contribution | $2,500 | 2024-05-31 |
| 28th Ward Democratic Organization | Winward Management Company, Ltd. | Individual Contribution | $2,500 | 2024-05-31 |
| Committee to Elect Judge Kolker | Bonifield & Rosenstengel, PC | Individual Contribution | $2,500 | 2024-05-31 |
| One Tinley Park | D Construction | Individual Contribution | $2,500 | 2024-05-30 |
| Mary Beth Canty for Illinois | Heidi Graham | Individual Contribution | $2,500 | 2024-05-31 |
| Friends of Justice Linda Davenport for Appellate Court | Horwitz, Horwitz & Associates, Ltd. | Individual Contribution | $2,500 | 2024-05-31 |
| House Republican Organization | BNSF Railway Company | Individual Contribution | $2,500 | 2024-05-29 |
| Lance Peterson for Appellate Justice | Chicago Land Operators Joint Labor-Management, PAC | Transfer In | $2,500 | 2024-05-28 |
| Sangamon County Democratic Central Cmte | Houlihan Campaign Fund | Transfer In | $2,500 | 2024-05-28 |
| Illinois AFL-CIO COPE | Ibew #134 | Transfer In | $2,500 | 2024-05-29 |
| Illinois AFL-CIO COPE | IBEW Local 146 | Individual Contribution | $2,500 | 2024-05-29 |
| Illinois AFL-CIO COPE | Illinois Political Active Letter Carriers | Transfer In | $2,500 | 2024-05-29 |
| Illinois AFL-CIO COPE | Laborers Local #477 | Transfer In | $2,500 | 2024-05-29 |
| Sangamon County Democratic Central Cmte | James R. Potter | Individual Contribution | $2,500 | 2024-05-29 |
| Friends of Justice Linda Davenport for Appellate Court | Sullivan Taylor Gumina & Palmer, P.C. | Individual Contribution | $2,500 | 2024-05-28 |
| Enright For Coroner | Richard Uihlein | Individual Contribution | $2,500 | 2024-05-28 |
| Illinois Laborers' Legislative Committee | Ncilh&WF | Individual Contribution | $2,266 | 2024-05-29 |
| Credit Union Political Action Council (CUPAC) IL | Consumers CU | Individual Contribution | $2,050 | 2024-05-31 |
| Friends to Elect Greg Jury | Anderson Land Holdings, LLC | Individual Contribution | $2,000 | 2024-05-28 |
| Citizens for Hauter | Comcast Financial Agency Corporation | Individual Contribution | $2,000 | 2024-05-28 |
| Winnebago County Democratic Cent Cmte | Harlem Democratic League | Transfer In | $2,000 | 2024-05-30 |
| Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate | Friends of Bill Cunningham | Transfer In | $2,000 | 2024-05-31 |
| Friends of Mike Halpin | IBEW Illinois, PAC | Transfer In | $2,000 | 2024-05-30 |
| Friends of Mike Halpin | University Professionals of Illinois | Transfer In | $2,000 | 2024-05-30 |
| Friends of Dave Koehler | Comcast Financial Agency, CORP. | Transfer In | $2,000 | 2024-05-28 |
| Jamie Mosser for Kane County | Chicago Land Operators Joint Labor-Management, PAC | Transfer In | $2,000 | 2024-05-28 |
| Friends to Elect Greg Jury | Helm Group/Mechanical, Inc. | Individual Contribution | $2,000 | 2024-05-28 |
| Friends of Tosi Ufodike | Vincent Kolber | Individual Contribution | $2,000 | 2024-05-29 |
| Illinois AFL-CIO COPE | Painters District Council #58 | Individual Contribution | $2,000 | 2024-05-29 |
| Friends of Monica Gordon | Carmen Sendejas | Loan Received | $2,000 | 2024-05-28 |
| Personal PAC Independent Committee | Dordek, Eileen | Individual Contribution | $1,826 | 2024-05-30 |
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