The top 100 political contributions made during the week ending June 8 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 8
| Committee | Contributor | Contribution Type | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers PAC | IBEW Local Union 15 | Individual Contribution | $206,880 | 2024-06-07 |
| International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers PAC | IBEW Local Union 702 | Individual Contribution | $150,840 | 2024-06-07 |
| International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers PAC | IBEW Local Union 51 | Individual Contribution | $110,440 | 2024-06-07 |
| McCombie for Illinois | Elizabeth Uihlein | Individual Contribution | $100,000 | 2024-06-07 |
| Friends of Bill Cunningham | Carpentry Advancement Fund, PAC | Transfer In | $34,000 | 2024-06-05 |
| International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers PAC | IBEW Local Union 193 | Individual Contribution | $32,440 | 2024-06-07 |
| UFCW Local 881 PAC | UFCW Local 881 | Individual Contribution | $30,680 | 2024-06-07 |
| Gente for Graciela Guzman | ISDF, NFP | Transfer In | $25,000 | 2024-06-05 |
| Committee to Elect Meg Loughran Cappel | Carpentry Advancement, PAC | Transfer In | $25,000 | 2024-06-06 |
| Friends of Dave Koehler | Carpentry Advancement, PAC | Transfer In | $25,000 | 2024-06-04 |
| Good Government Council (IL Asphalt Pavement Assoc) | IL Asphalt Pavement Association | Individual Contribution | $20,000 | 2024-06-03 |
| Health Care Council of IL PAC | Health Care Council of Illinois | Other Receipt | $15,025 | 2024-06-04 |
| Chesney for Illinois | Stableford Capital | Individual Contribution | $12,000 | 2024-06-05 |
| Committee to Elect Judge Kolker | The Cates Law Firm, LLC | Individual Contribution | $10,000 | 2024-06-06 |
| Gente for Graciela Guzman | Carpentry Advancement Fund, PAC | Transfer In | $10,000 | 2024-06-05 |
| Gente for Graciela Guzman | Friends of Bill Cunningham | Transfer In | $10,000 | 2024-06-05 |
| Gente for Graciela Guzman | IBEW Illinois, PAC | Transfer In | $10,000 | 2024-06-05 |
| Illinois Consumer Credit Coalition, PAC | OneMain General Services, CORP | Individual Contribution | $10,000 | 2024-06-03 |
| Friends of Sheila Chalmers- Currin | Queenside Hospitality, LLC | Individual Contribution | $10,000 | 2024-06-04 |
| Friends of Dan Swanson | Heads Corn Calmer | Individual Contribution | $10,000 | 2024-06-06 |
| Committee to Elect Andrew J Gleeson | The Cates Law Firm | Individual Contribution | $10,000 | 2024-06-07 |
| Friends of Barbara Hernandez | Smart Local 265 | Transfer In | $8,000 | 2024-06-07 |
| The Chicago & Western Lakes Port Council Maritime Trades Department | Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council, PAC | Transfer In | $7,450 | 2024-06-05 |
| Senator Patrick Joyce Election Committee | Voortman USA, LLC | Individual Contribution | $7,000 | 2024-06-03 |
| Friends of Nicholas Sposato | Cari Sacks | Individual Contribution | $6,900 | 2024-06-04 |
| Friends of Nicholas Sposato | Michael Sacks | Individual Contribution | $6,900 | 2024-06-04 |
| Illinois Insurance Assn PAC | COUNTRY Financial | Individual Contribution | $5,990 | 2024-06-03 |
| Committee to Elect Judge Kolker | Korein Tillery | Individual Contribution | $5,000 | 2024-06-06 |
| Committee to Elect Judge Kolker | Law Office of Christopher Cueto, Ltd. | Individual Contribution | $5,000 | 2024-06-06 |
| NorthWest Illinois Alliance, PAC | IBEW Local 364 Political Action Fund | Transfer In | $5,000 | 2024-06-03 |
| Ice Miller Illinois Political Action Committee | Ice Miller, LLP | Transfer In | $5,000 | 2024-06-03 |
| Friends of Napoleon Harris | PCMA | Individual Contribution | $5,000 | 2024-06-08 |
| Illinois Democratic County Chairs' Assn | Patrick Salvi | Individual Contribution | $5,000 | 2024-06-07 |
| Illinois Democratic County Chairs' Assn | Leo Smith | Individual Contribution | $5,000 | 2024-06-07 |
| Committee to Elect Judge Kolker | The Driscoll Firm, LLC | Individual Contribution | $5,000 | 2024-06-06 |
| Friends of Rinehart | Cogan & Power, PC | Individual Contribution | $5,000 | 2024-06-07 |
| Illinois Hospital Assn PAC (IHA PAC) | Edgar Curtis | Individual Contribution | $5,000 | 2024-06-04 |
| Friends of Nicholas Sposato | Local 2 | Transfer In | $5,000 | 2024-06-04 |
| Tazewell County Republican Central Committee | Martin Equipment | Individual Contribution | $5,000 | 2024-06-04 |
| Maggie for Chicago Schools | Citizens for John Cullerton | Transfer In | $5,000 | 2024-06-06 |
| Illinois AFL-CIO COPE | Constellation Energy Generation, LLC | Individual Contribution | $5,000 | 2024-06-06 |
| Illinois AFL-CIO COPE | Painters District Council #14 | Transfer In | $5,000 | 2024-06-06 |
| Sheet Metal Workers' Intl Assn LU #73 State PAC | Sheet Metal Workers' International Association | Individual Contribution | $5,000 | 2024-06-06 |
| Friends of John Curran | Chempac | Transfer In | $5,000 | 2024-06-06 |
| Illinois Democratic County Chairs' Assn | Chicago Land Operators Joint Labor Management, PAC | Transfer In | $5,000 | 2024-06-07 |
| Friends of Justice Linda Davenport for Appellate Court | Friends of Diane Pappas | Transfer In | $5,000 | 2024-06-07 |
| Scott Wehrli for Naperville | Deanna Losurdo | In-kind Contribution | $4,600 | 2024-06-03 |
| Northwest Suburban Republican Lincoln Day Dinner Comm | Schaumburg Township Republican Organization | Transfer In | $4,240 | 2024-06-07 |
| International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers PAC | IBEW Local Union 702 | Individual Contribution | $3,734 | 2024-06-07 |
| Friends of Sheila Chalmers- Currin | Matteson Liquors, Inc. | Individual Contribution | $3,000 | 2024-06-04 |
| Friends of Nick Meyer | VanHille, Sean | Individual Contribution | $3,000 | 2024-06-07 |
| Friends to Elect Jim Gardiner | 6200 Higgins | Individual Contribution | $3,000 | 2024-06-06 |
| Committee to Elect Judge Kolker | Cook, Bartholomew, Cook & Jones, LLP | Individual Contribution | $3,000 | 2024-06-06 |
| Friends to Elect Ken Briley | JK Cade, Inc. | Individual Contribution | $2,700 | 2024-06-08 |
| Friends for Fritz | Lawrence Hunt | Individual Contribution | $2,581 | 2024-06-05 |
| Committee to Elect Jay C Hoffman | Heat & Frost Insulators & Allied Wrkrs Local #1 IL Pol Fund | Transfer In | $2,500 | 2024-06-03 |
| Committee to Elect Jay C Hoffman | Iron Workers Local 392, PAC | Transfer In | $2,500 | 2024-06-03 |
| Illinois Democratic County Chairs' Assn | Realtors Political Action Committee | Transfer In | $2,500 | 2024-06-07 |
| Committee to Elect Randi Freese | Brian Kelly | Individual Contribution | $2,500 | 2024-06-03 |
| Citizens for Dennis M Reboletti | Millennium Bank | Individual Contribution | $2,500 | 2024-06-03 |
| Friends of Rinehart | Chicago Land Operators Joint Labor-Management, PAC | Transfer In | $2,500 | 2024-06-07 |
| Friends to Elect Ken Briley | Dibble Enterprises, Inc. | Individual Contribution | $2,500 | 2024-06-08 |
| Friends of Lakesia | Shane Saum | Individual Contribution | $2,500 | 2024-06-03 |
| Committee to Elect Jay C Hoffman | Teamsters Volunteers in Politics | Transfer In | $2,500 | 2024-06-03 |
| Committee to Elect Jay C Hoffman | The Gori Law Firm | Individual Contribution | $2,500 | 2024-06-03 |
| Friends for Katie Stuart | TROOPAC - Troopers, Lodge No. 41, PAC | Transfer In | $2,500 | 2024-06-04 |
| Committee to Elect Jay C Hoffman | United Association of Journeymen Steamfitters Local 439 Fund, PAC | Transfer In | $2,500 | 2024-06-03 |
| Friends of Natalie Manley | Carpentry Advancement, PAC | Transfer In | $2,500 | 2024-06-04 |
| Elect Rachel Ventura | Chicago Land Operators Joint Labor-Management, PAC | Transfer In | $2,500 | 2024-06-04 |
| Friends of Nicholas Sposato | Chicago Land Operators, PAC | Transfer In | $2,500 | 2024-06-04 |
| Gente for Graciela Guzman | Citizens for Castro | Transfer In | $2,500 | 2024-06-05 |
| Friends of Nick Meyer | Barbara Giorgi Vella | Individual Contribution | $2,500 | 2024-06-03 |
| Friends of Nicole Lee | LIUNA Chicago Laborers' District Council, PAC | Transfer In | $2,500 | 2024-06-08 |
| Tazewell County Republican Central Committee | Karen Nickel | Individual Contribution | $2,500 | 2024-06-04 |
| McCombie for Illinois | Chicago Land Operators Jnt Lbr Management, PAC | Transfer In | $2,500 | 2024-06-05 |
| Citizens to Elect David Moore | Chicago Land Operators Joint Labor Management, PAC | Individual Contribution | $2,500 | 2024-06-05 |
| Friends for Fritz | Eichfeld, Robert | Individual Contribution | $2,500 | 2024-06-05 |
| Friends for Fritz | Gary Elden | Individual Contribution | $2,500 | 2024-06-05 |
| Friends for Fritz | Michael Fenstermacher | Individual Contribution | $2,500 | 2024-06-04 |
| Illinois AFL-CIO COPE | Health Care Service BCBS, CORP | Individual Contribution | $2,500 | 2024-06-06 |
| Peoria County Republican Central Committee | Zachary Oyler | Individual Contribution | $2,500 | 2024-06-05 |
| Friends for Fritz | Prairie Management & Development, Inc. | Individual Contribution | $2,500 | 2024-06-04 |
| Friends for Fritz | John Rogers | Individual Contribution | $2,500 | 2024-06-05 |
| Friends for Fritz | Patricia O. Rothschild | Individual Contribution | $2,500 | 2024-06-05 |
| Friends for Lauzen | Alarm Detection Systems, Inc. | Individual Contribution | $2,500 | 2024-06-07 |
| Friends of Frank J Andreou for Circuit Court Judge | Dimitra Anderson | Individual Contribution | $2,500 | 2024-06-06 |
| Friends for Lauzen | Baseline Distribution Company | Individual Contribution | $2,500 | 2024-06-07 |
| Friends of Desmon Yancy | LIUNA Chicago Laborers' District Council | Transfer In | $2,500 | 2024-06-07 |
| Friends for Lauzen | Otto Engineering | Individual Contribution | $2,500 | 2024-06-07 |
| Friends for Lauzen | Spartan Logistics Services | Individual Contribution | $2,500 | 2024-06-07 |
| Friends for Lauzen | The Lakone Company | Individual Contribution | $2,500 | 2024-06-07 |
| Friends of Thomas Day | VoteVets Political Action Committee | Individual Contribution | $2,500 | 2024-06-07 |
| Committee to Elect Dr Paul Jacobs | Illinois Optometric Association, PAC | Individual Contribution | $2,500 | 2024-06-03 |
| Senator Patrick Joyce Election Committee | ISRA Political Victory Fund | Transfer In | $2,500 | 2024-06-03 |
| Committee to Elect Jason Ashmore | Teamsters Volunteers in Politics | Transfer In | $2,500 | 2024-06-03 |
| Friends of Napoleon Harris | The Daley Group, LLC | Individual Contribution | $2,500 | 2024-06-03 |
| Personal PAC Inc | John Amdor | Individual Contribution | $2,500 | 2024-06-03 |
| Committee to Elect Jay C Hoffman | Campbell Energy, LLC | Individual Contribution | $2,500 | 2024-06-03 |
| Friends of Justice Linda Davenport for Appellate Court | ESP Kreuzer Cores, LLP | Individual Contribution | $2,500 | 2024-06-07 |
| Illinois Democratic County Chairs' Assn | IBEW Local 176 Voluntary, PAC | Transfer In | $2,500 | 2024-06-07 |
ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS STORY
Village of Lake Bluff• Springfield Township• Village of Itasca• Village of Matteson• City of Des Plaines• City of Maryland Heights• City of Belleville• City of Park Ridge• City of Woodstock• Village of Winnetka• City of Baltimore• Village of Carpentersville• City of Edwardsville• City of Oakbrook Terrace• City of Palos Heights• City of Joliet• City of Bloomington• Village of Monee• City of Bridgeton• Village of Carol Stream• Village of Goodfield• City of Washington• City of Indianapolis• Peoria City• Village of Gardner• Village of Clarendon Hills• City of East Saint Louis• Downers Grove• City of Carmi• City of Aurora• City of Rockford• Village of Burr Ridge• Village of Schaumburg• City of Waukegan• City of Wheaton• Village of Oak Brook• Village of Wilmette• Village of Oak Park• Village of Montgomery• Village Of Hillside• City Of Scottsdale• City Of Boca Raton• Naperville Township• Village Of Caseyville• Village Of Palatine• City Of Portland• Village Of Willow Springs• Township Of Frankfort• City Of Elgin• City Of Countryside• Chatsworth Township• Village Of Alpha• City Of Chicago• City Of Morris
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