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Real Data

State Board of Elections·1994-2026Current·Sources: Accountability Project

Source
$5.9B

Contributions

$4B

Expenditures

0

Committees

6,232,736

Records

$1,602

Avg. Contribution

69%

Exp/Contrib Ratio

Contributions by Type

other100%

Contributions by Party

Other100%

Top 10 donors account for 20.7% of all contributions

$1,214,816,444.49 out of $5,865,724,730.67 total

Contributions & Expenditures Over Time

1994-2026

Top Donors

50 donors tracked

#Name Total Count Share
1
JB PRITZKERIndiv
$432.4M61
7.4%
2
KENNETH GRIFFINIndiv
$176.5M202
3.0%
3
BRUCE RAUNERIndiv
$102.8M239
1.8%
4
DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF ILLINOISCmte
$92.7M16,678
1.6%
5
RICHARD UIHLEINIndiv
$91.2M503
1.6%
6
ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PARTYCmte
$76M3,737
1.3%
7
MIDWEST OPERATING ENGINEERS CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY RESEARCH AND SERVICEIndiv
$72.2M185
1.2%
8
JB FOR GOVERNORIndiv
$67.2M576
1.1%
9
LABORERS' DISTRICT COUNCIL - WORK DUES FUNDGovt
$53.2M176
0.9%
10
HOUSE REPUBLICAN ORGANIZATIONCmte
$50.6M8,411
0.9%
11
CITIZENS FOR RAUNERCmte
$49.6M195
0.8%
12
INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERSOrg
$40.2M337
0.7%
13
CITIZENS FOR DURKINCmte
$35.8M1,094
0.6%
14
GREAT LAKES REGION ORGANIZING COMMITTEECmte
$31.6M174
0.5%
15
THE PEOPLE FOR EMANUEL "CHRIS" WELCHCmte
$30.4M113
0.5%
16
DEMOCRATS FOR THE ILLINOIS HOUSEIndiv
$30.2M1,692
0.5%
17
CHICAGO LAND OPERATORS JOINT LABOR-MANAGEMENT PACCmte
$28.8M2,938
0.5%
18
DEMOCRATIC MAJORITYCmte
$28.1M6,248
0.5%
19
SENATE DEMOCRATIC VICTORY FUNDCmte
$27.3M1,817
0.5%
20
SEIU HEALTHCARE IL INOrg
$27.2M214
0.5%

Top Recipients

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Top Expenditure Payees

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Sources: accountability_project · Last updated: 2026-03-01