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409,766 published itemized disclosures and nonzero unitemized report aggregates. Open a dollar total to inspect the records behind it.

All 385,306 source rows and 24,460 nonzero report aggregates remain searchable. Primary amounts use 26,015 verified ordinary reports; 923 other ordinary reports have visible exclusions. Late notices remain separate.

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$379,457,136.4288Verified cash receipts disclosed190,210 published rowsCash receipts include contributions, transfers, loans and other receipts. Not all donations or unique statewide money.$318,167,902.6328Verified cash disbursements disclosed201,125 published rowsTransfers, loans made, general expenditures and independent expenditures. Not operating expenses alone.$8,429,189.32Verified in-kind support5,926 published rowsReported noncash value, separate from cash receipts and disbursements.
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$208,516,841.4302Verified: contributions (illinois source category) (itemized)147,916 published rowsOriginal source rows and exact source IDs, dates, amounts and section codes.$35,415,925.1766Verified: contributions (illinois source category) (report aggregates)6,857 published rowsExplicit nonzero NI fields only; zeros remain in report controls. No transaction dates or counterparties are invented.$103,443,799.9910Verified: transfers in (itemized)26,078 published rowsOriginal source rows and exact source IDs, dates, amounts and section codes.$3,814,304.49Verified: transfers in (report aggregates)1,495 published rowsExplicit nonzero NI fields only; zeros remain in report controls. No transaction dates or counterparties are invented.$14,472,440.36Verified: loans received (itemized)1,609 published rowsOriginal source rows and exact source IDs, dates, amounts and section codes.$6,465.12Verified: loans received (report aggregates)60 published rowsExplicit nonzero NI fields only; zeros remain in report controls. No transaction dates or counterparties are invented.$12,785,265.85Verified: other receipts (itemized)4,265 published rowsOriginal source rows and exact source IDs, dates, amounts and section codes.$1,002,094.0110Verified: other receipts (report aggregates)1,930 published rowsExplicit nonzero NI fields only; zeros remain in report controls. No transaction dates or counterparties are invented.$8,344,576.98Verified: in-kind contributions (itemized)5,519 published rowsOriginal source rows and exact source IDs, dates, amounts and section codes.$84,612.34Verified: in-kind contributions (report aggregates)407 published rowsExplicit nonzero NI fields only; zeros remain in report controls. No transaction dates or counterparties are invented.$103,831,405.72Verified: transfers out (itemized)29,924 published rowsOriginal source rows and exact source IDs, dates, amounts and section codes.$594,563.62Verified: transfers out (report aggregates)2,293 published rowsExplicit nonzero NI fields only; zeros remain in report controls. No transaction dates or counterparties are invented.$774,043.26Verified: loans made (itemized)34 published rowsOriginal source rows and exact source IDs, dates, amounts and section codes.$291.44Verified: loans made (report aggregates)6 published rowsExplicit nonzero NI fields only; zeros remain in report controls. No transaction dates or counterparties are invented.$203,040,491.2165Verified: general expenditures (itemized)157,721 published rowsOriginal source rows and exact source IDs, dates, amounts and section codes.$5,450,139.1063Verified: general expenditures (report aggregates)10,809 published rowsExplicit nonzero NI fields only; zeros remain in report controls. No transaction dates or counterparties are invented.$4,474,954.45Verified: independent expenditures (itemized)316 published rowsOriginal source rows and exact source IDs, dates, amounts and section codes.$2,013.82Verified: independent expenditures (report aggregates)22 published rowsExplicit nonzero NI fields only; zeros remain in report controls. No transaction dates or counterparties are invented.
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$7,278.00Unreconciled: contributions (illinois source category) (itemized)21 published rowsOriginal source rows and exact source IDs, dates, amounts and section codes. Report checks or itemized coverage need review; not a primary amount or a finding of an incorrect filing.$220,373.46Unreconciled: contributions (illinois source category) (report aggregates)240 published rowsExplicit nonzero NI fields only; zeros remain in report controls. No transaction dates or counterparties are invented. Report checks or itemized coverage need review; not a primary amount or a finding of an incorrect filing.$670.00Unreconciled: transfers in (itemized)2 published rowsOriginal source rows and exact source IDs, dates, amounts and section codes. Report checks or itemized coverage need review; not a primary amount or a finding of an incorrect filing.$9,957.91Unreconciled: transfers in (report aggregates)17 published rowsExplicit nonzero NI fields only; zeros remain in report controls. No transaction dates or counterparties are invented. Report checks or itemized coverage need review; not a primary amount or a finding of an incorrect filing.$3,345.55Unreconciled: loans received (report aggregates)7 published rowsExplicit nonzero NI fields only; zeros remain in report controls. No transaction dates or counterparties are invented. Report checks or itemized coverage need review; not a primary amount or a finding of an incorrect filing.$400.00Unreconciled: other receipts (itemized)1 published rowOriginal source rows and exact source IDs, dates, amounts and section codes. Report checks or itemized coverage need review; not a primary amount or a finding of an incorrect filing.$497.87Unreconciled: other receipts (report aggregates)23 published rowsExplicit nonzero NI fields only; zeros remain in report controls. No transaction dates or counterparties are invented. Report checks or itemized coverage need review; not a primary amount or a finding of an incorrect filing.$10,116.01Unreconciled: in-kind contributions (report aggregates)24 published rowsExplicit nonzero NI fields only; zeros remain in report controls. No transaction dates or counterparties are invented. Report checks or itemized coverage need review; not a primary amount or a finding of an incorrect filing.$900.00Unreconciled: transfers out (itemized)1 published rowOriginal source rows and exact source IDs, dates, amounts and section codes. Report checks or itemized coverage need review; not a primary amount or a finding of an incorrect filing.$6,599.15Unreconciled: transfers out (report aggregates)37 published rowsExplicit nonzero NI fields only; zeros remain in report controls. No transaction dates or counterparties are invented. Report checks or itemized coverage need review; not a primary amount or a finding of an incorrect filing.$248.70Unreconciled: loans made (report aggregates)2 published rowsExplicit nonzero NI fields only; zeros remain in report controls. No transaction dates or counterparties are invented. Report checks or itemized coverage need review; not a primary amount or a finding of an incorrect filing.$15,951.65Unreconciled: general expenditures (itemized)30 published rowsOriginal source rows and exact source IDs, dates, amounts and section codes. Report checks or itemized coverage need review; not a primary amount or a finding of an incorrect filing.$85,602.02Unreconciled: general expenditures (report aggregates)225 published rowsExplicit nonzero NI fields only; zeros remain in report controls. No transaction dates or counterparties are invented. Report checks or itemized coverage need review; not a primary amount or a finding of an incorrect filing.$1,753.27Unreconciled: independent expenditures (report aggregates)6 published rowsExplicit nonzero NI fields only; zeros remain in report controls. No transaction dates or counterparties are invented. Report checks or itemized coverage need review; not a primary amount or a finding of an incorrect filing.
Separate late notices (6 ledgers)

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$100,683,463.36A1 notice: contributions (illinois source category) (itemized)6,699 published rowsOriginal source rows and exact source IDs, dates, amounts and section codes. These notices can overlap ordinary reports and are not added to primary totals.$56,566,034.14A1 notice: transfers in (itemized)4,111 published rowsOriginal source rows and exact source IDs, dates, amounts and section codes. These notices can overlap ordinary reports and are not added to primary totals.$2,347,626.91A1 notice: loans received (itemized)101 published rowsOriginal source rows and exact source IDs, dates, amounts and section codes. These notices can overlap ordinary reports and are not added to primary totals.$1,633,109.43A1 notice: other receipts (itemized)79 published rowsOriginal source rows and exact source IDs, dates, amounts and section codes. These notices can overlap ordinary reports and are not added to primary totals.$6,115,354.66A1 notice: in-kind contributions (itemized)722 published rowsOriginal source rows and exact source IDs, dates, amounts and section codes. These notices can overlap ordinary reports and are not added to primary totals.$3,699,812.70B1 notice: independent expenditures (itemized)157 published rowsOriginal source rows and exact source IDs, dates, amounts and section codes. These notices can overlap ordinary reports and are not added to primary totals.
Contributor geography

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The denominator is $351,190,871.0878, including unknown geography. Explicit unitemized aggregates have no donor state. A supplied two-letter code is normalized to uppercase, never inferred from a name.

Alabama: $203,926.09 across 193 published receipt rowsAlaska: $4,166.29 across 10 published receipt rowsArizona: $109,024.49 across 277 published receipt rowsArkansas: $107,000.02 across 86 published receipt rowsCalifornia: $2,271,320.13 across 1,684 published receipt rowsColorado: $233,726.39 across 191 published receipt rowsConnecticut: $61,711.40 across 125 published receipt rowsDelaware: $156,546.92 across 105 published receipt rowsDistrict of Columbia: $12,726,661.82 across 1,548 published receipt rowsFlorida: $2,638,473.50 across 1,469 published receipt rowsGeorgia: $406,263.37 across 420 published receipt rowsHawaii: $17,307.46 across 16 published receipt rowsIdaho: $3,284.68 across 48 published receipt rowsIllinois: $274,557,743.1702 across 153,195 published receipt rowsIndiana: $1,709,053.75 across 1,225 published receipt rowsIowa: $257,642.97 across 269 published receipt rowsKansas: $204,294.72 across 163 published receipt rowsKentucky: $113,228.91 across 156 published receipt rowsLouisiana: $45,371.25 across 103 published receipt rowsMaine: $26,173.09 across 76 published receipt rowsMaryland: $1,923,315.8710 across 462 published receipt rowsMassachusetts: $300,470.87 across 447 published receipt rowsMichigan: $845,262.59 across 780 published receipt rowsMinnesota: $279,107.21 across 399 published receipt rowsMississippi: $25,434.95 across 51 published receipt rowsMissouri: $2,291,137.97 across 1,822 published receipt rowsMontana: $17,270.74 across 50 published receipt rowsNebraska: $77,702.81 across 44 published receipt rowsNevada: $195,978.20 across 147 published receipt rowsNew Hampshire: $12,868.43 across 42 published receipt rowsNew Jersey: $683,947.84 across 394 published receipt rowsNew Mexico: $22,164.31 across 39 published receipt rowsNew York: $925,572.37 across 583 published receipt rowsNorth Carolina: $199,223.25 across 273 published receipt rowsNorth Dakota: $3,020.59 across 26 published receipt rowsOhio: $751,670.01 across 622 published receipt rowsOklahoma: $123,785.37 across 171 published receipt rowsOregon: $85,221.47 across 131 published receipt rowsPennsylvania: $1,145,847.77 across 858 published receipt rowsRhode Island: $146,513.14 across 87 published receipt rowsSouth Carolina: $64,283.60 across 128 published receipt rowsSouth Dakota: $26,134.70 across 16 published receipt rowsTennessee: $141,276.01 across 353 published receipt rowsTexas: $1,867,196.62 across 1,397 published receipt rowsUtah: $97,208.09 across 106 published receipt rowsVermont: $13,609.82 across 19 published receipt rowsVirginia: $1,030,837.57 across 652 published receipt rowsWashington: $561,358.85 across 351 published receipt rowsWest Virginia: $4,521.52 across 18 published receipt rowsWisconsin: $1,021,796.19 across 918 published receipt rowsWyoming: $266,288.74 across 14 published receipt rowsLavender states have reported zero or negative sums. They remain selectable. Gray means no published amount.AlaskaHawaii

State boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files, States 20M. Official boundary source. Puerto Rico and source labels that do not match a mapped state remain in the exact contributor-state table below, but are not drawn on this 50-state and District of Columbia map.

Share of reported amounts

How were cash contributions reported?

The Illinois contribution category includes businesses and organizations as well as people. These labels are source sections, not inferred donor types. Slices use positive category sums. The table shows the exact values used for this chart.

How were cash contributions reported?Contributions (Illinois source category) is the largest published category at $243,932,766.6068.Published2 groups
  • Contributions (Illinois source category)$243,932,766.6068 from 154,773 rows, 69.5%
  • Transfers in$107,258,104.4810 from 27,573 rows, 30.5%

Largest category: Contributions (Illinois source category) is the largest published category at $243,932,766.6068. The chart total is $351,190,871.0878.

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How were cash contributions reported?
CategoryRowsAmountShare of positive amount
Contributions (Illinois source category)154,773$243,932,766.606869.5%
Transfers in27,573$107,258,104.481030.5%
Share of reported amounts

Where were cash contributions reported from?

Same $351,190,871.0878 contribution subset, including $40,187,923.1966 with unknown or other geography. State does not establish residence, ultimate origin or control. Slices use positive category sums. The table shows the exact values used for this chart.

Where were cash contributions reported from?IL is the largest published category at $274,557,743.1702.Published52 groups
  • IL$274,557,743.1702 from 153,195 rows, 78.2%
  • State not published$40,187,923.1966 from 9,587 rows, 11.4%
  • DC$12,726,661.82 from 1,548 rows, 3.6%
  • FL$2,638,473.50 from 1,469 rows, 0.8%
  • MO$2,291,137.97 from 1,822 rows, 0.7%
  • CA$2,271,320.13 from 1,684 rows, 0.6%
  • All other published categories$16,517,611.3010 from 13,041 rows, 4.7%

Largest category: IL is the largest published category at $274,557,743.1702. The chart total is $351,190,871.0878.

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Where were cash contributions reported from?
CategoryRowsAmountShare of positive amount
IL153,195$274,557,743.170278.2%
State not published9,587$40,187,923.196611.4%
DC1,548$12,726,661.823.6%
FL1,469$2,638,473.500.8%
MO1,822$2,291,137.970.7%
CA1,684$2,271,320.130.6%
MD462$1,923,315.87100.5%
TX1,397$1,867,196.620.5%
IN1,225$1,709,053.750.5%
PA858$1,145,847.770.3%
VA652$1,030,837.570.3%
WI918$1,021,796.190.3%
NY583$925,572.370.3%
MI780$845,262.590.2%
OH622$751,670.010.2%
NJ394$683,947.840.2%
WA351$561,358.850.2%
GA420$406,263.370.1%
MA447$300,470.870.1%
MN399$279,107.210.1%
WY14$266,288.740.1%
IA269$257,642.970.1%
CO191$233,726.390.1%
KS163$204,294.720.1%
AL193$203,926.090.1%
NC273$199,223.250.1%
NV147$195,978.200.1%
DE105$156,546.92<0.1%
RI87$146,513.14<0.1%
TN353$141,276.01<0.1%
OK171$123,785.37<0.1%
KY156$113,228.91<0.1%
AZ277$109,024.49<0.1%
AR86$107,000.02<0.1%
UT106$97,208.09<0.1%
OR131$85,221.47<0.1%
NE44$77,702.81<0.1%
SC128$64,283.60<0.1%
CT125$61,711.40<0.1%
LA103$45,371.25<0.1%
ME76$26,173.09<0.1%
SD16$26,134.70<0.1%
MS51$25,434.95<0.1%
NM39$22,164.31<0.1%
HI16$17,307.46<0.1%
MT50$17,270.74<0.1%
VT19$13,609.82<0.1%
NH42$12,868.43<0.1%
WV18$4,521.52<0.1%
AK10$4,166.29<0.1%
ID48$3,284.68<0.1%
ND26$3,020.59<0.1%
Share of reported amounts

How were cash disbursements reported?

Source sections: transfers out, loans made, general expenditures and independent expenditures. Independent spending is a subset, not an additional total. Slices use positive category sums. The table shows the exact values used for this chart.

How were cash disbursements reported?General expenditures is the largest published category at $208,490,630.3228.Published4 groups
  • General expenditures$208,490,630.3228 from 168,530 rows, 65.5%
  • Transfers out$104,425,969.34 from 32,217 rows, 32.8%
  • Independent expenditures$4,476,968.27 from 338 rows, 1.4%
  • Loans made$774,334.70 from 40 rows, 0.2%

Largest category: General expenditures is the largest published category at $208,490,630.3228. The chart total is $318,167,902.6328.

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How were cash disbursements reported?
CategoryRowsAmountShare of positive amount
General expenditures168,530$208,490,630.322865.5%
Transfers out32,217$104,425,969.3432.8%
Independent expenditures338$4,476,968.271.4%
Loans made40$774,334.700.2%
Largest reported row sums

Largest verified cash-receipt accounts

Exact reporting-account IDs and verified periods only. Includes loans and other receipts, not all donations.

JB for Governor$25,617,172.77
98 published rows
Citizens for Giannoulias$19,072,778.35
1,000 published rows
Chicagoland Operators Joint Labor-Management PAC$13,260,952.82
23 published rows
People for Emanuel Chris Welch$11,931,188.97
1,011 published rows
Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate$10,358,318.29
577 published rows
LiUNA Chicago Laborers District Council$7,244,981.88
64 published rows
Illinois PAC for Education (IPACE)$6,653,493.64
159 published rows
Illinois Federation of Teachers COPE$5,934,539.57
2,011 published rows
Democratic Party of Illinois$5,161,310.89
411 published rows
Illinois Laborers' Legislative Committee$4,354,947.01
777 published rows

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Largest verified cash-receipt accounts
CategoryRowsAmountShare of positive amount
JB for Governor98$25,617,172.7723.4%
Citizens for Giannoulias1,000$19,072,778.3517.4%
Chicagoland Operators Joint Labor-Management PAC23$13,260,952.8212.1%
People for Emanuel Chris Welch1,011$11,931,188.9710.9%
Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate577$10,358,318.299.5%
LiUNA Chicago Laborers District Council64$7,244,981.886.6%
Illinois PAC for Education (IPACE)159$6,653,493.646.1%
Illinois Federation of Teachers COPE2,011$5,934,539.575.4%
Democratic Party of Illinois411$5,161,310.894.7%
Illinois Laborers' Legislative Committee777$4,354,947.014.0%
Largest reported row sums

Largest verified cash-disbursement accounts

Exact reporting-account IDs and verified periods only. Includes transfers and loans made, not only operating costs.

JB for Governor$26,626,897.24
4,866 published rows
Chicagoland Operators Joint Labor-Management PAC$12,923,103.40
2,828 published rows
LiUNA Chicago Laborers District Council$7,533,898.00
539 published rows
Democratic Party of Illinois$5,231,047.70
1,043 published rows
Illinois PAC for Education (IPACE)$4,696,503.17
1,170 published rows
Citizens for Reilly$4,628,776.58
1,905 published rows
ISDF, NFP$4,433,908.82
1,295 published rows
Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate$4,427,357.18
1,736 published rows
Carpentry Advancement Political Action$4,366,750.00
343 published rows
Friends for Fritz$4,085,097.25
725 published rows

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Largest verified cash-disbursement accounts
CategoryRowsAmountShare of positive amount
JB for Governor4,866$26,626,897.2433.7%
Chicagoland Operators Joint Labor-Management PAC2,828$12,923,103.4016.4%
LiUNA Chicago Laborers District Council539$7,533,898.009.5%
Democratic Party of Illinois1,043$5,231,047.706.6%
Illinois PAC for Education (IPACE)1,170$4,696,503.175.9%
Citizens for Reilly1,905$4,628,776.585.9%
ISDF, NFP1,295$4,433,908.825.6%
Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate1,736$4,427,357.185.6%
Carpentry Advancement Political Action343$4,366,750.005.5%
Friends for Fritz725$4,085,097.255.2%
Coverage and source checks

What is included

Current ordinary report periods wholly inside January 1, 2025 through October 1, 2026. Not a complete election cycle, every registered account, or unique statewide money. All 5,350 selected accounts remain visible, including accounts without financial rows. Zero activity is stated only where source report controls explicitly support it.

The eight official source files were last modified October 1, 2026. Complete transaction captures and a post-capture check on October 2 confirmed unchanged source versions. Files have different generation times and are not an atomic database snapshot.

Published row dates range from 2025-01-01 through 2026-10-01. Itemized dates are source transaction dates. Unitemized amounts have report periods but no transaction date, and are excluded by transaction-date filters. Every explicit zero NI field remains in the report controls.

Public-interest reporting of official disclosures. Names are not merged into identities or ownership claims. Only explicitly supplied state-level geography is retained. Addresses, city, ZIP, contacts, employers, occupations and redaction flags are omitted.

Reported contributions establish financial relationships. Evidence of an agreement or control requires additional reporting.

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