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Total political contributions in Illinois, 1994 to present

Weekly Update | February 25th

  
Total Contributions in 2016:
$20,618,478
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Total February Contributions: $10,693,027


Total Contributions this Week:  $2,856,343
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Number of Contributions this Week: 613

Total contribution figures include donations, transfers, inkind contributions, loans, 
and other types of monetary exchanges between donors and PACs.

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Connecting the Cash: Illinois Presidential Primary

With the March 15th Primary Elections in Illinois less than three weeks away, Presidential candidates are beginning to make their presence known across the state. Illinois donors have already shown support for all major candidates, but at vastly different levels. Hillary Clinton leads in both overall available funds (a cool $187.9 Million) with $8 Million in Illinois support.  Bernie Sanders, the only candidate without an active Super PAC, still has $96.3 Million on hand, with $752,885 in donations from Illinois residents.
 
Marco Rubio comes in second with Illinois donors, with $68.8 Million in total funds, and $3.8 Million from Illinois. $2.6 Million of that money comes from local hedge fund manager Ken Griffin, who first voiced his support for Rubio in December of 2015. Ted Cruz, who boasts an impressive six committees with balances over $1 Million, has $100.3 Million on hand, with only $1.19 Million coming from Illinoi s. John Kasich has $15.3 Million in total committee funds, with $536,826 sourced from Illinois. 

Donald Trump has $27.2 Million on hand, with only $47,812 coming from Illinois. In fact, a member of the Ricketts family (owners of the Cubs) is funding a Super PAC opposing Trump to the tune of $3 Million. He'll be fine though, remember - he doesn't need anybody's money!

Who do you think will win the Illinois Presidential Primary?
Democrats

Hillary Clinton Type Total Funds Cont. from IL
Hillary for America Candidate $130,443,636 $4,110,811
Ready PAC Super PAC $3,465,425 $90,520
Priorities USA Action Super PAC $50,632,863 $3,800,000
Correct the Record Super PAC $3,436,572 $500
Total

$187,978,496
$8,001,831

Bernie Sanders Type Total Funds Cont. from IL
Bernie 2016 Candidate
$96,311,423
$752,885

Republicans

Ted Cruz Type Total Funds Cont. from IL
Cruz for President Candidate $54,661,505 $687,837
Keep the Promise I
 Super PAC $11,052,455 $0
Keep the Promise II
 Super PAC $10,000,000 $0
Keep the Promise III
 Super PAC $15,988,899 $500
Stand for Truth Super PAC $4,931,430 $500,000
Keep the Promise PAC Super PAC $3,682,164 $10,500
Total
$100,316,453
$1,198,837

John Kasich Type Total Funds Cont. from IL
Kasich for America Candidate $8,648,889 $274,626
New Day for America Super PAC $6,729,311 $262,200
Total
$15,378,200
$536,826

Marco Rubio Type Total Funds Cont. from IL
Marco Rubio for President Candidate $34,652,654 $877,093
Conservative Solutions PAC Super PAC $32,912,082 $2,930,000
Reclaim America PAC Super PAC $1,271,821 $20,400
Total
$68,836,557
$3,827,493

Donald Trump Type Total Funds Cont. from IL
Donald J Trump for President Candidate $25,526,319 $47,812.00
Make America Great Again Super PAC $1,732,684 $0
Total
$27,259,003
$47,812
Opposing:



Our Principles PAC
Super PAC $3,007,750 $7,500*

*The Ricketts donations totaling $3,000,000 were made from a Nebraska address. 

Only PACs with a balance of over $350,000 are shown.

Financial data is sourced from  FEC.gov and PAC affiliation data is sourced from Open Secrets . For more information, contact Sarah Brune at 312-436-1274 or sarah@ilcampaign.org.
Feb 18 - Feb 25

Feb 18 - Feb 25

Citizens for Rauner, Inc transferred $53,000 to Citizens for Reggie Phillips 2/19
Citizens for Rauner, Inc
 transferred $53,000 to Citizens for Brad Halbrook
 2/19
International Union of Operating Engineers
 transferred $50,000 to Intl Union of Operating Engineers/Engineers 2/23
Stand for Children IL PAC transferred $50,000 to Stand for Children IL IEC
 2/23
Local No. 150- I.U.O.E
 transferred $50,000 to Preckwinkle for President
 2/19
I.U.O.E. Local 399 Political Education Fund
 transferred $50,000 to Friends of Juliana Stratton 2/18
Friends of Michelle A. Harris transferred $48,000 to Citizens for Michelle Harris 2/24
Friends for Foxx
 transferred $40,000 to Cook County Democratic Party
 2/22
SEIU Illinois Council PAC
 transferred $40,000 to Friends of Juliana Stratton
 2/22
UA Political Education Committee transferred $30,000 to Friends of Anita Alvarez
 2/19
Feb 18 - Feb 25

# Committee Type New funds Current funds
1 Candidate
$236,430
$1,082,869
2 Friends of Juliana Stratton
 Candidate
$160,774
$875,825
3 Preckwinkle for President Candidate
$141,500
$527,482
4 llinois United for Change
 Super PAC
$120,000
$0
5 Friends of Donna More Candidate
$103,410
$161,266
6 Illinois Safety & Justice
 Super PAC
$100,000
$0
7 Friends of Anita Alvarez Candidate
$94,000
$1,005,273
8 Citizens for Michelle Harris
 Candidate
$87,100
$0
9 Friends of Patricia Van Pelt Watkins
 Candidate
$87,100
$71,141
10 Citizens for Jim Acklin
 Candidate
$72,000
$96,092
As of Feb 25

# Committee Type Current funds
1 Candidate
$19,506,343
2 Super PAC
$8,999,970
3 Candidate
$8,650,680
4 Super PAC
$4,564,295
5 Political Party
$2,829,030
6 Political Party
$2,776,963
7 Super PAC
$2,584,772
8 Political Party
$2,463,198
9 Political Action
$2,345,342
10 Friends of Michael J Madigan Candidate
$2,331,561
All data is sourced daily from the Illinois State Board of Elections
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