Illinois Finance Summary
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Illinois Government:

Governor: J.B. (Jay Robert) Pritzker (D)

Lieutenant Governor: Juliana Stratton  (D)

Attorney General: Kwame Raoul (D)

Secretary of State: Alexi Giannoulias (D)

Comptroller: Susana Mendoza (D)

Director of the Department of Agriculture: Jerry Costello II

State Treasurer: Michael Frerichs (D)

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Campaign Finance Snapshot
Total Contributions
Candidate Contributions
Committee Contributions
Total Expenditures
Candidate Expenditures
Committee Expenditures
Top Candidates
Candidate
Total Contributions
Total Expenditures
Michael J Madigan $18,392,903.74$12,774,917.44
Bill Conway $11,974,531.94$11,939,759.15
Don Harmon $9,926,907.95$3,967,176.91
Lori E Lightfoot $7,275,696.45$6,349,106.07
JB Pritzker $7,174,428.31$8,165,773.42
Toni Preckwinkle $5,906,441.51$6,888,909.50
Bill Daley $5,556,469.48$7,179,243.70
Tom Kilbride $5,472,864.49$5,510,889.80
Kim Foxx $5,176,847.89$5,200,528.36
James B Durkin $4,253,837.40$4,699,954.55
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Top Committees
Committee
Total Contributions
Total Expenditures
Coalition to Stop the Proposed Tax Hike Amendment $59,759,479.00$59,156,724.47
Vote Yes for Fairness $58,002,664.92$56,744,203.75
Chicagoland Operators Joint Labor-Management PAC $10,332,293.08$11,844,571.35
Liuna Chicago Laborers District Council $9,857,859.22$8,387,678.81
Democratic Party of Illinois $8,806,694.96$8,245,428.31
Illinois PAC for Education (Ipace) $8,042,289.24$6,416,022.56
Democratic Majority $7,282,971.29$9,743,385.72
Illinois Federation of Teachers Cope $7,216,524.30$7,285,236.08
Intl Union of Operating Engineers/engineers $6,355,976.86$6,569,569.26
Citizens for Judicial Fairness $6,198,316.48$6,163,042.87
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