Over the last four years, 19,221 individual donors living in Chicago gave $200,947,737.80 to political candidates, according to a Chicago City Wire analysis of state campaign finance data.
The analysis includes data from the Illinois State Board of Elections for cities where individual donors contributed $10,000 or more to campaigns since the start of 2015, when most states last held elections for major elected offices.
Top 25 Chicago campaign donors
Name
Amount
Pritzker, J B
$106,817,434.95
Griffin, Kenneth
$34,783,700
Kennedy, Christopher
$2,806,287.70
Rauner, Bruce
$2,500,000
Hulsizer, Matthew
$2,000,000
Eychaner, Frederick
$1,545,700
Miller, Steven
$1,349,950
Zell, Helen
$1,000,000
Kolber, Vincent
$786,192.45
Mansueto, Joseph
$750,000
Mencoff, Samuel
$571,600
Rowe, Jonathan
$542,900
Fairley, Sharon
$422,896.36
Zell, Samuel
$401,000
Steans, Heather
$384,770
Crown, Lester
$372,850
Wilson, William
$367,906.93
Shapiro, James
$356,292.55
Edwards, Donald
$348,000
Weinberg, David
$343,400
Raila, Andrea
$335,952.59
Melman, Richard
$324,450
Keiser, Michael
$310,800
Crown, James
$305,100
Waller, Abigail
$300,000
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