Chicago City Wire

Robert Weissbourd donated $1,000 to Democrat Fritz Kaegi's election campaign committee, Friends for Fritz, on Dec. 31, 2020, according to records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

In addition to this contribution of $1,000 to Fritz Kaegi, records show that Robert Weissbourd has made 18 other contributions of $1,000 or more in the past five years. Here are other large contributions they have made since Jan. 1, 2016.

Candidate Committee	Date	Amount
Friends of Bobby Rush	Feb. 27, 2018	$7,500
Toni For Chicago	Jan. 31, 2019	$5,000
Biss for Illinois	March 31, 2017	$3,500
Friends for Foxx	Feb. 19, 2020	$2,500
Toni For Chicago	March 28, 2019	$2,500
Toni For Chicago	March 11, 2019	$2,500
Biss for Illinois	Feb. 19, 2018	$2,500
Biss for Illinois	Feb. 5, 2018	$2,500
Biss for Illinois	Dec. 4, 2017	$2,500
Biss for Illinois	Sept. 30, 2017	$2,500
Preckwinkle for President	Jan. 20, 2017	$2,500
Biss for Illinois	March 30, 2015	$2,500
Biss for Illinois	June 26, 2017	$1,500
Summers for Chicago	Nov. 13, 2015	$1,500
Friends of Chuy Garcia	Sept. 2, 2017	$1,000
Preckwinkle for President	June 15, 2016	$1,000
Friends for Foxx	Dec. 28, 2015	$1,000
Friends for Foxx	Aug. 25, 2015	$1,000

The ISBE reports the following ten largest contributions to candidates for political office in Illinois in the past 12 months:

Donor	Candidate	Party	Date	Amount
William Conway	Bill Conway	Democratic	Feb. 26, 2020	$3,000,000
William Conway	Bill Conway	Democratic	Jan. 30, 2020	$2,650,000
JB Pritzker	JB Pritzker	Democratic	June 26, 2020	$1,200,000
JB Pritzker	JB Pritzker	Democratic	June 1, 2020	$850,000
JB Pritzker	JB Pritzker	Democratic	Sept. 21, 2020	$500,000
JB Pritzker	JB Pritzker	Democratic	Aug. 3, 2020	$500,000
Fred Eychaner	Michael J. Madigan	Democratic	Sept. 21, 2020	$400,000
Kenneth Griffin	Bill Conway	Democratic	March 12, 2020	$250,000
Michael Sacks	Kim Foxx	Democratic	March 6, 2020	$250,000
Shahid Khan	Bill Conway	Democratic	March 10, 2020	$100,000