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Illinois campaign expenditures

Publisher:
(old) Illinois State Board of Elections
Start Date:
1999
End Date:
2026
Record Count:
3,391,996

Collection: Money in politics
Description: Illinois expenditures data was obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections bulk campaign disclosure data files. Data is available from 1999 on and has been updated through Oct. 12, 2026. Expenditures listed on reports that were later replaced by amended reports are excluded.
Each record is a single campaign expenditure made to an outside vendor for goods or services. The full data files contain all original columns. New columns with normalized data are used for searches. Data processing was done using open-source software and is documented on the Accountability Project GitHub repository.

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