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The State Capitol in Springfield.

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Quarterly campaign finance reports were due before midnight Friday.

We’ve created a handy spreadsheet for you to see where lawmakers and statewide candidates stand on fundraising so far this year. Here are some takeaways:

  • Let’s just exclude Governor JB Pritzker from these conversations. After giving his campaign $35 million (yes, million) earlier this year, his campaign filed last night with over $32 million cash on hand. It’s astronomical and beyond the norm for an incumbent governor (or any politician) in the state.

  • The Republican candidate with the most cash on hand is Sen. Darren Bailey (R-Xenia), who filed last night with around $491,000 cash.

  • Republican businessman Gary Rabine raised the most money of GOP contenders (around $344,000) last quarter, but burned through nearly $295,000 in three months, leaving him with around $287,000 cash.

  • Former Senator Paul Schimpf trails the rest of the GOP field with $116,000 cash on hand.

  • Alexi Giannoulias leads the Democrat race for Secretary of State with $2.9 million cash on hand. Chicago City Clerk Anna Valencia has $594,000, Chicago Alderwoman Pat Dowell has $416,000 and Alderman David Moore filed with $64,000.

  • State Treasurer Mike Frerichs is in the best shape of the other statewides with $1.7 million cash on hand.

  • Comptroller Susana Mendoza called in the cavalry last quarter, raising over $300k. She now has $446,000 cash on hand.

  • House Democrats have $1.3 million cash on hand compared to around $178,000 for House Republicans. (that’s a roughly 7-fold advantage)

  • Senate Democrats have $825,000 cash compared to around $370k for Senate Republicans.

  • House Speaker Chris Welch has raised $1.6 million since being elevated to the slot in January. His personal campaign account has $1.48 million on hand. House GOP Leader Jim Durkin (R-Western Springs) has $294,000 cash.

  • The only other member of the House with over $1 million on hand is Rep. Jay Hoffman (D-Swansea), who is sitting on $1.07 million cash on hand. Freshman Rep. Tim Ozinga (R-Mokena) is proving himself to be quite the fundraiser. He has $986k cash on hand.

  • In the Senate, President Don Harmon is sitting on a gigantic $6 million cash. His GOP counterpart, Sen. Dan McConchie (R-Hawthorn Woods) has around $511k cash.

  • McConchie isn’t even the GOP Senator with the most cash on hand. Sen. Jason Barickman (R-Bloomington) has around $612,000. Barickman has said he’s considering a run for Governor.

  • Sen. Tom Cullerton (D-Villa Park), who is under indictment, filed with about $1,500 cash. That will only fuel speculation about his potential departure from the legislature.

Patrick Pfingsten

@pfingsten1 patrick@theillinoize.com