Union Profile:

ILLINOIS FEDERATION OF TEACHERS

→ Associated with: AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS / AFT
Total
$25,038,494
Total political spending by the union
Federal
$10,000
Total political spending at the federal level
State
$25,028,494
Total political spending at the state level
Political Spending by Year
Year Amount
2024 $633,250
2023 $979,000
2022 $3,122,450
2021 $828,850
2020 $2,436,907
2019 $897,656
2018 $3,018,407
2017 $305,910
2016 $1,498,530
2015 $403,000
2014 $1,672,353
2013 $263,178
2012 $951,077
2011 $128,691
2010 $1,788,600
2009 $298,231
2008 $1,009,998
2007 $125,870
2006 $1,500,510
2005 $199,600
2004 $555,905
2003 $139,850
2002 $1,546,106
2001 $140,049
2000 $509,557
1999 $77,710
1998 $2,300
1997 $1,700
Not all political donations in our data sets include dates. This may result in discrepancies between spending listed on this chart and total spending.
Partisan Spending
Democratic: $21,473,303 (93.4%)
Republican: $1,507,344 (6.6%)
Any spending not identified as Republican or Democrat is either non-partisan, third party, or unknown. Ballot initiative spending was not assigned to political parties and is not included in this chart.

Top State Candidates Receiving Contributions

Candidate Party State Total contributions to candidate
1 ROD R BLAGOJEVICH & PATRICK JOSEPH (PAT) QUINN III Democratic Illinois $1,175,726
2 MICHAEL J MADIGAN Democratic Illinois $1,021,300
3 BRANDON JOHNSON Nonpartisan Illinois $845,100
4 DONALD F (DON) HARMON Democratic Illinois $592,847
5 PATRICK JOSEPH (PAT) QUINN III & PAUL G VALLAS Democratic Illinois $529,107
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