North Cook News

Abraham Stern donated $5,400 to Democrat Mark Kalish's election campaign committee, Friends for Kalish, on Sept. 23, 2019, according to records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

In addition to this contribution of $5,400 to Mark Kalish, records show that Abraham Stern has made 15 other contributions of $1,000 or more in the past five years. Here are other large contributions they have made since Jan. 1, 2015.

Candidate Committee	Date	Amount
Jones for State Representative	June 27, 2019	$5,800
Friends of Bob Morgan	June 27, 2019	$3,600
Jones for State Representative	Oct. 11, 2018	$2,800
Citizens for Chris Nybo	April 11, 2016	$2,500
Silverstein for Judge	Dec. 30, 2019	$1,000
Friends of Bob Morgan	Sept. 11, 2018	$1,000
Citizens for Chris Nybo	Aug. 11, 2018	$1,000
Citizens for Chris Nybo	June 19, 2018	$1,000
Raoul for Illinois	May 18, 2018	$1,000
Citizens for Chris Nybo	Sept. 18, 2017	$1,000
Friends of Bob Morgan	June 3, 2017	$1,000
Citizens for Chris Nybo	Oct. 1, 2016	$1,000
Citizens for Chris Nybo	March 21, 2015	$1,000
Citizens for Rauner, Inc	May 28, 2014	$1,000
Citizens for Chris Nybo	March 6, 2014	$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
JB Pritzker	JB Pritzker	Democratic	Oct. 18, 2018	$15,000,000
JB Pritzker	JB Pritzker	Democratic	Oct. 26, 2018	$10,000,000
Kenneth Griffin	Jim Durkin	Republican	Oct. 16, 2018	$5,000,000
JB Pritzker	JB Pritzker	Democratic	July 22, 2019	$1,500,000
Kenneth Griffin	Erika Harold	Republican	Oct. 16, 2018	$1,500,000
Kenneth Griffin	William M. Daley	Democratic	Feb. 19, 2019	$1,000,000
JB Pritzker	JB Pritzker	Democratic	Feb. 12, 2019	$1,000,000
Kenneth Griffin	William M. Daley	Democratic	Feb. 11, 2019	$1,000,000
Kenneth Griffin	William E Brady	Republican	Oct. 17, 2018	$1,000,000
Kenneth Griffin	Jim Durkin	Republican	Oct. 5, 2018	$1,000,000