North Cook News

James Crown donated $2,500 to Democrat Michelle Mussman's election campaign committee, Friends of Michelle Mussman, on March 11, according to records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

In addition to this contribution of $2,500 to Michelle Mussman, records show that James Crown has made 16 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 Angelica Alfaro	March 10, 2016	$15,000
Mary for Illinois	Oct. 29, 2018	$5,600
Friends of Mark Batinick	Oct. 19, 2018	$5,600
Citizens for Fred Crespo	Oct. 17, 2018	$5,600
Citizens for Chris Nybo	Oct. 11, 2018	$5,600
Citizens for Durkin	March 15, 2018	$5,600
Friends of Christian Mitchell	Sept. 25, 2017	$5,600
Friends of Scott Drury	Sept. 29, 2016	$5,400
Friends of Angelica Alfaro	Dec. 29, 2015	$5,400
Friends of Scott Drury	Sept. 30, 2015	$5,400
Friends of Christian Mitchell	June 29, 2015	$5,400
Friends for Avery Bourne	March 12, 2020	$2,500
Citizens for Unes	March 30, 2018	$2,500
McCann for Illinois	March 4, 2016	$2,500
Friends of Genita C Robinson	Feb. 24, 2016	$2,500
Citizens for Joe Sosnowski	Sept. 23, 2016	$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
William Conway	Bill Conway	Democratic	Jan. 2, 2020	$2,350,000
JB Pritzker	JB Pritzker	Democratic	July 22, 2019	$1,500,000
JB Pritzker	JB Pritzker	Democratic	Nov. 21, 2019	$1,000,000
William Conway	Bill Conway	Democratic	Dec. 5, 2019	$800,000
William Conway	Bill Conway	Democratic	Nov. 8, 2019	$650,000
William Conway	Bill Conway	Democratic	Nov. 22, 2019	$550,000
Michael Sacks	Kim Foxx	Democratic	March 6, 2020	$250,000
Fred Eychaner	Kim Foxx	Democratic	Jan. 9, 2020	$200,000