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James Bramsen donates $1,000 to Martin McLaughlin's election campaign

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James Bramsen donated $1,000 to Republican Martin McLaughlin's election campaign committee, Martin McLaughlin for State Representative, on March 16, according to records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

In addition to this contribution of $1,000 to Martin McLaughlin, records show that James Bramsen has made nine 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 CommitteeDateAmount
David McSweeney for State RepresentativeMarch 3, 2015$5,000
Friends of Martin McLaughlinNov. 17, 2015$2,600
David McSweeney for State RepresentativeJune 3, 2017$2,500
David McSweeney for State RepresentativeJune 29, 2016$2,500
Friends of Martin McLaughlinFeb. 19, 2016$2,500
David McSweeney for State RepresentativeFeb. 17, 2018$2,100
Toni For ChicagoMarch 20, 2019$1,500
David McSweeney for State RepresentativeApril 15, 2019$1,000
David McSweeney for State RepresentativeJune 19, 2017$1,000

The ISBE reports the following ten largest contributions to candidates for political office in Illinois in the past 12 months:

DonorCandidatePartyDateAmount
William ConwayBill ConwayDemocraticFeb. 26, 2020$3,000,000
William ConwayBill ConwayDemocraticJan. 30, 2020$2,650,000
William ConwayBill ConwayDemocraticJan. 2, 2020$2,350,000
JB PritzkerJB PritzkerDemocraticJuly 22, 2019$1,500,000
JB PritzkerJB PritzkerDemocraticNov. 21, 2019$1,000,000
William ConwayBill ConwayDemocraticDec. 5, 2019$800,000
William ConwayBill ConwayDemocraticNov. 8, 2019$650,000
William ConwayBill ConwayDemocraticNov. 22, 2019$550,000
Kenneth GriffinBill ConwayDemocraticMarch 12, 2020$250,000
Michael SacksKim FoxxDemocraticMarch 6, 2020$250,000

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