CHICAGO, IL

Crossing $1 billion on the city field

One billion nine million two hundred forty-nine thousand four hundred seven dollars is the sum of itemizations stored as Chicago, IL. The matching volume is 1,612,148 contribution records. LobbyVault does not drop lines that look like headquarters traffic. If the committee reported Chicago, the dollars remain in this hub. That mechanical rule is what lets a reader check the table against the public file without a hidden residency screen.

Illinois suburbs such as Lake Forest have their own city labels. They are not inside the $1,009,249,407 Chicago total. Totals can include PAC and joint-fundraising addresses, not only residents. Treat the number as federal receipts tagged to this city string. The 1,612,148 lines are disclosed transactions, not unique Chicagoans, and they are not a voter file.

Itemization volume in the Chicago file

A count of 1,612,148 lines means the Chicago aggregate is a thick stack of receipts. Many will be ordinary individual contributions. Others will be committee transfers that list a Chicago address. The FEC city column does not mark which is which. This page keeps the combined file so the dollar total and the line count stay faithful to what committees filed.

Spelling and neighborhood variants can siphon records away from CHICAGO if a committee typed a different city name. The 1,612,148 figure is the literal match, not a fuzzy metro search. A research project that wants Cook County or the combined statistical area must add other city hubs on purpose. This guide does not invent that merge or the extra dollars it would require.

Illinois campaign-finance reports and Cook County filings are not mixed into this hub. Federal itemizations only. If a chart of Chicago politics uses those other systems, it will not match $1,009,249,407 or 1,612,148 records. Start from the city page, then ZIP pages, then other LobbyVault hubs for occupation or committee questions.

Questions

How much in federal contributions lists Chicago, IL?

FEC itemizations with contributor city Chicago, IL total $1,009,249,407 across 1,612,148 records. The sum is a federal city-field aggregate from FEC.gov, not a resident survey.

Does the Chicago total include only people who live in the city?

No. The city field is the address on the itemization. PAC and joint-fundraising offices that list Chicago, IL are inside the $1,009,249,407 figure along with individual receipts among the 1,612,148 lines.

Is Lake Forest rolled into Chicago donations?

No. Lake Forest is a separate FEC city string. This hub is the 1,612,148 itemizations labeled Chicago, IL, totaling $1,009,249,407.

Where do the Chicago FEC numbers come from?

Federal Election Commission contribution filings on FEC.gov, grouped by contributor city on LobbyVault. Headline facts: $1,009,249,407 and 1,612,148 contributions.