CME

Total Donated

$10,607,839

Contributions

26,311

Unique Donors

897

Top Employer

CME

Cycle-over-Cycle Trend

CME political contributions by election cycle.
Cycle	Total	Contributions	Donors
1980	$500	1	1
1982	$152,250	132	105
1984	$118,900	110	96
1986	$441,700	308	281
1988	$535,800	428	287
1990	$136,800	156	129
1992	$233,571	335	193
1994	$159,555	245	177
1996	$345,775	489	315
1998	$349,993	437	256
2000	$453,170	578	289
2002	$345,719	427	215
2004	$454,877	438	184
2006	$494,514	420	151
2008	$752,478	628	188
2010	$648,386	542	163
2012	$784,127	547	159
2014	$488,460	336	101

Top Donors

Top CME donors ranked by total donated.
#	Name	Total	Contributions	City / State	Occupation	History
1	SMITH, MICHAEL D	$1,154,203	944	DEERFIELD, IL	—	1984–2022
2	KAPLAN, CRAIG	$789,844	690	ORLAND PARK, IL	—	1986–2022
3	GOLDBERG, CARL	$370,912	3,670	GLENVIEW, IL	—	1982–2022
4	WALLACH, SCOTT	$202,612	164	NORTHBROOK, IL	—	1988–2022
5	GOLDMAN, BRUCE	$171,695	138	NORTHBROOK, IL	—	1988–2022
6	DAVIS, ANDREW A	$158,250	68	CHICAGO, IL	—	1986–2020
7	SCHNEIDER, JAMES	$146,898	619	NORTHBROOK, IL	—	1982–2022
8	WESCOTT, DAVID J	$139,000	46	HANOVER PARK, IL	—	1986–2018
9	JOYCE, MICHAEL	$122,087	627	NORTHFIELD, IL	—	1988–2022
10	SCHREIBER, MARTIN J	$120,800	81	HILLSIDE, IL	—	1982–2022
11	FRIEND, DAVID	$120,210	335	CHICAGO, IL	—	1996–2022
12	HARRIS, YRA G	$111,900	48	CHICAGO, IL	—	1982–2020
13	DE SOUZA, MARK	$109,100	94	HIGHWOOD, IL	—	1994–2022
14	MULCHRONE, PATRICK J	$108,350	64	CHICAGO, IL	—	1982–2020
15	STERN, WILLIAM	$105,263	151	NORTHFIELD, IL	—	1982–2022
16	COHEN, BRADLEY	$101,471	289	HIGHLAND PARK, IL	—	1994–2022
17	WEIL, MARK	$98,045	172	CHICAGO, IL	—	2000–2022
18	SAGUI, GARY V MR	$94,600	21	EVANSTON, IL	—	1986–2022
19	CHERN, ERIC H	$90,150	35	CHICAGO, IL	—	1998–2022
20	GOLDFARB, MICHAEL	$89,794	113	CHICAGO, IL	—	1984–2022
21	DUFFY, TERRENCE A	$86,738	44	ALSIP, IL	—	1988–2016
22	SAGUI, GARY V	$79,300	32	EVANSTON, IL	—	1984–2018
23	THOMAS, NANCY	$78,122	1,090	CHICAGO, IL	—	1990–2022
24	ROTTMAN, ALAN G	$78,000	22	CHICAGO, IL	—	1992–2020
25	DUFFY, TERRENCE	$77,709	40	LEMONT, IL	—	1998–2020
26	MENDES, STEVEN B	$77,700	40	HIGHLAND PARK, IL	—	1982–2004
27	BORKAN, NEIL	$72,900	28	BUFFALO GROVE, IL	—	1984–2020
28	WEICKER, DOROTHY	$69,850	1,782	CHICAGO, IL	—	1988–2022
29	GEPSMAN, MARTIN J	$66,650	58	CHICAGO, IL	—	1990–2022
30	WESCOTT, DAVID	$65,475	92	BARRINGTON, IL	—	1996–2020
31	GINSBURG, JAMES S	$63,750	39	CHICAGO, IL	—	1986–2022
32	HENDRICKS, TIMOTHY	$63,400	41	CHICAGO, IL	—	1992–2022
33	MONIESON, DOUGLAS M	$60,500	19	CHICAGO, IL	—	1998–2022
34	CALLAHAN, JOHN T	$58,704	25	NORTHBROOK, IL	—	1982–2008
35	BERG, ERIC	$58,216	242	CHICAGO, IL	—	1992–2022
36	MORGAN, TIMOTHY	$57,564	260	DARIEN, IL	—	1986–2022
37	SMITH, DANIEL J	$57,042	177	CHICAGO, IL	—	1984–2022
38	MCDONOUGH, PATRICK	$57,010	98	LANSING, IL	—	1988–2022
39	CALLAHAN, JON MR.	$56,500	3	CHICAGO, IL	TRADER	2010–2012
40	LEACH, MORGAN	$55,960	177	GREAT FALLS, MT	OD	2018–2022
41	FIELDS, LARRY	$53,793	114	CHICAGO, IL	—	1986–2022
42	MCGUIRE, MATTHEW	$53,091	1,988	CHICAGO, IL	—	1994–2022
43	GRESSEL, JOSEPH H	$52,900	19	LINCOLNWOOD, IL	—	1990–2012
44	GRESSEL, JOSEPH	$51,350	24	CHICAGO, IL	—	1996–2016
45	MORRIS, CHRISTOPHER	$50,421	468	CHICAGO, IL	—	1986–2022
46	HARRISON, PETER D	$50,300	42	WINNETKA, IL	—	1998–2014
47	PANKAU, RONALD A	$42,950	53	GLENVIEW, IL	—	1986–2020
48	DEUTSCH, ROSS	$42,320	14	HIGHLAND PARK, IL	—	1996–2018
49	BAKER, JOHN M	$41,740	153	LAGRANGE, IL	—	1986–2022
50	HAUPTMAN, BRUCE	$41,650	8	FAIRFIELD, IA	—	1988–2016

Top Recipients

Top political committees that received CME donations.
#	Committee	Total	Contributions
1	CME GROUP INC. PACC00076299	$3,028,369	25,923
2	ACTBLUEC00401224	$731,902	19,481
3	DSCCC00042366	$607,678	14,238
4	DNC SERVICES CORP / DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEEC00010603	$212,907	12,722
5	DCCCC00000935	$136,151	14,557
6	WINREDC00694323	$127,046	15,192
7	BOEHNER FOR SPEAKERC00478354	$124,400	117
8	EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND (EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND)C00688655	$103,200	164
9	OBAMA FOR AMERICAC00431445	$81,947	7,902
10	FIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE PACC00703975	$75,751	16,939
11	AUCTION MARKETS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADEC00059832	$67,050	200
12	OBAMA VICTORY FUND 2012C00494740	$65,240	6,268
13	HARRIS VICTORY FUNDC00744946	$57,942	8,628
14	NATURAL LAW PARTY OF THE UNITED STATESC00266759	$55,000	11
15	ILLINOIS LINCOLN PACC00350785	$54,310	2,235
16	DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF WISCONSIN FEDERALC00019331	$52,358	3,928
17	HILLARY CLINTON FOR PRESIDENTC00431569	$50,500	1,882
18	HASTERT FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEEC00208090	$48,950	1,399
19	TACO POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEC00330118	$48,000	28
20	FREEDOM PROJECT; THEC00305805	$43,500	875
21	REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEEC00003418	$42,559	5,909
22	FRIENDS OF SCHUMERC00346312	$40,500	2,092
23	ROMNEY VICTORY, INC.C00518282	$37,750	2,110
24	CSX CORPORATION GOOD GOVERNMENT FUNDC00163832	$37,528	1,024
25	SCHNEIDER FOR CONGRESSC00495952	$37,200	233