Data Status

Local receipts: 2026-10-27 (1 days old)

Federal last sync: 2026-10-27 16:20:25.947786 (1 days old)

Federal latest report coverage: 2026-10-15T00:00:00

Federal latest receipt date (row-level): 2026-09-30 (28 days old)

Federal latest Schedule B date (row-level): 2026-09-30 (28 days old)

Federal latest Schedule E date (row-level): 2026-10-16 (12 days old)

WINE AND SPIRITS DISTRIBUTORS OF ILLINOIS

Lobbying Client ID: 2447

Showing Last 12 months Oct 28, 2025 – Oct 28, 2026 by receipt date

This is a lobbying client — a company or organization that hired a lobbying firm to represent its interests before Illinois state government. Financial connections below are identified by fuzzy name-matching this client against campaign contribution donor records.

Matched donors: 3 High confidence: 3 Medium confidence: 0 Low confidence: 0

Money Destinations Last 12 months

These are campaign contributions made by donors whose names match this lobbying client. The amounts shown are contributions from those matched donors, not direct payments from the client itself.

Matched donor dollars: $82,000.00 | This cycle: $142,000.00 | Contributions: 38 | First donation: 2025-10-28 | Last donation: 2026-10-15

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Top Committees

Committee Dollars Contrib.
Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate $17,500.00 4
People for Emanuel Chris Welch $15,000.00 3
Associated Beer Distributors of Illinois $10,000.00 1
Friends of John Curran $5,000.00 1
Friends of Ann M Williams $5,000.00 1
Committee to Elect Jay C Hoffman $2,500.00 1
Friends for Katie Stuart $2,000.00 2
Croke For Illinois $2,000.00 2
Friends of Aaron Ortiz $1,000.00 1
Martin McLaughlin For State Representative $1,000.00 1

Top Candidates

Candidate Dollars Contrib.
Emanuel "Chris" Welch $15,000.00 3
Don Harmon $8,750.00 2
Don Harmon $8,750.00 2
Ann Williams $5,000.00 1
Katie Stuart $2,000.00 2
John Curran $1,666.67 0
John Curran $1,666.67 0
John Curran $1,666.67 0
Aaron M Ortiz $1,000.00 1
Martin McLaughlin $1,000.00 1

Represented By (4) All time

These are the lobbying firms and individual lobbyists registered with the IL Secretary of State to represent this client.

Entity Name Reg Year
CQ STRATEGIES & CONSULTING, LLC 2026
CQ STRATEGIES & CONSULTING, LLC 2025
CQ STRATEGIES & CONSULTING, LLC 2024
CQ STRATEGIES & CONSULTING, LLC 2023

Matched Campaign Donors All time

Donors found via fuzzy name matching against this client's name. Confidence scores range from 0 to 1, with bands: High (≥0.85), Medium (0.70–0.84), Low (<0.70). Higher scores indicate stronger name similarity.

Donor Name Confidence Band Method Local Profile Federal Profile Bridge Profile
Wine and Spirits Distributors of Illinois PAC 1.00 High jaccard Local - -
Wine and Spirits Distributors of Illinois PAC 1.00 High jaccard Local - -
Wine & Spirits Distributors of Illinois PAC 1.00 High jaccard Local - -

Matched Expenditure Payees All time

Payee Name Committee SBE ID Score
Wine & Spirits Distributors of Illinois PAC 23820 1.00