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)

MICHAEL BEST STRATEGIES LLC

Lobbying Client ID: 7413

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: 4 High confidence: 4 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: $5,750.00 | This cycle: $15,480.00 | Contributions: 9 | First donation: 2025-11-24 | Last donation: 2026-10-22

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Top Committees

Committee Dollars Contrib.
Friends of Nicholas Smith $1,000.00 1
Friends for Celina Villanueva $1,000.00 1
William Davis for State Representative $1,000.00 1
DeWitte for Illinois Senate $500.00 1
Friends of Ryan Spain $500.00 1
Peters for Illinois $500.00 1
Friends of Kam Buckner $500.00 1
Friends for Katie Stuart $500.00 1
Cervantes for Illinois $250.00 1

Top Candidates

Candidate Dollars Contrib.
Nicholas Smith $1,000.00 1
William Davis $1,000.00 1
Donald P DeWitte $500.00 1
Robert Peters $500.00 1
Kambium E Buckner $500.00 1
Katie Stuart $500.00 1
Celina Villanueva $333.33 0
Celina Villanueva $333.33 0
Celina Villanueva $333.33 0
Javier Loera Cervantes $250.00 1

Represented By (6) 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
SANBORN WILLIAMS CONSULTING, LLC 2022
SANBORN WILLIAMS CONSULTING, LLC 2023
VOJAS TAYLOR LLC 2024
VOJAS TAYLOR LLC 2023
VOJAS TAYLOR LLC 2022
VOJAS TAYLOR LLC 2025

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
Michael Best Strategies 1.00 High jaccard Local - -
Michael Best Strategies 1.00 High jaccard Local - -
Michael Best Strategies 1.00 High jaccard Local - -
MIchael Best Strategies 1.00 High jaccard Local - -

Matched Expenditure Payees All time

Payee Name Committee SBE ID Score
Michael Best Strategies 19412 1.00