ILLINOIS RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION

Lobbying Client ID: 796

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: 14 High confidence: 14 Medium confidence: 0 Low confidence: 0

Money Destinations

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: $53,500.00 | Contributions: 23 | First donation: 2025-01-04 | Last donation: 2026-01-28

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Top Committees

Committee Dollars Contrib.
People for Emanuel Chris Welch $15,000.00 1
Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate $15,000.00 1
Friends of John Curran $3,500.00 1
Friends of Angie Guerrero-Cuellar $2,000.00 1
Friends of Elgie Sims $2,000.00 1
Friends of Kim DuBuclet $1,500.00 2
Maurice West for Illinois $1,500.00 1
Friends of Robert "Bob" Rita $1,000.00 1
Committee to Elect Jay C Hoffman $1,000.00 1
Citizens for Elizabeth Hernandez $1,000.00 1

Top Candidates

Candidate Dollars Contrib.
Emanuel "Chris" Welch $15,000.00 1
Don Harmon $7,500.00 0
Don Harmon $7,500.00 0
Angie Guerrero-Cuellar $2,000.00 1
John Curran $1,166.67 0
John Curran $1,166.67 0
John Curran $1,166.67 0
Robert "Bob" Rita $1,000.00 1
Kim DuBuclet $750.00 1
Kim duBuclet $750.00 1

Represented By (10)

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

Entity Name Reg Year
BLAIDA AND ASSOCIATES LLC 2022
BLAIDA AND ASSOCIATES LLC 2025
BLAIDA AND ASSOCIATES LLC 2024
BLAIDA AND ASSOCIATES LLC 2023
BLAIDA AND ASSOCIATES LLC 2026
CAPITOL CONSULTING GROUP ILLINOIS, LLC 2026
CAPITOL CONSULTING GROUP ILLINOIS, LLC 2024
CAPITOL CONSULTING GROUP ILLINOIS, LLC 2025
ZERIMAR STRATEGIES LLC 2024
ZERIMAR STRATEGIES LLC 2025

Matched Campaign Donors

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
Illinois Restaurant Association 1.00 High jaccard Local - -
Illinois Restaurant Association 1.00 High jaccard Local - -
Illinois Restaurant Association 1.00 High jaccard Local - -
Illinois Restaurant Association 1.00 High jaccard Local - -
Illinois Restaurant Association 1.00 High jaccard Local - -
Illinois Restaurant Association 1.00 High jaccard Local - -
Illinois Restaurant Association 1.00 High jaccard Local - -
Illinois Restaurant Association 1.00 High jaccard Local - -
Illinois Restaurant Association 1.00 High jaccard Local - -
Illinois Restaurant Association 1.00 High jaccard Local - -
Illinois Restaurant Assoc. 1.00 High jaccard Local - -
Illinois Restaurant Assoc 1.00 High jaccard Local - -
Illinois Restaurant Assoc 1.00 High jaccard Local - -
Illinois Restaurant Assoc 1.00 High jaccard Local - -

Matched Expenditure Payees

Payee Name Committee SBE ID Score
Illinois Restaurant Assoc. 4565 1.00
Illinois Restaurant Association 9857 1.00
Illinois Restaurant Association PAC 25630 1.00
Illinois Restaurant PAC 13710 1.00
Illinois Restaurant Association PAC 34112 1.00
Illinois Restaurant Association 543 1.00
Illinois Restaurant Association 9079 1.00
Illinois Restaurant Association 538 1.00
Illinois Restaurant Association 27337 1.00
Illinois Restaurant Assoc 543 1.00
Illinois Restaurant Association 18001 1.00