* Sun-Times…

Pritzker had more than $32 million in his war chest at the end of last month, thanks to a personal contribution he made in March. With a fortune estimated at $3.5 billion, the Democrat can replenish his political fund whenever he feels like it just by taking out his checkbook.

Among Pritzker’s current Republican rivals, suburban businessman Gary Rabine raised the most, pulling in $344,921.74 during the quarter, twice the $165,455.92 that GOP rival Darren Bailey raised. But Bailey, a state senator from Xenia in southern Illinois, had $490,700.75 left in his fund on June 30, while his Bull Valley rival had $287,325.29.

The third GOP challenger, former state Sen. Paul Schimpf of Waterloo, raised just $83,235.00 during the quarter and had $116,280.47 left in the bank at the end of last month.

The paper also reported that Alexi Giannoulias’ cash on hand is “nearly three times the size of three secretary of state rivals combined.”

* Not a lot of cash on hand…

The IL Republican Party reports receivng $131k, including $5,000 from Gary Rabine's gubernatorial campaign. After expenses, it now has $168k on hand:https://t.co/oEHnwtMxa5

— Reform for Illinois (@Reform4Illinois) July 16, 2021

* He does pretty well with small contributions…

GOP gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey raised $165k this quarter, including $64,000 from contributions of $150 or less:https://t.co/wyG5EITAMR

— Reform for Illinois (@Reform4Illinois) July 16, 2021

* More stuff…

Senate Minority Leader Dan McConchie reports taking in roughly $100k, with the largest contributions being $10,000 donations from PACs:https://t.co/KYUkr78yZt

— Reform for Illinois (@Reform4Illinois) July 15, 2021

The Republican Senate campaign arm, the RSSCC, took in $240k, mainly from Senate members and business PACs, and made a $320k transfer to the newly formed Senate Republican Victory Fund: https://t.co/ZJCDTrSk7C

— Reform for Illinois (@Reform4Illinois) July 15, 2021

The House Republican Organization takes in $268k, with more than $100k coming in as transfers from GOP House members:https://t.co/Iuh7Fs7xzN

— Reform for Illinois (@Reform4Illinois) July 15, 2021

House Minority Leader Jim Durkin reports raising nearly $157k and spending $129k, which includes a $25k transfer to the federal Republican Leadership committee:https://t.co/LQOJkPwmEp

— Reform for Illinois (@Reform4Illinois) July 15, 2021

Senate President Don Harmon raises nearly $237k this quarter–including some $25k contributions made possible by Harmon's triggering of the self-funding rule with a $100,001 to his committee:https://t.co/MYbx305z2m

— Reform for Illinois (@Reform4Illinois) July 16, 2021

House Speaker Chris Welch raises $391k, more than any other legislative leader this quarter. More than $100k came from IPACE and the SEIU:https://t.co/6y1JdPBAUi

— Reform for Illinois (@Reform4Illinois) July 16, 2021

Democrats for the Illinois House, the relatively new caucus committee set up by Chris Welch, raises $400k in its second quarter, giving it nearly $1.3 million in cash on hand:https://t.co/1fOOCJQNSN

— Reform for Illinois (@Reform4Illinois) July 16, 2021

*** UPDATE *** ILGOP…

After filing its second quarter state and federal fundraising report last night, the Illinois Republican Party is proud to announce it has raised $459,775 ($131k state / $328k federal) during Don Tracy’s first full quarter as ILGOP Chairman - the state party’s best quarter in over 10 years outside of a large contribution from former Governor Bruce Rauner in 2015.

“I made clear from the beginning that raising the necessary funds to combat the entrenched and corrupt Democrat machine would be one of my main objectives as Chairman,” said Tracy. “I believe our team at the state party, including our newly formed finance committee, rose to the occasion and delivered results Republicans across Illinois can be proud of. I cannot thank our finance team enough for the work they have done these last few months.”