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* As noted below, the governor was quite pleased with himself for raising half a million dollars last month. Well, Lisa Madigan just filed an A-1 today totaling $740,315.
It’s on, campers.
…Adding… For perspective, AG Madigan raised $797,231 in the first six months of 2009.
posted by Rich Miller
Friday, Apr 5, 13 @ 2:22 pm
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Where is the breakdown on her financial support?
Comment by Caveman Friday, Apr 5, 13 @ 2:31 pm
Boy, Lisa is going to make her Re-Election for AG real easy …that is what that means…right?
Oh, “It’s On, Like Donkey Kong”.
Comment by Oswego Willy Friday, Apr 5, 13 @ 2:33 pm
Of course she did. Her father is Speaker Michael J. Madigan.
Comment by horseracer Friday, Apr 5, 13 @ 2:34 pm
===Where is the breakdown on her financial support? ===
Dude, click the links. It’s really not that difficult.
Comment by Rich Miller Friday, Apr 5, 13 @ 2:35 pm
Cave, Rich had a nice link to the report. I scanned real quick. Didn’t count the number or amount, but Lisa has a mighty respectable list of union donors. It looks like more donations and more money from the labor front.
Comment by Norseman Friday, Apr 5, 13 @ 2:37 pm
Looking through this, I see more than a few state contractors. I would love to see an analysis of her donations over the past year to see what % of current Lisa donors would be prohibited from contributing to her if she were declared candidate for Governor. Sounds like an #internproject.
Comment by Inquisitive Friday, Apr 5, 13 @ 2:38 pm
horseracer, a state employee who has a history of aggressively defending the governor, now goes to the daddy line.
Yep. It’s on. Both sides.
lol
Comment by Rich Miller Friday, Apr 5, 13 @ 2:44 pm
Not a bad haul. I’d be interested to see who got more from some of the big contributors.
Comment by Snucka Friday, Apr 5, 13 @ 2:44 pm
$452,100 were transfers in
$288,215 were Individual contributions
The Individual donations came from 38 different cities, with Chicago leading the way at $187,500 (she does not do as well in Winnetka as Bruce did)
The following appear to have given 50,000 or more
Engineers Political Education Committee
UA Political Action Fund
Laborers’ Political League Education Fund
Comment by OneMan Friday, Apr 5, 13 @ 2:46 pm
Yeah, when I read the Sun-Times story, I thought the writer kind of overlooked the A-1 issue…
Comment by soccermom Friday, Apr 5, 13 @ 2:48 pm
15 or 20 million more and they will have some Bruce money to talk about.
Comment by Price Waterhouse Friday, Apr 5, 13 @ 2:51 pm
So to recap, this little A-1 outpaced the Gov’s recent contris by roughly $250k. At the last quarter pole, she already had a roughly $2.4M cash advantage ($3.4M to $1.0M), so now she has a $2.6-$2.7M advantage.
Great week for Quinn! He didn’t fall behind by all that much for the reporting period! It’s an UP day
Comment by Joe Bidenopolous Friday, Apr 5, 13 @ 2:52 pm
Price, welcome to the blog!
Let’s meet up and cross foot sometime lol.
Comment by Arthur Andersen Friday, Apr 5, 13 @ 2:54 pm
- Price Waterhouse -,
lol
How about this, Lisa will even let Bruce say anything he wants, especially about shutting down the state and crahsing the Pensions.
Deal?
To the Post,
The “head to head” breakouts of specific Union contributions and specific Locals and amounts for Quinn and for Lisa accordingly are probably what is going to interest me most.
Hedging is hedging, but money can be measured… pretty accurately.
Comment by Oswego Willy Friday, Apr 5, 13 @ 2:56 pm
will her big money make daley “rethink” his desires yet again? lets see how much he raises when the time comes.
Comment by langhorne Friday, Apr 5, 13 @ 3:00 pm
Also worth noting, but not surprising:
$10k from the IEA and $25k from the IFT.
One of our regulars has to be pleased about that.
Comment by Arthur Andersen Friday, Apr 5, 13 @ 3:00 pm
Quinn should give up and run for AG instead. He’d have so much fun in that position where he could rail against the cause of the day without having to do much governing
Comment by Skeptic Tank Friday, Apr 5, 13 @ 3:11 pm
Lisa’s haul exploits a huge loophole in the pay-to-play ban. Since she is not an announced candidate for Governor, she can (and apparently has) raised significant sums from state contractors. The Governor, of course, is barred from doing likewise. While them’s the rules, I can’t help but think it’s a bit untoward.
Comment by Anonymous Friday, Apr 5, 13 @ 3:18 pm
@Anon
Cue the 30 second ads….”Why did Lisa Madigan take so long to declare her candidacy for Governor? So she could raise money from state contractors, exploiting a loophole in the state’s pay-to-play law.”
Comment by Yup Friday, Apr 5, 13 @ 3:24 pm
==Lisa’s haul exploits a huge loophole in the pay-to-play ban. Since she is not an announced candidate for Governor, she can (and apparently has) raised significant sums from state contractors. The Governor, of course, is barred from doing likewise.==
Hey Anon, which “contractors” are you talking about? From the list, I see 3 engineering firms, over 20 lawyers and law firms, and more labor unions than that. The “loophole” in pay to play is allowing labor unions to contribute to a Governor, candidate, or potential candidate with whom they will negotiate pay and benefits.
Comment by phocion Friday, Apr 5, 13 @ 3:35 pm
AA I will take the bait! There went 35 K that could bury a few state reps in mailers and the expenses of door knockers for their primary opposition!
I know some people who will be sending them the message.
BTW At least one of those is hitting up members for extra political donations But the embers cant get pledges on how its spent
Comment by RNUG Fan Friday, Apr 5, 13 @ 4:00 pm
Anonymous, you mean unlike the gov giving union 4.2% steps back to July 2012 and every year to come, plus 2% colas in 2013 and 2014…. And taking donations from them? All while pushing the tiny mc population to pay freezes and cuts? Ie the contributors got the money, but the non contributing workers got the shaft
Comment by Just sayin Friday, Apr 5, 13 @ 4:10 pm
Could someone please explain what the difference will be in Illinois government if Lisa Madigan is governor with a Dem legislative majority as opposed to what Illinois government will be with Pat Quinn as governor with a Dem legislative majority?
It seems the narrative here is that the solution to the problems with a Dem controlled government is to just elect more and/or different Dems.
The definition of insanity: doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.
If you think Illinois government is fine and dandy—vote Democrat!
Comment by qcexaminer Friday, Apr 5, 13 @ 4:14 pm
qcexaminer, you have a point, but only up to a point.
Your thesis assumes an underlying level of competence in the state Republican Party that you feel confident must be there. But I’m not.
As Romney learned, you can’t run simply as the anti-incumbent and assume that’s enough. The state GOP still needs to provide the state with a vision that’s more specific than, “We’re not the Democrats.”
Comment by ZC Friday, Apr 5, 13 @ 5:24 pm