* WBEZ has the best roundup by far of the latest congressional fundraising numbers. Go take a look. From the Tribune’s take…

One of the most-anticipated GOP matchups pits tea party favorite U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh, of McHenry, against Rep. Randy Hultgren, of Winfield, in the newly drawn 14th Congressional District.

Walsh raised $156,100 from July through September but spent $162,936. Still, Walsh reported $466,058 in cash left over to launch his re-election bid, while Hultgren had $275,810 available. Hultgren reported receipts of $186,945 in the three-month period while spending $155,916. […]

The Republican who defeated Halvorson last fall, freshman U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger, of Manteno, has opted to run in the newly drawn 16th Congressional District, against veteran GOP U.S. Rep. Donald Manzullo, of Egan. The new 16th extends from the Wisconsin border south and east to the Indiana state line.

Kinzinger reported receipts of $212,258 from July through September and had $567,012 left. Manzullo, who was elected in 1992, reported receipts of $320,392 in the last three months and reported $483,994 left for his re-election effort.

* Meanwhile…

A three-judge federal court panel in Chicago has opened the door for Republicans to try to learn the extent of the role played by the national Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in the design of a new map of U.S. House districts in Illinois.

An order issued by U.S. District Judges Daniel Tinder, Robert Miller and Joan Lefkow allows lawyers representing a Republican-backed lawsuit trying to overturn the map to find out the identities of experts and consultants Illinois Democrats used to assist in drafting the state’s new congressional map. […]

The GOP has alleged in court documents that one unnamed Republican member of the congressional delegation was informed by an unnamed Democratic member that the DCCC or one of its agents created a draft map that was incorporated almost wholesale into the map adopted by the legislature.

Democratic state lawmakers in Springfield also privately have said that the DCCC had been assisting in the redrawing of congressional boundaries.

Two guesses who the unnamed Democrat and Republican were. If you said bosom buddies Jerry Costello and John Shimkus, you’re probably right.

Read the order by clicking here.

* Related…

* Hultgren picks up endorsement; group urges Walsh to run in 8th District instead: The Right to Life McHenry County Pro-Life Victory PAC announced its endorsement of Hultgren but made clear that it still supports Walsh. “Randy Hultgren should not have to face opposition in the primary from U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh,” the release read. “We continue in our efforts to encourage Joe to run as the pro-life candidate in the 8th Congressional District. When Joe Walsh announces this decision, we will support his victory in the 8th District, as well as Randy Hultgren’s victory in the 14th.”

* Q3 numbers, 14th District edition

* Johnson, Democratic colleague promote bipartisanship at town-hall meeting

* Perry appears at private Kane fundraiser: He said Perry “has workable solutions, not crazy stuff,” adding that he had interviewed other presidential candidates, including Herman Cain, the former Godfather’s Pizza CEO. “I found him highly arrogant and easily upset. I asked him about the (9-9-9 tax plan) … that is an embarrassment. He is unrealistic, and it made him mad” when he told Cain so, Roeser said.