Campaign finance reports
Friday, Jul 8, 2016 - Posted by Rich Miller
* From the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform…
There was a total of $2.7 million in political contributions this week, which is more than double last week’s total of $1.2 million. $1 million of this week’s total was a transfer from the Illinois Republican Party to the House Republican Organization on July 1st. While transfers between candidate committees are capped at $53,900, political party committees are able to transfer unlimited funds to other political party committees at any time.
Susana Mendoza, the Democratic candidate for Illinois State Comptroller, was a top earner this week with $326,200 in reported contributions. A large chunk of her contributions this week came from organized labor. The International Union of Operating Engineers, The Construction & General Laborers’ District Council, and the Laborers’ Political League Education Fund all maxed out their contribution limits at $53,900 each.
The Senate Democratic Victory Fund was the third highest top earner for this week, bringing in a total of $217,400. Labor was also a major contributor to this committee, with the UA Political Education Committee and the Finishing Trades of Chicago donating $53,900 and $50,000 respectively.
Illinois State Board of Elections data shows that labor unions and union-related PACs transferred and contributed over $826,000 to Illinois political committees this week.
Charts with more detailed info are here.
* Tribune…
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Tammy Duckworth of Illinois hauled in $2.7 million during the second quarter as she tries to unseat Republican Sen. Mark Kirk, her campaign said Thursday.
Duckworth’s campaign also said the two-term Hoffman Estates congresswoman had $5.5 million in the bank to start July.
Kirk campaign manager Kevin Artl said he did not have comparable information to release Thursday. The latest campaign-finance reports must be filed by July 15, and Duckworth’s campaign released only highlights, not the full report. […]
In the 10th Congressional District, the campaign of Republican Rep. Bob Dold of Kenilworth said it took in more than $850,000 between April and June and started the month with more than $2.3 million.
- wordslinger - Friday, Jul 8, 16 @ 11:20 am:
Once again, I don’t think we’ll seen any presidential spots in Illinois, so these candidates will get relatively more bang for their bucks than they would in states like Ohio, PA and FL, where the markets will be red hot.
- Oswego Willy - Friday, Jul 8, 16 @ 11:26 am:
To the Post,
Mendoza needs to focus on organization and melding Labor and Democrats and that translating to serious vote totals to run up come Absentee Ballots thru Election Day.
Munger is going to swamp Munger in Ads and Cash, ruining Mendoza in the end. Proxy Wars.
Kirk has a boat with so many holes… money… yikes.
Kev,
Keep plugging, bud. Keep your head down and keep plugging - OW
The saving grace for Labor and Democrats is the time now to build infastructure to gin up serious controlled Labor and Democratic turnout. Money? Only enough needed to exploit the POTUS election advantage and turn that into votes.
That… and…
“Vote Accordingly”
Don’t forget that.. “Vote Accordingly”
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