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Friday, Apr 15, 2022 - Posted by Rich Miller

* Pre-Easter campaign mailer…

That’s… quite something.

* In the midst of yet another very long rebuttal of the mail/TV/text attack ads on him by Richard Irvin, Sen. Darren Bailey said this today

I mean, friends, this is absolutely disgusting. And this man, Richard Irvin, and his lieutenant governor candidate Avery Bourne, if they’re going to be so bold as to say things like this now, can you imagine what things are going to be like if they get into office? Which we don’t have to worry about that.

Bailey is doing a lot of explaining in long videos that are only viewed by a super-tiny fraction of the GOP voting base. And since he’s not pushing back in his own mail/TV/text advertising, he’s not reaching the people who are forming unrebutted views of him.

Bailey does claim to have a large ground game

I know you’re getting concerned and frustrated. But this is what a grassroots movement does. We educate, we inform, we get out. Last night, up in Buffalo Grove, the friends that were up there, there’s hundreds of people walking. And I think over 2000 doors and phone calls have been, doors had been knocked on and flyers had been left over the course of the last week.

Lit drops aren’t very effective. And if he has “hundreds” of walkers, his campaign would have made a whole lot more contacts than that. He’d better hope the DGA ad program works.

* Speaker Welch…

Following a legislative session with a fourth consecutive balanced budget, funding for Illinois youth, and economic relief for Illinois families, House Democrats are also celebrating a strong quarter of fundraising in which they are poised to outraise all other legislative leaders and Illinois caucuses.

While adjusting to new state ethics laws, House Democrats reported raising over $1.3 million during the first quarter of 2022. Speaker Welch raised $139,900.00 for Democrats for the Illinois House, while The People for Emanuel “Chris” Welch raised $1,177,275.00.

Funds raised will be used in the 2022 primary and general elections. As the first African-American Speaker of the House, Welch says funds will be used to continue to shape Illinois into a great state to raise a family where the government is inclusive and works for the people.

“Democrats in the House have come together like we’ve never seen to get things done for Illinois families,” said Welch. “Our supporters see that. You can see it in the legislation we pass focusing on the people, and how we come together to get things done. We are going to build on that momentum by electing more Democrats to the House. We are the party working to serve Illinoisans. I am extremely proud of our fundraising efforts, and I’m thankful to the supporters who believe in our work. We have a lot more work ahead.”

In addition to the totals raised, individual members have also had a successful fundraising quarter with the support of the house democratic caucus fundraising team.

* DPI…

Today, the Democratic Party of Illinois announced it raised a total of $712,676.30 in the first quarter of 2022 and ended the quarter with a total of $4,246,889.46 on hand. Total fundraising included $362,296.56 in federal fundraising and $350,379.74 in non-federal fundraising, including contributions from nearly 750 unique donors, and marked the strongest fundraising quarter for the DPI under the leadership of Chair Robin Kelly.

“Our strong fundraising performance is a reflection of the enthusiasm from Democrats across Illinois in the DPI and its work,” said Abby Witt, Executive Director of the Democratic Party of Illinois. “As campaign season ramps up, we are well resourced to execute Chair Kelly’s vision of a party that provides the foundation for successful Democratic campaigns up and down the ticket in 2022 and beyond.”

* Rochford…

Today, the Judge Rochford for Supreme Court campaign announced it will report raising over $137,000 in the first quarter of 2022, bringing the total raised from the launch of the campaign through the end of March to nearly $400,000. Since the start of this race, Judge Rochford’s campaign has outraised the nearest opponent by more than $170,000. Driven by Judge Rochford’s exceptional credentials and deep judicial experience, the campaign has the momentum in this race after receiving numerous key endorsements and with strong support from a coalition of legal professionals, organized labor, elected officials, and small dollar individual donors from across the district.

The campaign has already raised more than $100,000 in the first two weeks of the second quarter following an event hosted by major labor organizations on April 12th. The event was hosted by the Illinois AFL-CIO, UFCW Local 881, Illinois Pipetrades Association, IUOE Local 399, and Plumbers Local 130, among others.

* More…

* Democratic ward orgs — mostly headed by aldermen — see infusion of Pritzker donations ahead of June Primary Election: More than a dozen aldermen who also serve as Democratic committeepeople saw a cash infusion from Gov. JB Pritzker during the first three months of this year. Several Chicago aldermen who also serve as their ward’s Democratic committeeperson saw donations ranging from $5,000 to $15,000 from Gov. JB Pritzker during the first quarter of this year.

* Jonathan Jackson endorsed by Rep. Jesus ‘Chuy’ Garcia in race to replace Bobby Rush: Jackson, the Chicago-based national spokesman for Rainbow PUSH and the son of Rev. Jesse Jackson, was joined by Gacia (D-Illinois 14), who enthusiastically gave his support to the candidate. “I proudly stand with Jonathan Jackson and throw my wholehearted support and endorsement to his effort to become the next congressman of the First District,” Garcia said.

* Republicans in 13th Congressional District face off in Springfield forum: [Terry Martin], a journalist-turned-politician who covered Congress and Illinois state government, said he could no longer sit on the sidelines. “What I couldn’t do is stay neutral because I was becoming just so utterly frustrated at the upside down world we live in,” Martin said. “We’re told to wear masks and yet we can have the border open.”

* FBI acquires transcript of Michael Madigan deposition and the ex-speaker answering questions under oath in civil case

       

21 Comments
  1. - Ryan - Friday, Apr 15, 22 @ 11:28 am:

    It’s Fridee!!

    It’s a beautiful day for farm subsidies and forgiven PPP loans.


  2. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Apr 15, 22 @ 11:30 am:

    Just as a total aside;

    Thank you Rich for this, almost daily, continued post and one stop shopping.

    It’s truly like the ***LIVE COVERAGE*** posts I now lean on each day, and it’s really nice you have it for us.

    Thank you.


  3. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Apr 15, 22 @ 11:32 am:

    Is he… Sullivan… and has he risen?

    What a picture and caption… wow.

    It’s really creepy to have an Easter mailer where mere centimeters from the head of the candidate there’s “He is risen”

    It’s cultish.


  4. - MisterJayEm - Friday, Apr 15, 22 @ 11:33 am:

    There’s probably a not-creepy way to do an Easter mailer.

    That ain’t it.

    – MrJM


  5. - Three Dimensional Checkers - Friday, Apr 15, 22 @ 11:42 am:

    I am the Jesus.

    I can’t help but think that Mr. Sullivan would not try this obvious Messiah complex nonsense if people did not think Illinois was so bad that we needed to be “saved.”


  6. - Montrose - Friday, Apr 15, 22 @ 11:45 am:

    Sullivan working hard for the Jesus endorsement.


  7. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Apr 15, 22 @ 11:45 am:

    ===Bailey is doing a lot of explaining in long videos that are only viewed by a super-tiny fraction of the GOP voting base. And since he’s not pushing back in his own mail/TV/text advertising, he’s not reaching the people who are forming unrebutted views of him.===

    Like all good televangelists, Bailey needs to grow his congregation and then get his tent revivals down to :30 bites that he can put on at 3-4am between “easy-vac” and “super dicer” infomercials.

    He has roughly 9 weeks.

    Say, when does early voting begin?

    I kid, I kid…


  8. - Roadrager - Friday, Apr 15, 22 @ 11:48 am:

    Well, it’s not quite the Houston Texans’ Passover tweet, but it’ll do.


  9. - Cool Papa Bell - Friday, Apr 15, 22 @ 11:56 am:

    =We need to bring god back into our politics=

    Q: Who’s god?
    Q: Can someone who doesn’t believe in god be a good public official?


  10. - West Side the Best Side - Friday, Apr 15, 22 @ 11:58 am:

    Well, so much for the non-Christian vote. And no, we don’t need to bring God back into politics. People in politics can certainly be religious and live their lives based on their faith. But their faith might not necessarily be the same as mine and I don’t want the state telling me what religious beliefs I should have. People who shove their religion down other people’s throats seem to me like they’d be big fans of burning people at the stake and the Spanish Inquisition back in what they probably think are the good old days. Now that I’ve got that rant out of my system, Happy Ramadan, Happy Passover and Happy Easter.


  11. - Galway Bay - Friday, Apr 15, 22 @ 12:00 pm:

    At least they got off the train tracks


  12. - Pundent - Friday, Apr 15, 22 @ 12:00 pm:

    “Some want to remove God from our politics, we need to bring God back in.”

    Well God has been out of our politics for a really long time so how exactly are you going to accomplish this as Governor Jesse? And if you’re going to rewrite the history of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment you’re probably going to need to hop into the way, way back machine.

    Does Jesse really believe that this is where the majority of citizens of this state are at? He continues to remind us that he’s not a serious candidate to lead this state.


  13. - vern - Friday, Apr 15, 22 @ 12:11 pm:

    “Our fight to bring Christian values back in our politics.”

    Worth noting that Sullivan is challenging an incumbent Jewish governor.


  14. - btowntruthfromforgottonia - Friday, Apr 15, 22 @ 12:19 pm:

    So in the 13th District the choice for Republicans is two Trumpers and a grown up.
    Have I got that right?


  15. - btowntruthfromforgottonia - Friday, Apr 15, 22 @ 12:21 pm:

    So now Sullivan is trying to work the Bailey side of the street now?


  16. - G'Kar - Friday, Apr 15, 22 @ 12:32 pm:

    I mentioned the Sullivan mailer here earlier this week. When Mrs G’Kar looked at it, she said “one more candidate I will not vote for.”


  17. - G'Kar - Friday, Apr 15, 22 @ 12:37 pm:

    Speaking of mailers, we got two today from Irvin that attacked Pritzker, Sullivan and Bailey. The text on both were identical, but the pictures and the colors were different. Must be nice to have so much money you can send two of basically the same mailers out. Mrs G’Kar and I wouldn’t be convinced by just one.


  18. - AlfondoGonz - Friday, Apr 15, 22 @ 12:39 pm:

    I think Mr. Sullivan has convinced himself you can rearrange the letters in “Jesse” to spell “Jesus.”


  19. - Henry Francis - Friday, Apr 15, 22 @ 12:48 pm:

    Looking at the Sullivan piece, some Lebowski quotes come to mind, but out of respect to the season I will keep them to myself.

    Is it just me, or does Sullivan give off some serious Madison Cawthorne vibes?


  20. - H-W - Friday, Apr 15, 22 @ 12:53 pm:

    uh, yeah. When I think of Easter, my first thought turns to how we can get Christians to take over the government. I am not sure where that is in the Bible, but yeah. Create a theocracy on earth, composed of the American ideology of Christianity. Onward, Christian soldiers. On to war, just like I think Christ said at Easter when he arose. (Holy cow; what is wrong with evangelical fundamentalist?).


  21. - Contrarian - Friday, Apr 15, 22 @ 1:38 pm:

    Never make fun of anyone’s religion.


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