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How Ken Griffin’s money busted the caps for the SoS and AG races; Proft uses Irvin’s Trump texts in new ad; Another Repub called a RINO by candidate with Dem history
Monday, May 23, 2022 - Posted by Rich Miller * We have campaign contribution limits in this state, so you might be wondering how Richard Irvin’s campaign could legally transfer $500,000 to John Milhiser’s secretary of state campaign and another $300,000 to Steve Kim’s attorney general campaign. The statutory contribution limit is $59,900. However, Citizens for Judicial Fairness (which spent millions to defeat Supreme Court Justice Tom Kilbride in 2020) busted the caps in those two statewide races with some independent expenditures. First, billionaire Ken Griffin (who has given Irvin $45 million) contributed $6.25 million to Citizens for Judicial Fairness in April. The committee had only $45K in the bank at the end of March. Then, Citizens for Judicial Fairness reported spending $255,000 on TV and radio ads for both Milhiser and Kim on May 12th. Any spending above $250,000 removes the contribution limits. And, voila, just like that… caps off. * And speaking of independent expenditures, Dan Proft’s People Who Play By The Rules PAC filed a B-1 on Friday with a list of TV buys throughout the state. Here’s a new ad from Proft’s PAC… Oof. Gov. Pritzker busted the gubernatorial caps with a gigantic personal contribution to his campaign fund. * And speaking of “You’re the RINO. No, you’re the RINO” races, Mark Szula took Democratic ballots in the 2016 and 2018 primaries and he’s now using union contributions to claim that former Republican Rep. John Cabello is a Republican in name only… Lotta that going around.
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- Nick - Monday, May 23, 22 @ 3:21 pm:
This may be a case of not being the intended audience but the proft ad felt like it could have been a lot stronger. The text messages felt like they barely even featured in it.
- Arsenal - Monday, May 23, 22 @ 3:25 pm:
I really hate the “if someone doesn’t vote for Trump, they don’t respect ME” line of thinking, and it is pervasive among Trump voters. Folks need to recognize that he was just a politician, a means to an end. They shouldn’t have their self identity wrapped up in him.
Now, soccer teams,THAT is what you want to identify yourself with.
- New Day - Monday, May 23, 22 @ 3:43 pm:
Loved the Proft ad. One of the rare times I’ve used “loved” and “Proft” in the same sentence.
- Lurker - Monday, May 23, 22 @ 4:49 pm:
And what’s the funniest part about these people shouting RINO? They support Trump, who was a Dem for over 60 years.
It makes me laugh.
- natty lite - Monday, May 23, 22 @ 4:57 pm:
Not a “politics” guy so I’ve never understood the caps. Is this right: I can spend a jillion dollars on my own campaign, but I can’t donate $250k to someone else … But I CAN donate a jillion dollars to an “independent expenditure group,” which can then spend $250,001 on ads supporting someone, at which point anyone can donate jillions to that candidate. Seems like the caps aren’t really that cappy.
- Big Dipper - Monday, May 23, 22 @ 6:13 pm:
In retrospect (January 6, etc.) deplorables was an unduly mild term.
- Yellow Dog Democrat - Monday, May 23, 22 @ 6:27 pm:
Only Proft could take something so simple and screw it up.
I give it a C-.
- Just Me 2 - Monday, May 23, 22 @ 7:20 pm:
I still think it sucks Dan Brady didn’t get put on the approved/funded list. That guy would make an awesome SOS.