Early Sunday afternoon campaign roundup
Sunday, Nov 6, 2016 - Posted by Rich Miller [Comments now open on this post.] * I’ll do another one of these later today or tonight if people send me their mail, pics, robocalls, etc. For instance, click here to see a Republican mailer that makes the case that Sen. Gary Forby, who’s about as pro-coal as somebody can get, is actually anti-coal. In the meantime, click here for the latest campaign finance updates, and here’s today’s quotable…
* At first glance, these may look like 75th House District Democrat Martha Shugart’s signs. But look closer… ![]() Shugart is up against appointed Rep. David Welter (R-Morris). She’s only raised about $46K since July. But the chatter has started increasing on the contest of late. * Speaking of Madigan, check out this story about the Adams County Sheriff race between incumbent Democrat Brian VonderHaar and Republican challenger Jon McCoy…
Sheesh. We’ve essentially crossed the line into McCarthyism with that one. * Also, too…
* From a Democratic pal in response…
* But…
* From a reader…
Last year’s pic… ![]() This year’s… ![]() Whew. * From a Republican Senate candidate…
* From a reader in that very same district…
Murphy is an appointed Senator… ![]()
* Dan Proft’s newspaper writes about a Dan Proft ad. It’d be perfectly “meta” if a quote from the Proft newspaper was actually used in the Proft ad…
* From a reader…
The letter from Sen. Durbin is here. * Other stuff…
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Saturday afternoon campaign roundup
Saturday, Nov 5, 2016 - Posted by Rich Miller [Comments now open on this post.] * Looks like the state GOP may have set the bar pretty high for November 8th…
So, by that logic, if the Democrats manage to hold their losses to a minimum on Tuesday, then it shows voters like the way things have been going? I kinda think that won’t be the GOP’s argument. * Sun-Times…
OK, but Rep. Cloonen transferred $310,100 from her committee to other committees (including Speaker Madigan’s) since late September. So, her position on that list when it comes to spending money on her own campaign won’t turn out to be as high. * Also, not all of those folks on the above list are among the 26 races where the contribution caps have been busted. Rep. Bradley’s race is still capped. Independent expenditures have been huge this year, totaling over $9 million since the beginning of July. Four years ago, they were less than $2 million. Click here to keep up with all the last-minute money. * These numbers are almost quaint…
* In other news, this mailer started hitting the not-so-Latino areas of Park Ridge and the 41st Ward over the weekend… According to the pal who sent it to me, it’s paid for by a group called Hispanic Democrats United, which appears to be based in Cicero and is funded by a local concrete company and a Berwyn law firm which has a Democratic-leaning, but still bipartisan contribution history. The mailer appears to be going to independents and Republicans, by the way. And the law firm has ties to Speaker Madigan. * I have a funny screen capture of this TV ad against Republican House candidate Mike Babcock that I’ve been sharing with friends today, but it’s not appropriate for the blog. So, here’s a short video clip. Watch what Babcock’s head does to the background text… I’m sure that was unintentional. /s * Speaking of profanity…
Oof. * And, finally, from a friend of a friend who saw this in Grayslake today… ![]() Heh. * More stuff…
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