Jack Franks’ finance people finally got around to putting his $1,000 fundraiser money in the bank and reporting it to the Illinois State Board of Elections. Here are the contributors and the city they used on their checks: $1,500 – … Continue reading
Category Archives: Donation
State Rep. David McSweeney has donated $2,000 to McHenry County Board member Andrew Gasser’s Political Action Committee. He did so at the end of the first week of August, according to the State Board of Elections web site. … Continue reading
A press release from Congressman Joe Walsh: Walsh posts strong first quarter fundraising dollars Duckworth only raises 3% of her money in the district Yesterday Congressman Joe Walsh released his first quarter fundraising totals. Due to the March 20th Primary, … Continue reading
It takes a lot of $25 contributors to equal the checks that State Senate candidate Karen McConnaughay has received recently. $10,000 came from the Stand Up for Children PAC Illinois, a Political Action Committee based in Bill Gates’ Oregon, last … Continue reading
While primary opponent Dave McSweeney is picking up $5,000 here and $5,000 there, appointed State Rep. Kent Gaffney has not had many contributions of that maximum amount now allowed by law. December 2nd, however, Gaffney, a former Cross staffer, did … Continue reading
The Campaign for Political Reform has a spreadsheet that shows how much each state legislator has taken from companies like Commonwealth Edison, Ameren and other entities which it thinks has a stake in the so-called “Smart Grid” electricity rate hike … Continue reading
Here’s contributions and loans over $1,000 that just officially announced State Rep. candidate David McSweeney has reported raising so far in his campaign. In his press release, he said he had raised or had commitments for $250,000. $19,500 has been … Continue reading
The newly-amended Illinois Campaign Contribution Disclosure law requires contributions of $1,000 or more to be reported relatively quickly. Previously, donations could not be viewed until late July…well after the General Assembly members had gone home. Today, we shall look at … Continue reading
Governor Pat Quinn has released his income tax forms to at least the Chicago Sun-Times. Springfield Bureau Chief Dave McKinney reports today that Quinn earned $120,226 last year. More interesting to me was that he contributed to $12,379 to charitable … Continue reading