Dan Wilbrandt
Yesterday I asked whether the State Campaign Finance law had tripped up Dan Wilbrandt’s campaign to replace Mike Tryon for State Representative.
Today, Wilbrandt sent me the law in question:
Please find below an excerpt from the IL Board of Elections Campaign Disclosure Guide. Laurence Wilbrandt is my father and, as my immediate family member, is allowed to give unlimited contributions to my committee. I have attached the entire guide for your reference as well.
I hope that you will correct your recent post about his contribution.
“Self-funding Candidates: A candidate/public official or their immediate family members (spouse, parent or child) can make unlimited contributions to that public official or candidate’s political committee. However, under certain circumstances, such a public official or candidate may be considered a “self-funding candidate”. Reaching this designation causes the contribution limits for all candidates (including the self-funding candidate) for the same office to be waived, allowing those candidates to receive unlimited contributions.”
Happy 4th of July!
Will daddy buy the election?
Cal:
If this is true, please pull down the incorrect prior article.
If this is not true, then expose his response as untrue.
Politicians seem to have an ‘out’ for everything even getting paid when their minions might not.
I asked a question in the original article.
Wilbrandt answered it.
I have posted his answer in this article and in the original one.
How do you think Jack Franks won his election?!
His dad bought it for him!
Cal,
Paul does not appear to have broken the caps on his election. Two things tell me that:
1.) He did not donate MORE THAN $100,000 (see SBE rule* below)
2.) He did not file a “Notification of Self-funding” within one day with the SBE as required under state law. (It might show up tomorrow but I doubt it)
*A GUIDE TO CAMPAIGN DISCLOSURE – Page 8 https://www.elections.il.gov/Downloads/CampaignDisclosure/PDF/CampDiscGuide.pdf
candidate or public official is considered “self-funding” if, during the 12 months prior to an election, the candidate or public official or their immediate family contributes, loans, or makes independent expenditures for the benefit of the candidate, in aggregate, totaling more than $250,000 (for statewide constitutional offices) or $100,000 (for all other elective offices) to the candidate or public official’s political committee or to other political committees that transfer funds to the candidate’s or public official’s committee. Once the threshold is passed, the candidate or public official must file a Notification of Self-funding with the State Board of Elections within one day. This notification details each contribution or loan made by the candidate or public official or their immediate family. The Board will then post the notification on its website and give official notice to each candidate for the office in question, removing the normal contribution limits for those candidates.
Mr. Skinner,
Wouldn’t a classier response have been this: