McHenry County Republicans ended up with about $2,000 more at the end of March than they had at the beginning of the year, ending March with $7,188.71. The annual Lincoln Day Dinner was the major fund raiser and also amount … Continue reading
Cliff Surges didn’t raise much money during the last three months of 2011–$5,650. But he didn’t spend much either–$7,419.13. Nowhere near what his opponent Karen McConnaughay spent. Have to wonder why the only publicized poll, from We Ask America, shows … Continue reading
The end of year financial disclosures filed by Congressmen Don Manzullo and Adam Kinzinger are not as easy to find as I would have wished, but having found them, I conclude that the two are evenly matched as far as … Continue reading
State Senate candidate Karen McConnaughay started the last quarter of 2011 with $42,302.89 Including in-kind contributions, she raised $76,124 during the last three months of last year. She had $71,578.75 to conduct the last three months of the campaign. Today, … Continue reading
$23,094.14 taken in, $47,435.87 in checks written out. That’s the summary of State Senator Pam Althoff’s campaign disclosure form. The details are below. First money coming in. From entities which are not Political Action Committee, Althoff got $16,910 that was … Continue reading
A press release from State Rep. Kent Gaffney: Gaffney Files With More Money Fox River Grove, IL – State Representative Kent Gaffney (R-Lake Barrington) has filed with $36,336 cash on hand going into the final two months of the Republican … Continue reading
Yesterday, McHenry County Blog covered receipts for Dave McSweeney, candidate for State Rep. McSweeney is running against incumbent St. Rep. Kent Gaffney, who has $36,000 in the bank and Danielle Rowe. Today, we’ll look at expenses, $129,061, which includes some … Continue reading
Danielle Rowe’s campaign certainly is not about raising money. She had $8,532.99 available at the beginning of the new year. She took in only $790 during the last three months of 2011. That’s the cash. She got in-kind assistance, mainly … Continue reading
$143,646 donated to the Dave McSweeney campaign during the last three months of 2011 and $116,271.49 spent. $20,290.02 owed, most to Majority Strategies of Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, but $7,500 to the candidate himself. All but $1,596 of McSweeney’s contributions … Continue reading
State Rep. Mike Tryon did not wait until the last day to file (that’s today) his campaign finance report with the Illinois State Board of Elections. Here’s where he got his money for the last quarter of 2011. $15,285.39 in, … Continue reading
Each quarter all expenditures to any source that exceeds $150 has to be reported to the Illinois State Board of Elections. This is how McHenry County Sheriff Keith Nygren spent reportable funds the last three months of 2011: Cell phone … Continue reading
The latest campaign finance reports are in and Democratic Party State Rep. Jack Franks has $475,713.01 I the bank. That’s as of the end of March, 2011 He has a burn rate of over $12,000 a month. He raised about … Continue reading
“The Hill,” an inside dopester publication out of the nation’s Capital, reports Congressman Joe Wash has $361,000 in debt, including preparations for the re-count that never came. Here’s the text about Walsh: “Freshman Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.), who upset Democrat … Continue reading
McHenry County Board Chairman Ken Koehler spent over $16,000 to win re-election. Starting with about $4,500 in the bank on July 1st, he raised about $12,300 (including in-kind contributions) of during the last six months of 2010. So, Koehler spent … Continue reading
McHenry County Sheriff Keith Nygren ran a $51,822.74 campaign last fall when he overwhelmingly won re-election. But he wasn’t in fund raising mode. Only $600 was contributed to his campaign. The only one that was identified was from the Burnham … Continue reading
Reporting campaign finance details before tomorrow’s deadline is McHenry County Republican State Representative Mike Tryon. He had $26,800 at the end of last month. The McHenry County Republican Party Chairman raised $30,700 and spent $26,800. That’s a high “burn rate.” … Continue reading
In the 8th congressional race, incumbent Democrat Melissa Bean continues to make the financial end of the contest a rout. Bean has almost $1.2 million on hand. Walsh took in just under a $100,000 from January through June. $114,000 went … Continue reading
It’s always interesting to see how elected officials spend campaign money in a non-election year. While I was looking up how much McHenry County Sheriff Keith Nygren had in his campaign fund while writing a story about his “posse” fundraiser, … Continue reading
