Emanuel super PAC gets nearly $1 million in one day
July 3rd, 2014
From the Chicago Tribune
By Bill Ruthhart Clout Street
Some of Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s biggest campaign donors dropped $950,000 in one day into a new super political action committee created to help back his run for re-election in 2015.
Illinois election law caps the amount individuals can contribute to Emanuel and other candidates’ campaigns at $5,300, and those rules limit corporate donations to $10,500.
Those restrictions, however, do not apply to super PACs, and the recently formed Chicago Forward PAC wasted little time flexing its muscle, even though Emanuel still does not face a major challenger in his February 2015 bid for a second term.
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