More Than $22 Million Spent On Illinois Primary Election Ads
The Illinois Campaign for Political Reform is mentioned in this article
via Progress Illinois
“More than $22 million was spent by Illinois political candidates in the state primary elections last month.
According to the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform, about $11 million of that spending was spent on TV ads and just $123,000 was used toward online and web ads. Print ads, including mailers, billboards and yard signs, still reign for campaign advertising in Illinois, making up more than half of the $22 million spent on primary election ads.
Spending was by far the highest in the Democratic 5th House district race between incumbent Ken Dunkin and Juliana Stratton, with the challenger spending more than $1.8 million on ads — or 92 percent of her campaign expenditures — compared to Dunkin’s $553,000. Illinois GO also spent $2.5 million on campaign ads against Stratton, who ended up beating the incumbent. House Speaker Michael Madigan came in third in campaign ad spending for the primary, putting $380,000 toward advertising, which was 37 percent of his campaign expenditures. His opponent, Jason Gonzales, spent all $91,000 of his campaign expenditures on print ads. Incumbent state Rep. Christian Mitchell (D-Chicago) was also among the top advertising spenders in the state House races, putting $321,000 toward ads.”
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