No Political Committee Even Comes Close To Bruce Rauner’s For Cash On Hand
Via Reboot Illinois:
“We’re less than three weeks away from the start of candidate filings for the March 2016 primary, so it’s a good time to start sizing up which candidates can count on the most help from their respective parties.
The big story in campaign financing for 2016, and perhaps the biggest story of the 2016 primary and general election cycles, is the presence of Gov. Bruce Rauner’s campaign fund as a virtually limitless funding source for Republican candidates he supports.
Rauner closed October with $19.6 million in his Citizens for Rauner campaign fund. No other campaign committee of any kind in Illinois even comes close to that total. As the chart above shows, the committee that comes closes is the IllinoisGO independent expenditure committee, which is a Super PAC set up to defend Democratic candidates who support the business and other reforms favored by Rauner. Another Super PAC in the Top 10 is Turnaround Illinois, whose purpose is “to support state legislative candidates who support Gov. Rauner’s bold and needed reforms, and to oppose those who stand in the way,” according its filing statement with the Illinois State Board of Elections.
“I highly recommend bookmarking the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform’s Illinois Sunshine database and checking it regularly. You also can sign up for Illinois Sunshine’s weekly newsletter and stay on top of campaign finances as the money comes in.” – Matt Dietrich
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