The Illinois Campaign Money Tree Has a Lot of Branches
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“* From the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform…
Contribution limits are also lifted if independent expenditures supporting or opposing a single candidate in a race exceed $250,000 in statewide races or $100,000 in all other races. The $100,000 mark has been passed in 3 House and 2 Senate races thus far.
The House districts affected are:
46th: Deb Conroy (D) vs. Heidi Holan (R)
59th: Carol Sente (D) vs. Dawn Abernathy (R)
72nd: Michael Halpin (D) vs. Brandi McGuire (R)
The Senate districts affected are:
28th: Laura Murphy (D) vs. Mel Thillens (R)
49th: Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant (D) vs. Michelle Smith (R)
So far, limits have been removed in a total of 9 races at various levels of government, including the House 114th District, where candidate Bob Romanik (R) has self-funded his campaign against Latoya Greenwood (D) with over $2 million. A total of 16 races saw limits lifted in advance of the March Illinois Primary.”
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