Fundraising Totals for Chicago Candidates Show Rahm Emanuel With Huge Lead; 'For a Better Chicago' PAC Leads Among Donors
Polls Open Tomorrow, ICPR Posts Updated Receipts Figures
CHICAGO, Feb. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Polling places open tomorrow, and candidates have been filing fundraising reports all weekend. Illinois Campaign for Political Reform (ICPR) has updated totals for all candidates for citywide and aldermanic races in the Sunshine Database.
Top donors to aldermanic candidates, as of February 20, 2011
Contributions |
Contributor |
|
$369,300 |
For a Better Chicago-PAC (21 races) |
|
$261,200 |
AFSCME IL Council No 31 (25 races) |
|
$222,200 |
General Iron Industries & Labkon Family (21 races) |
|
$210,800 |
SEIU Unions (18 races; includes $28,935 in independent expenditures in support of 5 candidates and in opposition to 2 candidates) |
|
$146,500 |
UFCW Unions Political Fund of IL UFCW – Local 881 – UFCW DC (15 races) |
|
Totals above include reported contributions through Sunday, February 20, 2011. The list above excludes self-funding candidates. Fundraising totals for candidates in all 50 wards are on ICPR's website.
Among mayoral candidates, receipts totals have narrowed somewhat, though Rahm Emanuel has maintained the massive fundraising advantage he built up late in 2010, before contribution limits took effect.
Top Mayoral Fundraisers, as of February 20, 2011
Funds for February 22 Election |
Candidate |
|
$9,914,800 |
Rahm Emanuel (Receipts do not include 2010 expenditures of $3,450,500) |
|
$5,765,900 |
Gery Chico (Receipts do not include 2010 expenditures of $353,200) |
|
$705,500 |
Carol Moseley Braun (Receipts do not include 2010 expenditures of $281,600) |
|
$363,500 |
Patricia Van Pelt Watkins (Receipts do not include 2010 expenditures of $138,900) |
|
$107,100 |
Miguel Del Valle (Receipts do not include 2010 expenditures of $55,100) |
|
$8,000 |
William "Dock" Walls (Walls reported no expenditures in 2010) |
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Mayoral fundraising totals include reported receipts during 2011 plus cash on hand on December 31, 2010. They do not include expenditures made during the last half of 2010, which are listed in parenthesis.
To date, candidates have disclosed all receipts and expenditures through the end of 2010, and receipts of $1,000 or more since January 1. Candidates will file complete fundraising reports by April 15 for the three months ending March 31.
For other races, please visit ICPR's website, ilcampaign.org. ICPR will post updated totals tomorrow afternoon for all 53 Chicago races.
Contact: David Morrison of ICPR, +1-312-335-1767, [email protected]
SOURCE Illinois Campaign for Political Reform
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