Looking at Cook County State’s Atty Money
via POLITICO
“The Illinois Campaign for Political Reform took a look at recent fundraising numbers in the race for Cook County State’s Attorney. Here’s what the group found:
— ‘Anita Alvarez and Kim Foxx appear to show similar fundraising patterns so far, with around 50% of donations coming from individual donors. Upon further examination, we found that nearly $24,000 (or 7%) of Alvarez’s Individual Donations came from employees in the Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, and 36% of her Individual Donations came from local legal professionals. This contrasts with Foxx’s 21% support from individual donors in the legal profession.’
Pols, unions give big — ‘Foxx received 13% of her overall funds so far from other Political Committees, while Alvarez and candidate Donna More have received only 1% each from this source. Alvarez and Foxx have received 23% of their overall contributions from union sources, and Donna More has received no union money so far in the race.’
More Loans — ‘In 2008, Alvarez financed the early part of her primary campaign with a $600,000 loan from her husband, James Gomez. So far in the 2016 race, neither Alvarez nor Foxx have relied on loans from themselves or their family members. Conversely, Donna More has loaned her campaign $250,000, or 54% of her overall funds, and Christopher Pfannkuche has loaned himself 100% of his current balance of $28,000.'”
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