Via The Pekin Times Tuesday’s election will end one of the least substantive campaigns in terms of explaining specific ideas for governing, but one of the most expensive — one dominated by large contributors. The race for governor of Illinois…
Read MoreVia The Chicago Tribune There are 118 Illinois House seats on the ballot Tuesday, but for Republicans, the magic number is one. The GOP knows it’s highly unlikely they’ll catch a tidal wave and sweep Speaker Michael Madigan out of…
Read MoreVia The Campaign Finance Institute Much of the politically attuned public’s attention during the 2014 election season has focused on the battle for majority control of the U.S. Senate. But there are also important elections this year in the states….
Read MoreVia Chicago Tribune Republican Bruce Rauner and Democrat Pat Quinn are on pace to spend more than $100 million on the Illinois governor’s race, doubling the state’s previous record in a closely watched contest featuring heavy investment by business and…
Read MoreVia Bloomberg Politics A leading money-tracking group revises its estimate downward, but campaign spending is still likely to set a record. Elections are getting more expensive–but don’t think that more people are giving money to political groups. Instead, a smaller universe…
Read MoreVia the Chicago Tribune Judicial retention elections are normally quiet races that are not very political. But less than three weeks ago, a political action group called Campaign for 2016 surfaced with the aim of persuading voters in southern Illinois…
Read MoreVia NPR By Amanda Vinicky There’s only one Illinois Supreme Court Justice on the ballot this November. Some high-dollar contributors are hoping they can remove him from office–which has never happened before. Justice Lloyd Karmeier fought hard to get on…
Read MoreVia The State Journal-Register CHICAGO — A Libertarian candidate for Illinois governor is receiving financial help from an unexpected source — one of the unions campaigning against Republican Bruce Rauner because of the Winnetka businessman’s views on organized labor. Chad…
Read MoreVia Progress Illinois The state representative contest in Illinois’ northwest suburban 55th district is one of the hottest and most expensive legislative races this election season. Incumbent freshman State Rep. Marty Moylan (D-Des Plaines) is running against businessman Mel Thillens (R-Park…
Read MoreFrom the Chicago Sun-Times By: Chris Fusco Two years ago, Mayor Rahm Emanuel struck a deal with the Chicago Convention & Tourism Bureau with the aim of attracting 50 million visitors a year to the city by 2020. The mayor…
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