Local campaign fund raising- Part 2

January 30, 2012

By Patrick Boylan

As The Bulldog reported last week, a study of campaign financing reports to the Illinois State Board of Elections indicated that in 2011 local candidates and their committees raised $6.397 million.

Three prominent politicians were responsible for 67 percent of those monies:

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, $2,667,570 or 41.69 percent
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, $897,121 or 14.02 percent
Illinois Senate President John Cullerton, $733,049 or 11.46 percent

Excluding certain committees:

The three persons above
Any person who did not win office and do not hold office

The Bulldog was left to study ten political committees. Despite our exclusion, we need to note that the third largest campaign committee in the area belongs to former Ald. Eugene Schulter, $800,717. That amount includes a sizable investment and a small amount in the 47th Ward organization.

In addition to his war chest, 47th Ward candidate Tom O’Donnell maintains a campaign fund of $17,604, the largest such fund among any losing candidate for public office in this area.

O’Donnell raised $138,580 for his campaign.

The eleven campaigns below retain about $1.3 million in campaign funds. In total, they raised more than $1.676 million in 2011.

The top campaigns funds at the end of the year (Quigley at 9/30/2011)

Name	Total Campaign funds at year end
Mike Quigley * report of 9/30/11	$465,413
Tom Tunney	$242,266
Richard Mell	$219,590
Patrick O’Connor	$128,510
John Fritchey	$77,913
Ann Williams	$74,503
Greg Harris	$54,260
Ameya Pawar	$51,824
Scott Waguespack	$41,952
James Cappleman	$4,811

Name	Funds raised in 2011
Patrick O’Connor	$298,890
Mike Quigley * report as of 9/30/11	$235,339
Richard Mell	$235,058
Tom Tunney	$217,523
James Cappleman	$213,991
Ameya Pawar	$148,335
Tom O’Donnell	$138,580
Ann Williams	$78,525
Scott Waguespack	$52,822
Greg Harris	$46,384
John Fritchey	$7,000
Dan Hynes	$3,359
Eugene Schulter	$1,125

Go to the detailed reports:

Scott Waguespack
Richard Mell
Patrick O’Connor
Thomas Tunney
James Cappleman
Ameya Pawar
Rahm Emanuel

See the previous report, part 1, posted last week.

2011 Political fundraising nearly $6.4M
Ravenswood candidate fund-raising filing
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