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Despite establishment support and external spending from super PACs, incumbent Kim Foxx has not been able to keep pace in the most expensive state’s attorney’s race in Cook County history.
Bill Conway is using his client’s open case to score political points against incumbent Kim Foxx.
Dollar for dollar, Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot spent less than half as much as Toni Preckwinkle to clinch her landslide victory.
The little-followed 16th Ward race highlights the shifting influence of ward committeemen, a position long known to drive patronage and corruption in Chicago politics.
The City Council housing committee chairman went above and beyond his record of siding with landlords by filing an affidavit supporting a building owner who has donated thousands to his campaign.
Emma Mitts is facing challengers who are seeing support in the West Side ward, slated to become the site of a controversial new police academy.
Rahm and J.B. are the leading donors; unions play an outsized role; your cable bill may be paying to support your alderman; and more.
Although they’re behind incumbents in funding, young progressives are getting major political support to replace some of the most powerful players in City Council.
The Los Angeles-based company has paid more than $285 million in the past four years to settle allegations of wrongdoing.
The alderman stopped short of suggesting his colleagues — 35 of whom have also received money from embattled Ald. Ed Burke — do the same.