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Weekly Update | February 4th

  
Total Contributions in 2016: $11,058,993
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Total February Contributions: $1,221,556


Total Contributions this Week:  $2,689,557
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Number of Contributions this Week: 440

Total contribution figures include donations, transfers, inkind contributions, loans, 
and other types of monetary exchanges between donors and PACs.

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Connecting the Cash:
Cook County State's Attorney's Race

Last week, we took a look at recent fundraising numbers in the race for Cook County State's Attorney. This week, we went a step further by categorizing all contributions from July 1, 2015 to present for each candidate. We also sorted each candidate's Individual Donors into seven subcategories. Our methodology is explained below.

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.

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.

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.

All data is sourced from  Illinois Sunshine and the  Illinois State Board of Elections.  For more information, contact Sarah Brune at 312.436.1274 or sarah@ilcampaign.org


All contributions by sector from July 1, 2015 to present:


Category Amount %
Business $111,342
16%
Individual Donors* $345,158 51%
Law Firms $60,478 9%
Loans $0 0%
Political $6,250 1%
Union $158,450 23%
TOTAL $681,679  100%



Category Amount %
Business $66,400
10%
Individual Donors* $337,381 52%
Law Firms $10,450 2%
Loans $0 0%
Political $85,841 13%
Union $152,589 23%
TOTAL $652,662  100%



Category Amount %
Business $80,871
17%
Individual Donors* $113,349 24%
Law Firms $18,550 4%
Loans $250,000 54%
Political $2,750 1%
Union $0 0%
TOTAL $465,520  100%



Category Amount %
Business $0
0%
Individual Donors* $0 0%
Law Firms $0 0%
Loans $28,000 100%
Political $0 0%
Union $0 0%
TOTAL $28,000  100%


*Individual Donor Breakdown from July 1, 2015 to present:


Category $ %
Business $105,185
30%
Cook County State's 
Attorney's Office
$23,856 7%
Education $750 0%
Government $1,850 1%
Attorneys $123,267 36%
Nonprofit $5,150 1%
Misc/Unreported $85,100 25%
TOTAL $345,158  100%



Category $ %
Business $104,750
31%
Cook County State's Attorney's Office $0
0%
Education $15,900
5%
Government $14,450
4%
Attorneys $71,701
21%
Nonprofit $23,400
7%
Misc/Unreported $107,180
32%
TOTAL $337,381  100%



Category $ %
Business $59,050
52%
Cook County State's Attorney's Office $0 0%
Education $0 0%
Government $0 0%
Attorneys $19,491 17%
Nonprofit $0 0%
Misc/Unreported $34,807 31%
TOTAL $113,348  100%


Methodology

Using data from Illinois Sunshine and the Illinois State Board of Elections, we classified all donations in the State's Attorney's race from July 1, 2015 to present using six categories: Business, Individual Donors, Law Firms, Loans, Political, and Union. The "Business" category includes businesses across many sectors, and the "Political" category includes only registered political committees.

After sorting all contributions, we parsed the "Individual Donors" into six categories, determined by donors' self-reported occupations: Business, Cook County State's Attorney's Office, Education, Government, Attorneys, Nonprofit, and Miscellaneous/Unreported. Donors who did not report their professions or reported that they were "retired" were included in the final category. Further details are available upon request.
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Jan 28 - Feb 4

loaned $100,000 to Citizens to Elect Pat Spratt 1/29
Midwest Operating Engineers Construction Industry Research and Service
donated $76,546 to Chicagoland Operators Joint Labor-Management PAC
2/01
116 Windsor Drive LLC
loaned $50,000 to Illinois United for Change 1/29
Hull Investments LLC donated $50,000 to Illinois United for Change
1/28
IBEW Local Union 134 (Dues Check-off)
donated $25,000 to International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers PAC 1/28
Exelon Generation Company donated $21,600 to Senate Democratic Victory Fund
1/29
ComEd donated $21,600 to Senate Democratic Victory Fund
1/29
Illinois Opportunity Project
donated $21,600 to Illinois Liberty PAC- Matthew Besler
1/29
Stand for Children, Inc.
donated $21,600 to Stand for Children IL PAC 1/28
ComEd
donated $10,800 to Committee to Support John Cullerton for State Central Committeeman 1/29
Jan 28 - Feb 4

Illinois Oppurtunity Project transferred $500,000 to Friends of Ken Dunkin 2/01
AFSCME Illinois Political Account (membership dues)
transferred $200,000 to AFSCME Illinois Council 31 PAC
2/02
SEIU Healthcare IL/IN PAC
transferred $75,000 to Friends for Foxx 1/29
SEIU Healthcare IL IN PAC transferred $53,900 to Committee to Support John Cullerton for State Central Committeeman
1/29
Working Forward PAC
transferred $53,900 to Senate Democratic Victory Fund
1/29
SEIU Health Care IL IN PAC
transferred $53,900 to Senate Democratic Victory Fund 1/29
AFSCME Illinois Council No. 31 PAC transferred $53,900 to Friends of Juliana Stratton 1/28
AFSCME Council 31
transferred $48,900 to Senate Democratic Victory Fund
1/29
SEIU Health Care IL IN PAC
transferred $48,900 to Citizens for John Cullerton for State Senate
1/29
AFSCME Illinois Council #31 PAC transferred $35,000 to Friends of Kate Cloonen
2/03
Jan 28 - Feb 4

# Committee Type New funds Current funds
1 Candidate
$502,500
$684,312
2 Senate Democratic Victory Fund
Political Party
$259,400
$2,826,415
3 AFSCME Illinois Council 31 PAC Political Action
$200,000
$817,206
4 Friends for Foxx
Candidate
$124,891
$520,320
5 Citizens to Elect Pat Spratt Candidate
$102,500
$104,379
6 Illinois United for Change
Super PAC
$100,000
$0
7 Citizens for John Cullerton for State Senate Candidate
$88,400
$1,602,782
8 Friends of Juliana Stratton
Candidate
$78,700
$154,287
9 Chicagoland Operators Joint Labor-Management PAC
Political Action
$76,546
$1,305,000
10 Committee to Support John Cullerton for State Central Committeeman
Candidate
$75,200
$771,017
As of Feb 4

# Committee Type Current funds
1 Candidate
$19,498,843
2 Super PAC
$8,999,970
3 Candidate
$8,650,680
4 Super PAC
$4,564,295
5 Political Party
$2,826,415
6 Political Party
$2,766,163
7 Super PAC
$2,584,772
8 Political Party
$2,433,898
9 Political Action
$2,345,342
10 Friends of Michael J Madigan Candidate
$2,217,664
All data is sourced daily from the Illinois State Board of Elections
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