Overview
- WBEZ reports AIPAC donors and affiliates have put $13.7 million behind preferred candidates in four Illinois primaries set for March 17.
- Fresh disclosures show Elect Chicago Women spent $1.5 million supporting Laura Fine in IL-09 and Melissa Bean in IL-08, while Affordable Chicago Now reported $830,978 for Donna Miller in IL-02.
- A new filing shows United Democracy Project added $736,577 in IL-07, complementing at least $1.9 million previously reserved to boost Chicago Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin in the race to succeed retiring Rep. Danny Davis.
- Recently formed outside groups are not required to reveal their funding sources until after the primary, and their ads focus on domestic issues rather than Israel.
- Despite a widely viewed setback in a New Jersey special primary, AIPAC’s super PAC says it will engage in dozens more contests this cycle, with FEC records showing more than $221 million spent since late 2021.