Richard Johnson, left, has received $724,333 from House Speaker Michael Madigan so far.
Richard Johnson, left, has received $724,333 from House Speaker Michael Madigan so far.
With less than a week left before voters go to the polls, Elgin state House candidate Richard Johnson received another $135,177 from Illinois House Speaker and Democrat Party Chief Michael Madigan (D-Chicago) between Oct. 18 and Oct. 26, state filings show.
The Madigan funding was disclosed in reports filed with the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE) by Johnson for Illinois, the campaign committee that supports Johnson’ race against Republican Dan Ugaste in the 65th House district.
The district covers all or part of Huntly, Elgin, South Elgin, St. Charles, Geneva and Batavia.
Dan Ugaste
Madigan’s contributions to Johnson came from the campaign funds he controls, including his own committee, Friends of Michael J. Madigan, the Illinois Democratic Party and the Democratic County Chairman’s Association of Illinois. In all, Madigan has contributed $724,333 to the candidate’s campaign this election cycle.
Madigan spent $6.5 million on 24 candidates between Oct 18 and Oct 30, according to the Illinois State Board of Elections. He has spent $15.84 million backing campaigns for 25 candidates this election cycle, thus far.
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