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Rep. Jan Schakowsky continues targeting fundraising, salaries

Although the 2021-2022 cycle is still in its early stages, Illinois’s 9th Congressional District Rep. Jan Schakowsky continues to spend most of her disbursements to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC). 

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Read more about the article Rep. Sean Casten spending big on ads for re-election campaignU.S. Rep. Sean Casten
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Rep. Sean Casten spending big on ads for re-election campaign

According to the Federal Election Commission, Casten’s highest expenditure this cycle is for digital ads for $65,000 from Break Something LLC, which was also included in a 2018 expenditure article by CU-CitizenAccess about his campaign finances ahead of his election victory against Ives in 2020.

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Sen. Duckworth gets a jump on the competition for 2022 election

According to records obtained through the Federal Election Commission, Duckworth’s campaign has been spending funds with a focus on reaching voters through a mix of digital and physical mail sources. Three of the campaign’s top four recipients of funds for both the 2019-2020 and the 2021-2022 records so far are involved in physical shipping and/or printing: Linemark Printing, Prolist, Inc. and CHS Mailing, Inc., respectively.

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Read more about the article Rep. Mike Quigley’s campaign spending drops, Democratic party still benefitsUS House Office of Photography
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Rep. Mike Quigley’s campaign spending drops, Democratic party still benefits

As Quigley seeks reelection for the seventh time to represent Illinois’ 5th district, he is planning to follow the winning strategy he’s developed: supporting the Democratic party, utilizing fundraising consultants and events and saving up for future contested elections. 

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Read more about the article Rep. Cheri Bustos starts returning campaign funds after retirement announcementUS House Office of Photography
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Rep. Cheri Bustos starts returning campaign funds after retirement announcement

At the end of April, Bustos had gathered just over $450,000 in funds, but by the end of June, her disbursements were just over $240,500, accounting for over half of her donations.  Specifically, Bustos has spent almost $30,000 on contribution refunds, giving back to her donors after announcing she is not running for reelection. This is her second-largest expenditure of the year, next to fundraising services. 

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Read more about the article Rep. Brad Schneider decreases campaign spending so far from last electionCongress Website
Rep. Brad Schneider of Illinois's 10th district.

Rep. Brad Schneider decreases campaign spending so far from last election

Democratic congressional incumbent Brad Schneider has sharply decreased his campaign spending from $3,024,001 in 2019-2020 to a spending just a little over half a…

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Pay gap between Champaign and Urbana employees actually widening, new data reveals

Recently released data on employee salaries of the City of Champaign and City of Urbana show that Urbana pays substantially less than Champaign and that the pay gap between the two cities has actually increased over the past two fiscal years, according a CU-CitizenAccess review.  When the data for employees receiving under $75,000 a year is included, the number of employees increases to 315, more than double the 145 employees included in the compensation report the City of Urbana publishes. 

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