Maggie Trevor, left, has received $1.49 million from House Speaker Michael Madigan.
Maggie Trevor, left, has received $1.49 million from House Speaker Michael Madigan.
With less than a week left before voters go to the polls, Rolling Meadows state House candidate Maggie Trevor received another $931,837 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 Citizens for Maggie Trevor, the campaign committee that supports Trevor’s race against Republican Tom Morrison in the 54th House District.
The district covers all or part of Barrington, Inverness, Hoffman Estates, Palatine, Schaumburg, Arlington Heights and Rolling Meadows.
Tom Morrison
Madigan’s contributions to Trevor 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 $1.49 million 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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