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RandySF

(58,381 posts)
Sat Mar 18, 2023, 06:46 PM Mar 2023

CHICAGO MAYOR CAMPAIGN CASH? JOHNSON NEARLY ALL UNION. VALLAS MAINLY FROM INDIVIDUALS.

Chicago voters are learning about two very different mayoral candidates through campaigns with very different funding sources.

Illinois State Board of Elections data shows over 95% of Brandon Johnson’s funding is from 15 unions, with the majority coming from teachers unions.

Nearly 83% of Paul Vallas’ funding comes from 721 individual donors.

The median aggregate amount given by the teachers unions and their political action committees to the Johnson campaign is more than $940,000. Johnson has just over 140 individual donors to date, with the median donation at $1,000.

Vallas has no donations from teachers unions and just one donation from a union – IBEW Illinois PAC – which is for $100,000. The median aggregate amount contributed by the more than 720 individual donors to the Vallas campaign is $1,500.



https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-mayor-campaign-cash-johnson-nearly-all-union-vallas-mainly-from-individuals/

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CHICAGO MAYOR CAMPAIGN CASH? JOHNSON NEARLY ALL UNION. VALLAS MAINLY FROM INDIVIDUALS. (Original Post) RandySF Mar 2023 OP
vallas has the support of the police union which is pro torture. Doesn't mean vallas is. But, they mucifer Mar 2023 #1
Vallas is a closet Trumper. RandySF Mar 2023 #2
Definitely not a fan. And most definitely voting for his opponent. But I don't think he's Carlitos Brigante Mar 2023 #3

mucifer

(23,461 posts)
1. vallas has the support of the police union which is pro torture. Doesn't mean vallas is. But, they
Sat Mar 18, 2023, 07:33 PM
Mar 2023

endorsed him.

Carlitos Brigante

(26,493 posts)
3. Definitely not a fan. And most definitely voting for his opponent. But I don't think he's
Sat Mar 18, 2023, 07:58 PM
Mar 2023

that. I see him more as a Rahm Emanuel type, but with good manners. What I will say is that the Trump supporters we have here will vote for him.

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