For Immediate Release October 28, 2004

Contact: Cindi Canary (312) 335-1767

Heading in to the final weekend of the 2004 campaign, the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform and the Sunshine Project find millions of campaign cash poised to flow into the state’s already overheated election campaigns.
Whether this money will be deployed to Illinois’ national-record-shattering Supreme Court race, or into one of the tier-one legislative contests remains to be seen. Through the election, ICPR will post key campaign contribution activity on its website, ilcampaign.org, as it develops.

Caucus	Committee	Funds Reported*	Transfers Reported#	Remaining Balance
House Demo-crats	Friends of Michael J. Madigan	$1,991,228	$1,301,000	$690,228
	Democratic Party of IL	$5,845,618	$4,717,361	$1,128,257
House Repub-licans	Cmte to Elect Tom Cross	$2,012,394	$969,439	$1,042,955
	House Republican Organization	$1,234,506	$945,632	$288,874
	Illinois House Victory Fund	$182,291	$175,000	$7,291
Senate Demo-crats	Citizens for Emil Jones	$2,940,584	$1,500,300	$1,440,284
	Illinois Senate Democratic Fund	$3,104,587	$2,034,285	$1,070,302
Senate Repub-licans	Citizens for Frank Watson	$1,647,734	$619,410	$1,028,324
	Republican State Senate Campaign Cmte	$2,391,996	$1,517,446	$847,550
	Illinois Republican Party	$3,022,581	$2,240,608	$781,973

* - Counts reported cash on hand as of June 30, 2004, plus reported receipts since July 1, 2004 through October 26, 2004.
#- Counts funds reported spent between July 1, 2004 and October 26, 2004An updated chart detailing the most recent fundraising by source for the Supreme Court and Illinois’ key legislative races has been posted at www.ilcampaign.org
Both the Sunshine Project (located at the University of Illinois at Springfield) and the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform are nonprofit, nonpartisan projects that work to increase public awareness of how political campaigns are funded in Illinois.

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