October 15, 2004

In This Issue:
*The Race is On
*Federal Data Now Available on ICPR Site
*Judicial Voter’s Guide

*The Race is On
ICPR’s new web blog “The Race is On” is featured on the home page of www.ilcampaign.org Through the November 2nd election, we’ll be posting frequent updates on the hottest legislative and judicial races and highlighting the most interesting things we find in the reports being filed by candidates and political committees.

*Federal Data Now Available
Want to know where Illinois’ federal candidates are getting their funds? Check out http://www.ilcampaign.org/federal.asp for details of contributions to the presidential candidates, as well as Illinois’ US Senate and congressional candidates. The information compiled by our national partners at politicalmoneyline.com includes how much has been raised from individuals and political action committees, total receipts and spending through the latest federal reporting period.

*Judicial Voter's Guide
Biographical information about judicial candidates, as well as their responses to questions about how the state court system can be improved and how the judiciary can insulate itself from political pressures can be found at www.illinoisvotersguide.org The voter’s guide, which also provides background information on Illinois’ court system, judicial elections and links to bar evaluations, is a joint project of ICPR and Justice at Stake, a nonpartisan national partnership working to keep our courts impartial and fair.

ICPR Spotcheck is a publication of The Illinois Campaign for Political Reform, a non-partisan public interest group that educates, conducts research, and advocates reforms to promote public participation in government, address the role of money in politics, and encourage integrity, accountability, and transparency in government.

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