Millions of dollars have been poured into the mayoral runoff, and just over two weeks out from Election Day, contributions are still streaming in.
just days after the Feb. 28 election when Johnson and Vallas were declared the two top vote-getters. That’s when Vallas lent $100,100 to his mayoral campaign fund, a move designed to lift the restrictions on how much money both he and opponent Johnson can receive from contributors.Contributors have given a combined $9.2 million to both campaigns since the mayoral runoff began this month. And with about two weeks to go until Election Day, contributions will undoubtedly continue to stream in.
Vallas has managed to amass his millions with the help of big-name contributors such as Craig Duchossois, executive at The Duchossois Group, who contributed $500,000 to Vallas earlier this month. He’s also gotten help from Gerald Beeson, the chief operating officer of the former Chicago investment firm Citadel, who has contributed $300,000 since November and Michael Keiser, owner of Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, who has contributed $900,000 since Vallas launched his campaign.
But Vallas isn’t the only one raking in the big bucks. In the weeks since the February election, Johnson’s contributors have given his Friends of Brandon Johnson campaign more than $3.5 million. In total, the 46-year-old Cook County commissioner has collected $7.6 million from his supporters.
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