Independent Campaign Expenditures Surged Big Time in State Races

Rich Miller: Independent campaign expenditures surged big time in state races – Chicago Sun-Times

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Independent campaign expenditures surged big time in state races

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MILLER: Illinois legislative race campaign spending way up

Independent campaign expenditures have skyrocketed this year in state legislative races.  All of these numbers were current as of Friday, March 13 at 4:20 in the afternoon, when I finished writing this column. Independent expenditure committees are not allowed to coordinate their spending with candidates, ergo the “independent” label. As with the federal level, they are also not limited in how much they can spend on any state or local races.  To…