Millions are pouring into Chicago’s mayoral runoff. See who’s contributing to Brandon Johnson and Paul Vallas’ campaigns here.
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Since the Chicago mayoral runoff began on March 1, $20.2 million has been contributed to the contenders, Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson and former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas. A winner will be chosen after the polls close on Election Day, April 4.
Vallas’ fundraising continues to outpace Johnson’s as the two ask for cash to get help for TV advertising, campaign work and events. The Vallas for Mayor campaign fund has received $19.5 million in contributions since the start of his campaign in June 2022 — and more than $13 million of that has come in since the runoff campaign began on March 1.
Johnson’s contributors have given his Friends of Brandon Johnson campaign more than $7 million. In total, the 47-year-old Cook County commissioner has collected $11.2 million from his supporters.
Campaign contribution limits were lifted 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.
And since then millions of dollars have poured in.
Vallas has amassed millions with the help of big-name contributors such as Craig Duchossois, executive at The Duchossois Group, who contributed $750,000 to Vallas in March, 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.
In the last two weeks alone, Vallas’ campaign reported approximately $8.4 million in new contributions.
Johnson, meanwhile, has received his financial backing from labor groups such as the American Federation of Teachers, Service Employees International Union and Chicago Teachers Union, which combined have contributed nearly $9 million to his campaign.
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