A new Commonwealth Foundation report highlights how public sector unions across Illinois spent nearly $30 million on state races over the 2023-24 election cycle, or far more than what union officials in any other state dedicated to such causes. At $5.5 million, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson tops the State Government Union Pac Money List of those most benefiting from government employment unions support.
Law firms are a distant second but only because they rarely exceed contribution limits even when they’ve been lifted. But partners in those firms will also max out their individual contributions.
Leaving Soon, just not soon enough
5 months ago
The unions get a great return on investment; the taxpayers end up paying for it.
Irish Patriot
5 months ago
Sad that a mere $30,000,000 can buy infinity influence in Illinois’s Democrat politics. That’s less that 1/10th of what JB has spent on his two campaigns.
Leaving Soon, just not soon enough
5 months ago
Confirmation that Illinois and Chicago are run by the public sector unions. They have gamed the voting system and destroyed Illinois in the process.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Law firms are a distant second but only because they rarely exceed contribution limits even when they’ve been lifted. But partners in those firms will also max out their individual contributions.
The unions get a great return on investment; the taxpayers end up paying for it.
Sad that a mere $30,000,000 can buy infinity influence in Illinois’s Democrat politics. That’s less that 1/10th of what JB has spent on his two campaigns.
Confirmation that Illinois and Chicago are run by the public sector unions. They have gamed the voting system and destroyed Illinois in the process.
We top the nation in many bad things.