Outside spending tops $2 million in race to succeed Schakowsky – Evanston Now

Campaigns are not legally allowed to coordinate with outside spending groups, though a loophole called red-boxing allows the campaigns to signal the kinds of ads they want to see without directly coordinating with the groups. Candidates Daniel Biss and Laura Fine both have redboxing pages, which both have recently been updated with negative information about each other, indicating negative ads may be coming soon.