Prairie State Wire

Speaker Michael Madigan (D-Chicago) contributed $21.1 million to 30 state House races this election cycle, including $3,445,351 to 22 fellow Democrats in the week leading up to Tuesday’s general election.

The Madigan funding was disclosed in reports filed with the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE) by candidate campaign committees.

The contributions came from the campaign funds Madigan controls, including his own committee, Friends of Michael J. Madigan, the Illinois Democratic Party and the Democratic County Chairman’s Association of Illinois. 

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2018 General Election Madigan Contributions 

District	Candidate	Hometown	Total from Madigan
48	Terra Costa Howard	Glen Ellyn	$1,546,160
55	Marty Moylan	Des Plaines	$696,965
65	Richard Johnson	Elgin	$1,499,079
54	Maggie Trevor	Rolling Meadows	$1,489,831
45	Diane Pappas	Itasca	$1,473,524
49	Karina Villa	West Chicago	$1,441,820
53	Mark Walker	Arlington Heights	$1,433,803
97	Mica Freeman	Plainfield	$1,403,004
111	Monica Bristow	Godfrey	$1,368,859
62	Sam Yingling	Grayslake	$1,074,384
118	Natalie Finnie	Elizabethtown	$760,184
61	Joyce Mason	Gurnee	$740,249
42	Kathleen V. Carrier	Carol Stream	$725,638
116	Jerry Costello, II	Smithton	$710,523
79	Lisa Dugan	Bradley	$582,078
76	Lance Yednock	Ottawa	$567,425
17	Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz	Glenview	$552,608
59	Daniel Didech	Buffalo Grove	$466,122
112	Katie Stuart	Edwardsville	$347,015
117	Jason Woolard	Carterville	$254,441
115	Marsha Griffin	Jonesboro	$243,337
46	Deborah Conroy	Villa Park	$184,225
56	Michelle Mussman	Schaumburg	$168,351
57	Jonathan Carroll	Northbrook	$96,605
96	Sue Scherer	Decatur	$76,682
85	John Connor	Lockport	$18,251
44	Fred Crespo	Hoffman Estates	$24,860
68	Jake Castanza	Rockford	$237,029
98	Natalie Manley	Joliet	$45,422
51	Mary Edly Allen	Libertyville	$857,998
Total =  $21,086,472

Source: Illinois State Board of Elections

Editor's Note: An earlier version of this story omitted the $857,998 donated to Mary Edly Allen.