Just out from The Hill newspaper...I didn't realize Lauzen was wealthy too.
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Illinois
State Sen. Chris Lauzen (R) made an unexpected $325,000 loan to his campaign in the third quarter, more than doubling the $210,000 he raised for his bid to replace retiring Rep. Dennis Hastert (R) in the 14th district, according to a campaign source.
In the primary, Lauzen is facing a wealthy self-funder in former Senate and gubernatorial candidate Jim Oberweis, who has contributed millions to each of three failed statewide bids in the last five years. Lauzen contributed $150,000 to his primary bid against another self-funder in the 1998 state comptroller’s race.
The GOPers aren’t the only self-funders in the race. Democrat Bill Foster has said he raised more than $400,000 in the third quarter — about half of which came from a personal loan. |