Republican Illinois legislative candidates whose place on the November ballot is at issue in an ongoing court case have raised very little money for their campaigns, finance reports released this week show.a measure pushed by Democrats that would prevent political parties from slating legislative candidates for the November general election in contests where they had not fielded a contender in the March primary.
Campaign finance records indicate that while more than a dozen Republican candidates may have been granted a second chance by the judge’s ruling, their campaigns still face an uphill battle against Democrats in the fall. Each of the incumbent Democrats in those races reported having thousands or tens of thousands of dollars at their disposal.