Matthew Eadie
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I cover local politics, government and other things @EvanstonNow 📸✍🏼 // Freelance work for @nytimes • @COMatBU alum
Chicago/Evanston
Joined August 2018
$610k puts him just behind both Daniel Biss and Kat Abughazaleh, who are both reporting around $640-650k in cash on hand as of July 1. No one else has filed or announced Q2 fundraising yet.
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IL9 NEWS: Bruce Leon, the former CPS board candidate and 50th Ward Democratic committeeman, appears to be bankrolling his own campaign, writing himself a $610,000 check to start his campaign . Leon is founder of Tandem HR firm and said he'll launch his campaign later this month
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Make that a baker's dozen for IL 9. Wilmette gun violence activist Phil Andrew joins the field this morning, too, just hours after State Sen. Mike Simmons.
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State Sen. Mike Simmons of Rogers Park is the 12th Democrat to join the race to succeed Jan Schakowsky in Congress .
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NEW: State Sen. Mike Simmons announced this morning he will join the field of candidates seeking the Democratic nomination for IL9 in Congress. Website below>>. He's the 12th Democrat to join the race.
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NEW: Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss' campaign for Congress in IL9 announced it raised $700,000 by the June 30 quarterly deadline. That's so far the most single-quarter fundraising of IL9 candidates, but less than Kat Abughazaleh's total fundraising (including Q1)
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4th of July parades on the North Shore weren’t just about Independence Day on Friday - especially for the nearly dozen candidates seeking the Dem nomination for Congress. I wrote about it here >>.
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Illinois Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky called the House a "crime scene" after Republicans voted to pass Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill" Thursday. Illinois lawmakers, including Gov. Pritzker, weren't shying away from slamming the bill as dangerous. >>>.
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"The damage being done right now is obscene," Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss says in response to Congress passing Trump's "one big beautiful bill.".
The Republicans just passed tax breaks for billionaires, and to pay for it, they’re cutting Medicaid and SNAP benefits and Planned Parenthood and clean energy programs and so much more. It is an unprecedented betrayal of the American people.
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Statement from Jan Schakowsky re: the OBBA >>>.
The Republican Party just betrayed the American people to give tax cuts to billionaires. It’s shameful. The fight goes on, and my top priority remains protecting the health and dignity of every American.
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RT @brendenmoore13: New: Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Schaumburg, raised more than $3.1 million during the second fundraising quarter, his c….
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First IL9 finance report to come in is Kat Abughazaleh - with some pretty impressive fundraising in Q2. Campaign says about 700 donors are from the district , 3,000 from the state and the rest out of state - 22,000 total donors . Her total fundraising nears $1 as we await others
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He's the TENTH Democrat to file for the primary. Among the other big names are Daniel Biss, Laura Fine, Kat Abughazaleh, Bushra Amiwala and Howard Rosenblum.
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Another candidate has entered the now VERY busy primary for the Illinois 9th Congressional District seat Rep. Jan Schakowsky is retiring from . This time it's State Rep. Hoan Huynh. He was speculated as a potential candidate but is now making it official
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I spoke with Lt. Gov. and U.S. Senate candidate Juliana Stratton yesterday about her campaign ahead of a fundraiser in Evanston —— She talked about her vision for Illinois, the nation and a bit about the party.
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The Biss campaign called it “confirmation” that the Evanston mayor is the frontrunner in the race, but said there’s still a long way to go.
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In a statement, Sam Weinberg, Kat’s campaign manager, said the poll “shows we have a real path to victory.” . “We know we’re the underdogs in this race.”.
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