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ELECTIONS 2012
2012 ELECTION COMES TO A CLOSE Total spending of 13th District, US House race tops $8 million BY CHRISSY PAWLOWSKI STAFF WRITER
million was spent independently in this race. Super PACs are one of the outside groups that account for much of the spending on campaign ads. Super PACs are expenditure-only committees that promote candidates independently. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has given $2.76 million for advertisements opposing Davis. The American Action Network Inc. has spent about $1.48 million on advertisements opposing Gill. Independent spending greatly increased during the month of October. As of Thursday, $5.1 million had been spent independently on this race as compared to $1.8 million spent prior to Oct. 1. At a debate sponsored by the League of Women Voters on Thursday, the candidates
See 13TH DISTRICT, Page 3A
By themselves, the three candidates for the District 13 House seat have raised about $1.8 million to support their campaigns as of Oct. 17. But the spending by political action committees and other groups has far outstretched that of the candidates. Over $6.8 million has been spent on campaigning by outside committees, most of this money going toward opposing candidates. The graphic below combines
money spent for a candidate and against his opponent as one total under independent committee spending. In total, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is the biggest spender, having poured about $2.8 million into the district, followed by the conservative group American Action Network at about $1.5 million and the National Republican Congressional Campaign Committee at about $1.4 million SPENDING AS OF 10-17-2012
INDEPENDENT COMMITTEE SPENDING
RODNEY DAVIS
$840,810.01 $3,786,826.75
DAVID GILL
$936,702.17 $3,058,147.99 JOHN HARTMAN
$7,993.25 $0 $1,785,505.43
SUM
$6,844,974.74 SHANNON LANCOR Managing Editor for Visuals
Source: Federal Election Commission
Final push
Polling places on campus SPRINGFIELD AVENUE
FIFTH STREET
FOURTH STREET
THIRD STREET
SECOND STREET
FIRST STREET
HEALEY AVENUE
Daniels Graduate Hall 1010 W. Green St. GREGORY STREET
GOODWIN AVENUE
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bout $8 million has been spent on the 13th Congressional District race, according to recent Federal Election Commission reports, making it one of the most highly funded House races. As of the most recent Federal Election Commission report released Oct. 17, Republican Rodney Davis received more than $1 million and spending more than $840,000. Democratic candidate David Gill also received more than $1 million and spent more than $930,000, while independent candidate John Hartman spent about $8,000 after receiving just about $8,000. Gill had about $118,000 in available funds, Davis had about $272,000 in available funds and Hartman was about $870 in debt. Aside from the funds candidates collected and spent, independent entities also promoted candidates with their own fi nances. About $7
Big money in Illinois District 13
GREEN STREET
JOHN STREET DANIEL STREET
ILLIN0IS STREET Main Quad
McKinley Foundation 809 S. Fifth St.
Illinois St. Residence Hall OREGON STREET 1010 W. Illinois St.
GREGORY DRIVE
Stadium Terrace
KIRBY AVENUE
Activities and Play Field Recreation Ceneter Football 201 E. Peabody Drive Stadium
South Quad
Lincoln Ave. Residence Hall 1005 S. Lincoln Ave.
Pennsylvania Ave. Residence Hall 906 W. College Court
Staley Illini Grove
LINCOLN AVENUE
Student Dining and Residential Programs building (Ikenberry) 301 E. Gregory Drive
University YMCA 1001 S. Wright St.
DORNER DRIVE
ARMORY AVENUE
FOURTH STREET
CHALMERS STREET
CAROLYN KASTER AND SCOTT KEELER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
President Barack Obama, left, campaigns outside the Wisconsin state capitol building in Madison, and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks to supporters at the Sanford International Airport in Sanford, Fla., on Monday. Both candidates visited several swing states in a late push before the election.
Canvassers from both parties pick up efforts in persuading others
INSIDE
BY GARRETT WILLIAMS STAFF WRITER
J
ordan Morr is walks through the shaded outdoor apartment complex at Gregory Towers in Champaign. As he approaches the first door with a medium-sized metal number posted on its front, he raises a closed fist and knocks lightly three times. Within seconds, a man opens the door. Morris quickly identifies himself as a volunteer with 13th District Congressional candidate
J MICHAEL MIOUX Design Editor
Source: Champaign County Clerk
Voters break Champaign County record Champaign County has the highest number of voters it has ever had before an election. As of Monday, 19,166 people in Champaign County had voted either early or by an absentee ballot, Champaign County Clerk Gordy Hulten
said. He said about 140,000 people registered to vote in Champaign County. Also for the first time this year, there was an on-campus polling place on campus at the Illini Union. Hulten said there were 1,209 people who voted there.
See CANVASSING, Page 3A
Po l i c e 2 A | H o r o s c o p e s 2 A | O p i n i o n s 4 A | C r o s s w o r d 5 A | C o m i c s 5 A | B u s i n e s s & Te c h n o l o g y 6 A | S p o r t s 1 B | C l a s s i f i e d s 4 B | S u d o k u 4 B