Funding 2016 Legislative Elections Redfield 5/7/2018 2016 Most Expensive Legislative Election in Illinois History Number of races with combined general election spending over $1 million • • 2016 2014 2012 2010 2008 2016 – All House & 2/3 Senate, 2014 - All House & 1/3 Senate, 2012 – Both chambers, 2010 All House & 1/3 Senate, 2008 - All House & 2/3 of Senate State Wide Elections in 2010 and 2014 – Special election for Comptroller in 2016 Total $1 M + 23 14 17 16 7 $1-1.99M$2-2.99M$3-3.99M$4-4.99M$5M-5.99M 6 5 3 9 4 0 16 1 0 16 0 0 7 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 $1 million House Races 2010 – 2016 (All House seats up for election each cycle) • 2016 16 races - total spending $52.2 million – average $3.35 million per race • 2014 12 races - total spending $18.2 million – average $1.61 million per race • 2012 8 races – total spending $11.0 million – average $1.38 per race • 2010 7 races – total spending $11.1 million – average $1.58 per race 2016 Targeted Races – General Election Spending General Election time period: 4/1/2016 – 12/31/2016 - Campaign expenditures = total expenditures + in-kind contributions + independent expenditures made to advantage a candidate - transfers made to other political committees - Includes in-kind expenditure made in 2016 that were not reported to campaign committees until 2017 Total Spending 16 House races and 7 Senate Races 16 House Races $25,259,000 Democratic Candidates $26,680,000 Republican Candidates – Republican advantage $1,421,000 ($89,000 per race) $51,939,000 7 Senate Races $13,693,000 $10,923,000 $24,587,000 Democratic Candidates – Democratic advantage $2,770,000 ($396,000 per race) Republican Candidates $51,939,000 $24,587,000 $76,536,000 House Senate Total Dependence on Leadership Support Number of candidates who received leadership support = to 70% of the value of their campaign expenditures House Democrats – 1 of 16 (average leadership support 47% per candidate) Republicans – 14 of 16 (average leadership support 77% per candidate) (9 exceeded 85%) Senate Democrats – 0 of 7 (average leadership support 54% per candidate) Republicans – 6 of 7 (average leadership support 74% per candidate) (3 exceeded 85%)