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Michael Sacks, chairman and CEO of Grosvenor Capital Management and e-commerce billionaire Michael Rubin. As of the this week, Conway’s campaign committee has raised triple that of Foxx.įoxx’s top donors include: Fred Eychnar, president and CEO of Newsweb Corp.

While Foxx and Conway’s fundraising was neck and neck during the fall when they were both still shy of their first million dollars, Conway’s began to pull away with the first donation of $500,000 from his father in August of last year. Foxx as the incumbent, especially this time around, has more of a name that they can draw money from national sources to fight off the Joneses.” “That seems to be driving a lot of the spending. “A self-funded candidate like Conway changes the dynamics of a race completely … and that’s a big part of why there’s so much more spending this time around than last time” said Michael Kang, a law professor at Northwestern’s school of law and expert on campaign finance.

2020 figures go back to 2019 Q2 quarterly filing and through Ma2016 figures go back to the 2015 Q2 quarterly filing. Source: Illinois State Board Of Elections. But Foxx has benefited from external spending by super PACs (not pictured). Lead challenger Bill Conway’s campaign committee has raised triple that of incumbent Kim Foxx thanks to millions in support from his father. The 2020 Cook County state’s attorney’s race is shaping up to be the most expensive ever.