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At Madigan's request, personal injury lawyers back Dugan with $45,000

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Kankakee State House candidate Lisa Dugan has received a total of $582,078 from House Speaker Michael Madigan.

Kankakee State House candidate Lisa Dugan has received a total of $582,078 from House Speaker Michael Madigan.

Kankakee State House candidate Lisa Dugan received $45,000 in campaign contributions from personal injury lawyers at the direction of House Speaker Michael Madigan.

Among the state's trial law firms, 15 gave $3.4 million to campaigns this year, with $2.6 million of that arriving over the last 60 days and funneled to Madigan-backed candidates, according to records from the Illinois State Board of Elections,

Madigan has been pouring money into various Democrat House races through the campaign funds he controls, including his own committee, Friends of Michael J. Madigan, the Illinois Democratic Party and the Democratic County Chairman’s Association of Illinois. 

Alton-based Simmons Hanly Conroy, one of the most prolific filers of asbestos claims in the U.S., is the largest single source of contributions from law firms going toward Madigan-backed candidates or committees; and Gori Julian in Edwardsville was the second greatest single source of campaign money among the state’s law firms.

Dugan is running against Republican Lindsay Parkhurst in the 79th House District. In all, Madigan has contributed $582,078 to Dugan's campaign this election cycle.

The district covers all or part of Peotone, Coal City, Braidwood, Gardner, East Brooklyn, Bourbonnais, Bonfield, Limestone, Reddick, Union Hill, Kankakee, Sun River Terrace, Aroma Park, Hopkins Park, Buckingham, Herscher, Cabery, Irwin, Chebanse and St. Anne.

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Candidate Campaign Contributions from Personal Injury Lawyers

CandidateHometownTotal
Monica BristowGodfrey$127,775
Natalie FinnieElizabethtown$105,825
Jerry Costello IISmithton$88,800
Katie StuartEdwardsville$72,225
Daniel Didech Buffalo Grove$66,600
Karina VillaWest Chicago$60,400
Maggie TrevorRolling Meadows$60,400
Joyce MasonGurnee$60,400
Mica FreemanPlainfield$60,400
Terra Costa HowardGlen Ellyn $60,400
Kathleen CarrierCarol Stream$49,300
Lisa DuganKankakee$45,000
Mark WalkerArlington Heights$43,000
Diane PappasItasca$38,500
Lance YednockOttawa$16,725

Campaign Contributions by the Top 15 Trial Lawyer Firms

Firm2018 TotalsLocation
Cavanagh Law Group$156,550Chicago
Clifford Law Offices$306,600Chicago
Simmons Hanly Conroy$491,040Alton
Cogan & Power$181,500Chicago
Cooney & Conway$169,950Chicago
Corboy & Demetrio$361,700Chicago
Gori, Julian & Associates$449,574Edwardsville
Hurley McKenna & Mertz$156,300Chicago
Keefe, Keefe & Unsell$34,275Belleville
Levin & Perconti$164,000Chicago
Meyers & Flowers$182,500Saint Charles
Power Rogers & Smith PC$237,061Chicago
Romanucci & Blandin$177,200Chicago
Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard$213,875Waukegan
Wise Morrissey Kaveny$138,900Chicago
Source: Illinois State Board of Elections

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