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Obama endorses Juliana Stratton for Senate, school board race surpasses $6 million
A major announcement coming just three weeks before election day -- former President Barack Obama has endorsed Juliana Stratton for Senate.
CHICAGO - Chicago’s first fully-elected school board race is becoming a multimillion-dollar political battle.
School board race surpasses $6 million
The backstory:
New campaign finance reports filed over the holiday weekend show even more money flowing into contests that will determine who controls the nation’s fourth-largest school district.
So far, spending has surpassed $6 million. Common Ground Collective, backed by billionaire Michael Sacks, leads school board campaign spending with $2.6 million.
Contribution limits have now been raised in 12 of the 21 school board races.
What's next:
The school board will oversee billions of taxpayer dollars and make decisions affecting hundreds of thousands of students. The next campaign filing deadline is Oct. 15.
The Source: The information in this report came from campaign finance reports detailing spending and contributions in Chicago’s school board races.