For the month of October, Susana Mendoza fund-raised $1.6 million, two West Side aldermen created their own PAC to support the betterment of their neighborhoods, and one aldermen neared a $100,000 limit on self-funding.

Spreadsheet: October 2016 Campaign Contribution Report

Aldermen Jason Ervin (28) and Emma Mitts (37) created a new political action committee in October to “support the efforts for the betterment of the westside of Chicago.”  The two aldermen filed a D-1 Statement of Organization with the State Board of Elections on Oct. 19th creating the “West Side Black Officials” PAC. The address listed is the same one Ald. Mitts uses for her personal campaign fund, Citizens to Elect Emma Mitts.