Evanston Becomes First Illinois City to Counteract Big Money With Public Match Small-dollar donations from Evanston residents to candidates for mayor can be matched out of a pool of public funding under the new program.
With Chicago’s Mayoral Race Awash in Big Money, Reformers Aim to Amplify Small Donors Barely one percent of funding in the mayoral race has come from small donors, according to the nonpartisan group Reform for Illinois, but reform proposals have the support of both candidates.