ook County State’s Attorney Kimberly Foxx of Flossmoor and congressional hopeful Marie Newman of Palos Park
ook County State’s Attorney Kimberly Foxx of Flossmoor and congressional hopeful Marie Newman of Palos Park
Illinois’ most prolific left-leaning donors are prioritizing two candidates this primary season: Cook County State’s Attorney Kimberly Foxx of Flossmoor and congressional hopeful Marie Newman of Palos Park.
Foxx and Newman have 58 Illinois campaign donors in common, including members of several wealthy Illinois families known for supporting left-wing candidates and causes, according to an analysis of campaign finance records by South Cook News.
State Sen. Heather Steans (D-Chicago) and her husband, political activist Leo Smith are among the top donors to both Foxx and Newman.
As of Dec. 31, 2019, the couple had donated $41,600 to Foxx and $10,800 to Newman.
Smith gave Foxx another $50,000 on Feb. 7, according to the Illinois State Board of Elections.
Steans is the daughter of late banking magnate Harrison I. Steans of Lake Forest.
Chicago billionaire Neil Bluhm and his family have given Foxx $27,200 and Newman $13,500.
Bluhm owns Rivers Casino in Des Plaines as well as stakes in Chicago’s 900 N. Michigan building, the Chicago Bulls and Chicago White Sox.
Other Foxx-Newman donors include:
• Leon D. Finney, a Chicago community organizer turned real estate developer who stands accused of fraud after his company filed for bankruptcy in 2018.
• Elzie Higginbottom, a Chicago real estate developer specializing in government-subsidized housing.
• Joan M. Hall of Chicago, a retired Jenner & Block partner.
• Leonard C. Goodman, Chicago criminal defense attorney and co-owner of the left-wing Chicago Reader
• Fay Hartog-Levin (Winnetka), attorney and former U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands under President Barack Obama
• Former Illinois State Senator Carol Ronen (D-Chicago)
• Willis Towers Watson Managing Partner and Illinois State Board of Higher Education Chairman John M. Atkinson of Burr Ridge
List of donors who have provided campaign donations to both to Foxx and Newman
| Donor | Newman | Foxx | |||
| Heather | A | Steans | Chicago | $8,100 | $30,800 |
| Neil | G | Bluhm | Chicago | $5,400 | $11,000 |
| John | M | Atkinson | Burr Ridge | $5,000 | $4,000 |
| Leslie | Bluhm | Chicago | $2,700 | $5,400 | |
| Andrew | G | Bluhm | Winnetka | $2,700 | $5,400 |
| Meredith | A | Bluhm-Wolf | Chicago | $2,700 | $5,400 |
| David | A | Helfand | Chicago | $2,700 | $5,400 |
| Judith | Levin-Sensibar | Chicago | $2,700 | $750 | |
| Leo | A | Smith | Chicago | $2,700 | $10,800 |
| Frederique | Hartog- Levin | Winnetka | $2,500 | $2,000 | |
| Elzie | L. | Higginbottom | Chicago | $2,000 | $5,350 |
| Marcena | W | Love | Winnetka | $2,000 | $2,000 |
| Judson | H | Miner | Chicago | $2,000 | $2,500 |
| Bettylu | K | Saltzman | Chicago | $2,000 | $9,000 |
| Howard | J | Swibel | Skokie | $1,750 | $1,500 |
| Lois | I | Barliant | Chicago | $1,600 | $350 |
| Prudence | R | Beidler | Lake Forest | $1,500 | $9,000 |
| Leonard | C | Goodman | Chicago | $1,500 | $8,650 |
| Julia | M | Stasch | Chicago | $1,500 | $5,000 |
| Robert | Weissbourd | Chicago | $1,500 | $2,000 | |
| Grace | A | Newton | Chicago | $1,250 | $3,500 |
| Mark | A | Zivin | Evanston | $1,160 | $600 |
| Kimball | R | Anderson | Chicago | $1,000 | $2,500 |
| Jodi | Block | Chicago | $1,000 | $5,400 | |
| Joan | M | Hall | Chicago | $1,000 | $8,001 |
| Clark | Pellett | Chicago | $1,000 | $1,000 | |
| Oren | Irving Jacobson | Glenview | $938 | $1,750 | |
| Lucy | B | Ascoli | Chicago | $750 | $1,000 |
| Elizabeth | A | Austin | Oak Park | $750 | $600 |
| Julie | Hamos | Chicago | $750 | $450 | |
| Linda | Loving | Chicago | $750 | $200 | |
| Laura | Tucker | Evanston | $750 | $3,000 | |
| Eileen | J | Dordek | Chicago | $625 | $500 |
| Patrick | E | Croke | Chicago | $550 | $1,500 |
| Fay | Clayton | Evanston | $500 | $1,800 | |
| Lynn | G | Cutler | Chicago | $500 | $750 |
| David | K | Igasaki | Chicago | $500 | $665 |
| Miriam | A | Kalichman | Chicago | $500 | $300 |
| Janice | E | Rodgers | Chicago | $500 | $500 |
| Bonnie | M | Fry Rothman | Chicago | $500 | $1,250 |
| Steven | C | Stearns | Chicago | $500 | $500 |
| Judy | A | Wise | Chicago | $500 | $1,000 |
| Michael | Rothman | Chicago | $350 | $250 | |
| Heidi | Rudolph | Western Springs | $300 | $500 | |
| Robin | D | Shoffner | Chicago | $300 | $300 |
| Linda | T | Coberly | Oak Park | $250 | $250 |
| Amina | J | Dickerson | Chicago | $250 | $500 |
| Leon | D | Finney | Chicago | $250 | $3,000 |
| Deborah | Franczek | Chicago | $250 | $1,500 | |
| Aviva | Futorian | Chicago | $250 | $500 | |
| Jennifer | A | Pope | Chicago | $250 | $200 |
| Carol | J | Ronen | Chicago | $250 | $500 |
| Rebecca | A | Sive | Chicago | $250 | $250 |
| Merrill | Hewson Smith | Chicago | $250 | $500 | |
| George | A | Williams | Naperville | $250 | $1,000 |
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