The campaign of Terra Costa Howard, Democratic candidate for the 48th state House seat, and one of its biggest contributors, an abortion rights group out of Chicago, have repeatedly violated campaign disclosure laws, the State Board of Elections has found.
Illinois House Speaker and Democrat Party Chairman Michael J. Madigan (D-Chicago) has reported $45,000 in July contributions to Terra Costa Howard, a Democrat running for the Illinois House of Representatives against incumbent Rep. Peter Breen (R-Lombard).
She’s nearly 20 years older than Alexandria Ocasio-Cortes, the New York Democratic Socialist phenom fresh off the year’s biggest political upset. But in her quest to win a seat in the Illinois House, Glen Ellyn lawyer and political activist Terra Costa Howard is using the Ocasio-Cortes playbook, both in style and in substance.
Democratic Terra Costa Howard's election campaign committee, Friends to Elect Terra Costa Howard, spent $10,825 in the second quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).
Campaign reports show that Democratic candidate for the 48th state House seat, Terra Costa Howard, appears to be downplaying the involvement of an abortion-rights group in her campaign; and in so doing, has violated Illinois’ Campaign Disclosure Act on numerous occasions.
Democratic Terra Costa Howard's election campaign committee, Friends to Elect Terra Costa Howard, spent $4,813 in the first quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).
Democratic Terra Costa Howard's election campaign committee, Friends to Elect Terra Costa Howard, spent $1,653 in the fourth quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).