Topspin Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan's mid-September announcement that she wouldn't run for re-election in 2018 left those who want to succeed her with little time to raise campaign cash. Candidates basically had the fourth quarter, which ran from October through December. Quarterly campaign finance reports are due mid-month, but state records already available provide a picture of how the fundraising portion of the race is unfolding. Let's break it down: *Among the eight Democrats running in the March 20 primary, state Sen. Kwame Raoul tops the field in money so far. The longtime lawmaker started with more than $406,000 in the bank at the end of September and has added about $540,000 in donations since. *In many cases, candidates have written big checks to their campaign funds. That includes Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering, who gave her campaign loans of $178,000 last week, listing a total of about $530,000 in fundraising in the last quarter. *Chicago Park District President Jesse Ruiz has loaned his campaign $100,000 and contributed a few thousand more, and records show he has raised about $475,000 so far. *State Rep. Scott Drury recently chipped in $170,000 to his bid and has collected about $364,000 all told. *Former Gov. Pat Quinn started with money from his existing campaign fund. In the last quarter of 2017, Quinn added only about $81,000 to the $232,000 he already had. *Sharon Fairley, the former head of Chicago's new police oversight agency, has given her campaign $240,000 in loans and contributions, records show. *Northwest Side attorney Aaron Goldstein reported about $194,000 in contributions, most of that coming from $185,000 from his own pockets. *Former federal prosecutor and cable TV guest Renato Mariotti has raised about $160,000, records show. *On the Republican side, former congressional candidate Erika Harold raised about $116,000 in the last three months. Harold, who has the backing of much of the state's Republican establishment, has collected nearly $250,000 so far. DuPage County Board member Gary Grasso raised about $90,000. Some caveats: The numbers reported so far only reflect donations of $1,000 or more, and some donations made in the waning days of December might not have shown up yet. What's on tap *Mayor Rahm Emanuel has no public schedule. *Gov. Bruce Rauner has no public schedule. *Democratic governor candidate Chris Kennedy will hold a campaign event featuring Nate Pendleton, the father of Hadiya Pendleton. The honor student's January 2013 killing became a national symbol of Chicago's gang violence because of her promise and in part because she was fatally shot in a park about a mile from President Barack Obama's home in the Kenwood neighborhood. From the notebook *Ives gets GOP township backing: Republicans in a Lake County township have backed GOP state Rep. Jeanne Ives for governor over Rauner. Ives' campaign said the support from Fremont Township committeemen was unanimous. It includes portions of Grayslake, Libertyville, Hawthorn Woods, Long Grove, Mundelein and North Barrington. In a statement released by the Ives campaign, township GOP Chairman Glenn Garamoni said Rauner had "turned his back on the campaign promise of conservative reforms with no social agenda." Garamoni said conservative families "comprising the Republican base have been ridiculed culturally, consigned to the fringe, and betrayed by Gov. Rauner on issues that are critical to our platform." That includes Rauner's signing of legislation expanding taxpayer-subsidized abortion, Garamoni said. Ives, a three-term lawmaker and military veteran, also criticized Rauner's handling of incidents of Legionnaire's disease at the Quincy Veterans Home over the past three years. "Managing state agencies is one of the critical jobs of the Executive Office. Bruce Rauner promised to turn Illinois around. But on his watch, state services have deteriorated," Ives said in a statement. "If he can't manage a 200-acre veterans home with 250 residents, how can he manage the state? And 13 veterans, or spouses of veterans, are now dead because of it." Asked last month if he bore any moral responsibility for deaths and illnesses at the state's oldest veteran's home, Rauner did not directly answer. Instead, he said, "Bottom line, I work every day to support our veterans. They are our heroes and I will never ever back down or give up on fighting and working to keep our veterans safe." (Rick Pearson) What we're writing
*Victim behind Dennis Hastert downfall seeks protective order in lawsuit. *Judge orders city to pay $5.6 million in legal fees to wrongly convicted ex-El Rukn gang member. The city plans to appeal. *Illinois suspends Outcome Health's agreement for EDGE tax breaks. *Conservative groups file appeal in case over taxpayer-funded abortion expansion Rauner signed, via The Associated Press. What we're reading *First Cook County marriage license of the year features a groom in a tuxedo onesie. *How tips led to arrest in Loop subway pushing — after police kept quiet for a month. *Amazon's next acquisition target could be Target. Follow the money *Asset manager Fritz Kaegi's loans to his campaign for Cook County assessor now total $560,000 after he reported an additional $250,000 last month. *Track Illinois campaign contributions in real time here and here. Beyond Chicago *South Korea interested in talks with North. *Hatch won't run for Senate again. *Trump says Justice Department should prosecute Comey. *Iranian leader blames protests on "enemies of Iran." | 
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