Madison County Circuit Judge Sarah Smith has received more than $56,000 in campaign contributions since Sept. 1, with approximately 84 percent of those contributions coming from the Simmons Hanly Conroy firm and its attorneys.
Smith is running on the Democratic ticket for the Fifth District Appellate Court seat left vacant by the retirement of Justice Melissa Chapman.
Smith received the maximum allowable corporate limit, $11,600, from the Simmons Firm in Alton on Sept. 1. Between Sept. 9 and 13, Smith received $35,500 from 19 attorneys employed by the firm. The contributions from the Simmons firm and its attorneys totaled $47,100.
As of Sept. 30, Smith also received contributions from other law firms, unions and Democratic committees, including:
- $1,000 from I.U.O.E. Local 399 on Sept. 26
- $1,000 from Wood River Township Democrat Committee on Sept. 22
- $1,000 from SWAC AFT COPE on Sept. 21
- $1,500 from Pratt & Tobin PC in East Alton on Sept. 20
- $1,100 from Kelly Battley of Maune Raichle Hartley French & Mudd LLC in Portland on Sept. 15
- $1,000 from Heat & Frost Insulators & Allied Workers, Local No. 1 on Sept. 15
- $2,500 from Michael Skoler of Sokolove Law LLC in Chestnut Hill, Md. on Sept. 9
- $2,775 from Nate Mudd of Maune Raichle on Sept. 9
- $2,775 from Christian Hartley of Maune Raichle on Sept. 3
- $2,775 from Neil Maune of Maune Raichle on Sept. 3
- $1,100 from Clay Thompson of Maune Raichle on Sept. 1
- $2,000 from Marcus Raichle of Maune Raichle on Sept. 1
As of Sept. 30, Boie has reported $4,500 in contributions since Sept. 1
His contributions include:
- $1,000 from Little Egypt Republican PAC on Sept. 23
- $1,000 from attorney Barney Mundorf of Guin Mundorf LLC in Collinsville on Sept. 23
- $2,500 from Citizens for Charlie Meier ℅ Jeffrey Rabenort on Sept. 19