SPRINGFIELD – Among 74 Democrats in the state House, 32 campaigned with Rep. Jay Hoffman’s money in their treasuries from January 2018 to last September.
His committee transferred $360,100 to their committees.
In 2018, he provided $155,500 to three candidates who won open seats.
He gave $55,500 to Lamont Robinson of Chicago, $55,000 to Terra Costa Howard of Lombard, and $45,000 to Mary Allen-Edly of Libertyville.
Nearer home, he gave $45,500 to help Monica Bristow of Alton win a first term.
He gave $55,000 to incumbent Jerry Costello, who won and resigned to join Gov. J. B. Pritzker’s administration.
In five districts Hoffman’s heavy support didn’t tip the scales.
He gave $55,000 to incumbent Natalie Phelps-Finney of Elizabethtown, who lost to Patrick Windhorst of Metropolis by 56 percent to 44.
He backed four losers farther north, giving $55,000 to Kathleen Carrier, $53,000 to Mica Carnahan-Freeman, $50,000 to Maggie Trevor, and $35,000 to Lisa Dugan.
In 2019, he topped all those figures by giving Speaker Mike Madigan $57,800.
He transferred $11,750 to other campaigns of current House members in 2019, and transferred $53,050 to them in the first nine months of last year.
After Nathan Reitz of Steeleville replaced Costello, Hoffman gave Reitz $16,150.
Hoffman gave Bristow $250 in 2019 and $13,400 last August. She lost her bid for a second term.
Transfers after Sept. 30 didn’t appear in state election board records as of Jan. 12, three days ahead of the deadline for fourth quarter reports.
As of Oct. 1, Hoffman had $917,718.05 available for transfers and direct expenses.
He filled his treasury for the 2018 election in 2017, receiving $652,950 in transfers from other committees and $171,004.66 in individual contributions.
Three committees of the laborers union transferred $127,800 to him.
State employees, Chicago carpenters, operating engineers, and electrical workers each transferred more than $50,000 to him.
In 2018, he received $568,925 in transfers and $236,418.44 in contributions.
He transferred $609,946.54 to others and spent $410,348.47 on his own campaign.
In 2019, he received $294,400 in transfers and $225,640.66 in contributions.
He transferred $132,860 to others and spent $74,794.38 on his campaign.
Last year, through Sept. 30, he received $196,250 in transfers and $124,515 in contributions.
He transferred $92,340 to others and spent $104,551 on his campaign.
Lawyers rank among his leaders for individual contributions.
In four years, from October 2016 through last September, John Simmons’s law firm in Alton contributed $18,500 and lawyers in the firm contributed $15,000.
Tom Keefe’s firm of Swansea gave Hoffman $15,300.
The late Randy Gori’s firm of Edwardsville gave him $14,000.
John Driscoll’s firm of St. Louis gave him $11,600.
John Wood of Mount Vernon gave him $8,000.
Thomas Rich of Belleville gave him $7,500.
The Chicago firms of Robert Clifford, Cooney and Conway, Corboy and Demetrio, Power Rogers, and Salvi Schostok each gave him $7,500.
The Becker Hoerner firm of Belleville and Goldenberg Heller of Edwardsville each gave him $5,000.
The Walton Telken firm of Edwardsville gave him $2,500.
Foley and Kelly of Belleville gave him $2,250, and so did Brad Badgley of Belleville.
The Cates Mahoney firm of Swansea gave him $2,200.
Chatham and Baricevic of Belleville gave him $2,050.
David Galanti of Bethalto gave him $2,000.
Lawyers provided another $20,000 in four years through transfers from Illinois Trial Lawyers Association.