State Lawmakers Donate $230K to Speaker's Wife's Campaign
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Did Illinois House Speaker Chris Welch use his clout to help out his wife's campaign?
Primary elections are a month away. Often overlooked are the races for judge. One Cook County district is getting attention because of the eye-popping campaign contributions one of the candidates has received from democratic state lawmakers. The candidate is ShawnTe Raines-Welch, who happens to be the wife of Illinois House Speaker, Chris Welch.
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State Lawmakers Donate $230K to Speaker's Wife's Campaign
Clip: 5/11/2022 | 4m 42sVideo has Closed Captions
Primary elections are a month away. Often overlooked are the races for judge. One Cook County district is getting attention because of the eye-popping campaign contributions one of the candidates has received from democratic state lawmakers. The candidate is ShawnTe Raines-Welch, who happens to be the wife of Illinois House Speaker, Chris Welch.
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