Campaign Finance and Super PACs

AIPAC-linked networks have poured millions into Illinois primaries, including roughly $2 million by the Chicago Progressive Partnership, which shares vendors with AIPAC-tied entities and has run controversial ads opposing Junaid Ahmed (IL‑8) and backing Bushra Amiwala while opposing Kat Abughazaleh in IL‑9 — ads Amiwala, a critic of Israel, publicly denounced. Groups with innocuous local names like Elect Chicago Women and Affordable Chicago Now have similarly funneled millions across multiple districts, signaling a broader, coordinated effort to influence primaries.