
Cook County judicial hopeful ShawnTe Raines-Welch has returned a $10,000 campaign contribution that violated a new state law, enacted with the backing of her husband, Illinois House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch, banning out-of-state financing for judicial candidates in Illinois.
In records filed with the state election board, Raines-Welch’s campaign listed the contribution as having come from Intensive Specialty Hospital of Shreveport, Louisiana.