Caps off in race for countywide Mason vacancy -- one way or the other

Neither declared candidate for the countywide Mason vacancy has a campaign website yet -- but both can surely afford one.

The Democratic Party's endorsed candidate for this vacancy is Loop attorney Chris Stacey. He's filed a Notification of Self-Funding with the Illinois State Board of Elections after loaning his campaign $100,000 -- blowing the contribution caps off in this race. Stacey's campaign appears to have about $270,000 in the bank, according to an FWIW search of ISBE records this morning.

Park Ridge attorney Jennifer Callahan has apparently decided to focus on this race as well. That's a link to Callahan's Facebook campaign page; as of the publication of this post, the Facebook page discloses the Mason vacancy as her objective.

According to ISBE records, Callahan filed her Notification of Self-Funding four days before Stacey's was received. She also loaned her campaign $100,000.

Callahan has been licensed in Illinois since 2006, according to ARDC. She practices with Callahan Law, P.C.