From EvanstonReview:

And the Virginia-based Republican State Leadership Committee has infused the Illinois GOP with $800,000 this month alone, which is a major reason why marginally competitive races have turned into battlegrounds.

Karl Rove, former top political strategist in the George W. Bush White House, explained the timing of the national group’s spending. In a Wall Street Journal essay this year, Rove wrote that the State Leadership Committee intends to help the party gain control of state legislatures so it can benefit when it comes time to redraw congressional districts in the next term.

The outside money has enriched state political committees late in the election. Both the House Republican Organization and the Illinois Republican Party stand to nearly double their year-to-date spending in the month of October.

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