Ted Slowik
10/12/22
(Chicago Tribune) A new complaint accuses Orland Park Mayor Keith Pekau of improperly spending money from his mayoral campaign fund on his congressional bid. Pekau bested five other candidates June 28 to win the Republican nomination to face incumbent Democratic 6th District Rep. Sean Casten of Downers Grove in the Nov. 8 midterm election. End Citizens United, a political action committee that supports Democratic candidates, filed the complaint Oct. 5 with the Federal Election Commission. The complaint names Pekau, his congressional campaign fund and its treasurer, Orland Park Village Board member William Healy, as respondents. “There is compelling evidence that Respondents have violated FEC regulations by improperly using funds from Mr. Pekau’s mayoral campaign committee to support Mr. Pekau’s federal campaign,” according to the complaint….End Citizens United is a partisan group that supports campaign finance reform. The Washington, D.C.-based organization draws its name from a 2010 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that deregulated limits on certain types of campaign spending. End Citizens United has filed numerous FEC complaints, records showed.