Senate candidate gives self loan

Republican Senate candidate Steve Sauerberg has loaned his campaign $1 million to help take on Democratic incumbent Dick Durbin. Sauerberg calls it "a down-payment on my commitment to voters." Money is likely to be a problem for Sauerberg, a doctor from Willowbrook. He got only about $250,000 worth of donations for the primary election and might have trouble raising money to face a popular Democrat in a Democrat-leaning state. But contributing his own money will help Sauerberg get his campaign off the ground and that could end up attracting more donations.