Braun mayoral campaign fails to detail spending

The Chicago mayoral campaign of former U.S. Sen. Carol Moseley Braun has failed to document how $315,000 in campaign funds was spent.

The Chicago Sun-Times reports (http://bit.ly/poZr01 ) that the Illinois Board of Elections has been unsuccessful in getting either Braun or her now-defunct campaign to explain the spending.

In an April 15 filing, Braun reported raising $323,000 and spending $315,000, but she didn’t itemize expenditures over $150.

The penalties for running afoul of campaign laws include fines and a ban on seeking office.

Braun says campaign treasurer Billie Paige was responsible for filing the report.

Paige, however, says she resigned from the campaign the day the form was filed. She says she notified Braun and others the report “would need to be amended to reflect all expenditures and debts.”

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Information from: Chicago Sun-Times, http://www.suntimes.com/index