Jeff Wartman

Adam Kinzinger, the leading candidate for the Republican nomination for Congress in Illinois 11th Congressional, is getting some good press in CQ….Adam’s website is here and you can click here to donate.

Kinzinger, an Iraq War veteran, filed a campaign report with the Federal Election Commission Tuesday that said he raised $112,000 in this year’s second quarter, including $20,000 from political committees.

Minority Whip Eric Cantor of Virginia gave $5,000 to Kinzinger from his leadership PAC, Every Republican Is Crucial (ERIC) PAC. Illinois Rep. Aaron Schock, the representative from the Peoria-based 18th District, gave $5,000 from his leadership organization, Generation Y Fund.

Republican Rep. John M. Shimkus, who represents southern Illinois’ 19th District, gave $1,000 to Kinzinger’s campaign. Former Rep. Thomas W. Ewing gave $250 from his campaign committee, which is still open even though Ewing retired from the 15th District at the end of 2000. That district, adjacent to the 11th, is now represented by Republican Timothy V. Johnson.

Alabama Rep. Spencer Bachus gave to Kinzinger from both his campaign committee and his leadership PAC.

Notable individual donors to Kinzinger include Marty Ozinga, a construction company owner who lost overwhelmingly to Halvorson in 2008, and Jim Oberweis, a dairy company owner who has waged multiple losing bids for Congress or governor.