Rahm's Campaign Cash

So where does it all go? Rahm says he returning most of it:

• Now that he’s decided against running for re-election, Mayor Rahm Emanuel has indicated he plans to return the money donated to his campaign fund. Exactly how much money is involved has yet to be determined, but somewhere upwards of $7 million looks like a good bet. Emanuel had nearly $7.6 million in his campaign fund at the end of the June 30 reporting period.
  
  Since then, he’s raised at least another $775,000, records show. It will be a few more weeks before his campaign committee needs to report how much he’s spent during that same time period.
  
  One of the oddities of the mayor’s surprise decision is that his campaign was operating at full tilt right up until the moment he pulled the plug. That means there will be staff and other expenses that remain to be paid, including, one would assume, some senior employees who made a long-term commitment through the election and will need to be compensated appropriately.

So still plenty of room for "politics" to play a part in this. One has to wonder at the "favors" that might have been granted in the way of long term contracts while Rahm knew for months that he wouldn't run.