State Sen. Napoleon Harris reimburses his campaign fund more than $23k over questionable expenses

State Sen. Napoleon Harris recently cut his main campaign fund a check for $23,459.30, reimbursing the political account for what appeared to be a series of personal expenses that stretched, if not breached, the bounds of what’s allowable under election law.

While Harris didn’t identify the questionable expenses covered by the refund to his Friends of Napoleon Harris fund, his attorney mentioned in a December email to the Illinois State Board of Elections what it would likely cover:

Payments to Forest Ridge Academy “totaling $10,490.63, in full,” according to the email from Evergreen Park lawyer Burt Odelson, to the state agency that regulates campaign matters. At least one of Harris’ children was believed to have attended the private school in Schererville, in northwest Indiana. Payment