Campaign Spending Calls for More Transparency
ICPR Executive Director Sarah Brune is quoted in this article
via Peoria Public Radio
“Illinois may have no money to spend on higher education or various social services. But its leaders have plenty to spend on politics. Some of the primary races in early March were the most expensive in state history. That does not appear to concern Governor Bruce Rauner.
All told, $10 million was spent on just two races for the legislature. Gov. Rauner himself, or his campaign fund anyway, shoveled much of the money into those record-spending primaries. It’s hard to tell just how much: Contributions to certain groups don’t have to be disclosed.
That’s led to calls for more transparency. Rauner won’t say if that’s something he supports.”
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