Governor Primary Broke Records, and There’s More to Come
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Via – Daily Herald
“Most expensive primary in Illinois history? The dubious honor goes to this year’s gubernatorial primary where Democrat J.B. Pritzker and Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner emerged victorious, a government watchdog group reported Thursday.
Results as of Thursday show that candidates in Tuesday’s primary generated $161 million, a sum $131 million more than the amount raised in the 2014 primary, according to an Illinois Campaign for Political Reform study.
More record-breaking is expected in the general election. Hyatt hotel heir Pritzker and investment banker Rauner engaged in name-calling this week after sponsoring negative ads against each other during the primary.”
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