High-Profile Primaries Don’t Go Governor’s Way
ICPR Executive Director Sarah Brune was quoted in this article
via Illinois News Network
“SPRINGFIELD — In Chicago, a Democrat state representative who bucked his party was pummeled in a $6 million primary race despite big money help from conservative circles.
Meanwhile downstate, a GOP state senator who crossed Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and sided with Democrats and public sector unions on a key labor bill withstood a charge from a well-financed challenger endorsed by the governor.
Total spending in that race surpassed $4 million.”
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