Libertarian candidate for governor gets union cash
Via The State Journal-Register
CHICAGO — A Libertarian candidate for Illinois governor is receiving financial help from an unexpected source — one of the unions campaigning against Republican Bruce Rauner because of the Winnetka businessman’s views on organized labor.
Chad Grimm is a fiscal conservative who believes in minimal government. But he has received a $30,000 boost from the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 150 even though it endorsed Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn.
Most of the state’s other labor unions have spent millions of dollars supporting Quinn. They are seeking to defeat Rauner, who made fighting “government union bosses” a focus of his primary campaign.
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