Rauner Coordinates Candidates
via RiverBender.com
If Gov. Bruce Rauner plans to put $20 million into legislative races, how he distributes the money matters in terms of campaign finance laws. Rauner is reportedly looking to recruit candidates to run against 20 incumbent Democrats, pledging $1 million per race. But if he put the money through the independent expenditure committee Turnaround Illinois, which is credited on the current TV ads starring Rauner, the move may be considered illegal, since those kinds of committees aren’t allowed to coordinate with candidates. Sarah Brune, deputy director of the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform (ICPR), says there are ways to do this legally, such as spending from Rauner’s own campaign fund.
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