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Alright.....the Republicans have who will be taking on Quinn. Note the Democrats think Quinn and Illinois is a Weak link in their book. Oberweis won and will Challenge Durbin who is favored heavily to win his seat back. The Positive with the Repub is he has the money to make Durbin and the Democrats swet. This guy is also for term limits and wants to try and run with it. Quinn can be beaten and believe it or not.....even the Dems base around here are tired of all the Corruption that comes with their Party here, plus the state has had its credit down graded again. Its losing business and people are moving out. Which don't count the Billions of Dollar pension problem they have here.
Billionaire businessman Bruce Rauner won a closer-than-expected Illinois Republican primary for governor Tuesday night and will face Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn in the November general election.
Rauner, 57, a first-time candidate who set state campaign finance records by pouring $6 million of his own money into his campaign, narrowly defeated state Sen. Kirk Dillard.
Rauner campaigned as an outsider, defeating three Republicans with longtime ties to state government: Dillard, who narrowly lost a 2010 GOP primary for governor, state Treasurer Dan Rutherford and state Sen. Bill Brady, who defeated Dillard four years ago.
In addition to blanketing the state with TV ads, Rauner dissuaded Rep. Aaron Schock from entering the race with a slew of ads targeting the congressman in his Peoria-based district.
Republicans see Quinn as among the most vulnerable Democratic governors in the country, as he was in 2010. He presided over an income tax increase after saying during his previous campaign that he wouldn’t raise taxes. Bill Daley, former White House chief of staff to President Barack Obama, entered the primary against Quinn before dropping out in September.
Quinn and national Democrats are planning to try and turn Rauner into a Mitt Romney-like figure, highlighting unsavory elements of his career in private equity and legal troubles at nursing homes owned by Rauner’s firm. Rauner has played into this image, describing himself as belonging to the “.01 percent” and at one point during the campaign proposing to lower the state’s minimum wage before later saying it should be increased.....snip~
Read more: Bruce Rauner wins close GOP primary in Illinois - Reid J. Epstein - POLITICO.com
Billionaire businessman Bruce Rauner won a closer-than-expected Illinois Republican primary for governor Tuesday night and will face Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn in the November general election.
Rauner, 57, a first-time candidate who set state campaign finance records by pouring $6 million of his own money into his campaign, narrowly defeated state Sen. Kirk Dillard.
Rauner campaigned as an outsider, defeating three Republicans with longtime ties to state government: Dillard, who narrowly lost a 2010 GOP primary for governor, state Treasurer Dan Rutherford and state Sen. Bill Brady, who defeated Dillard four years ago.
In addition to blanketing the state with TV ads, Rauner dissuaded Rep. Aaron Schock from entering the race with a slew of ads targeting the congressman in his Peoria-based district.
Republicans see Quinn as among the most vulnerable Democratic governors in the country, as he was in 2010. He presided over an income tax increase after saying during his previous campaign that he wouldn’t raise taxes. Bill Daley, former White House chief of staff to President Barack Obama, entered the primary against Quinn before dropping out in September.
Quinn and national Democrats are planning to try and turn Rauner into a Mitt Romney-like figure, highlighting unsavory elements of his career in private equity and legal troubles at nursing homes owned by Rauner’s firm. Rauner has played into this image, describing himself as belonging to the “.01 percent” and at one point during the campaign proposing to lower the state’s minimum wage before later saying it should be increased.....snip~
Read more: Bruce Rauner wins close GOP primary in Illinois - Reid J. Epstein - POLITICO.com