Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner
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Recent News About Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner
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Voters need to 'do a little digging' after Rauner ads linking Ives to Madigan, Morrison says
Gov. Bruce Rauner’s last-minute campaign ads linking his primary opponent Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) to House Speaker Michael Madigan were so “egregiously dishonest” that Rep. Tom Morrison (R-Palatine) hopes they lead to changes in voter behavior in the general election and beyond.
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Durkin, Brady pressed on abortion, Illinois GOP Party Unity
Illinois' two Republican legislative leaders believe conservative voters will eventually get behind Gov. Bruce Rauner this fall, overlooking his efforts to expand taxpayer funding of abortion in the state.
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Illinois' unpaid vendor debt drops below $8 billion
Illinois' unpaid vendor debt dipped below $8 billion for the first time in recent memory during the week ending March 29, settling at $7,941,010,258.45, according to the state comptroller’s website.
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Campaign spending: Rauner raised $75.5M ahead of primary victory
Gov. Bruce Rauner raised $215 per vote cast for him in the gubernatorial primary race last week compared to Rep. Jeanne Ives' $12 for vote, according to the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform.
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McSweeney: Poll shows how much Rauner needs conservatives in November
Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner is starting the general election campaign down 22 points to Democrat J.B. Pritzker, according to an Ogden & Fry survey released last week. More alarming for Rauner: the survey found 33 percent were favorable and 63 percent were unfavorable, compared with 45 percent favorable to 47 percent unfavorable for Pritzker.
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Rauner victim of disorganized thinking, GOP political analyst says
Gov. Bruce Rauner startled many of the Republican faithful late last week when he insisted he still has no social agenda as he heads into his general election race against Democrat J.B. Pritzker.
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Primary proved to be a rough road for some incumbents
In the midst of what Democrats are hoping will be a "Blue Wave" of elections this year, incumbents in Illinois faced opposition from voters because many of them voted for a 32 percent state income tax hike last year.
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Ives concedes to Rauner in GOP primary
Amid chants of “Jeanne, Jeanne,” Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) conceded defeat to Gov. Bruce Rauner in the Republican primary late Tuesday night.
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Lack of transparency catching up with Rauner
In less than a week, Gov. Bruce Rauner’s office won a mock transparency award, was threatened with a lawsuit charging the office defied numerous Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests and was hit with allegations it violated the state Ethics Act.
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Ives vs. Rauner: The Drubbing. Let’s Go to the Videotape.
It seems there’s a pretty good reason why the public at large never got to see any Rep. Jeanne Ives vs. Gov. Bruce Rauner debates prior to Election Day.
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YouTube ad blasts Rauner for being a 'fake Republican'
A new YouTube video advertisement paid for by the Ives for Illinois-Governor organization slams Gov. Bruce Rauner for attacking Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) over being a true conservative.
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National Review endorses Ives for governor
The National Review has joined the growing list of publications endorsing the candidacy of Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) in her Republican primary run against Gov. Bruce Rauner.
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Rauner's sanctuary law born in DuPage County
The sanctuary law signed by Gov. Bruce Rauner in August, and now dogging him in his primary fight against State Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton), had its beginnings in DuPage County.
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Political strategist sees pro-choice extremist attack on Breen as sign of Rauner's desperation
Campaign mailers funded by a “radical” pro-choice political action committee, Personal PAC, targeting State Rep. Peter Breen (R-Lombard) show how desperate Gov. Bruce Rauner’s campaign team is a week before the March 20 primary, says political strategist Chris Robling.
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Gubernatorial candidates hurling insults instead of addressing 10 trends driving Illinois towards insolvency
With Illinois’ decline in full display for the nation to see, proposals for fiscal and spending reforms should dominate the campaign and political landscape. After all, virtually every budget and economic trend in Illinois is pointing towards insolvency sometime in the near future.
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Reeder: A big lie
Please don’t read this as a candidate endorsement, I don’t do those. This is an endorsement of the truth, which all good journalists should do.
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Sex, lies, and Bruce Rauner
Critics say Rauner's "atrocious" behavior in office was predictable
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Fox Host Carlson calls Rauner a "Fake Republican Governor."
Rauner earned Carlson's "fake Republican" label by signing legislation in August that protects illegals from enforcement of federal immigration laws, effectively turning Illinois into a sanctuary state.
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Illinois Governor Campaign takes politics to a new low
Governor Rauner is spending millions misrepresenting and lying about his opponent Jeannie Ives, a West Point graduate and three-term Republican State Representative.
