Welcome to the Reader‘s morning briefing for Wednesday, July 19, 2017.
J.B. Pritzker, Rauner are raking in millions for the 2018 gubernatorial race
Governor Bruce Rauner and Democratic opponent J.B. Pritzker, who are both billionaire businessmen, are raking in money for the heated 2018 gubernatorial campaign, according to second-quarter fund-raising disclosures. Pritzker donated $14 million to his own campaign and spent $9.3 million on TV ads. Rauner has $67.6 million in his main campaign fund, but his biggest donor so far has been fellow billionaire Ken Griffin, who donated $20 million during the second quarter. By comparison, Democratic candidate Chris Kennedy raised $703,767 during the second quarter and spent $652,524 of it, and Democratic state senator Daniel Biss raised more than $1 million. [Crain’s Chicago Business]
