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- Governor Pat Quinn wants voters to know that, unlike Republican foe Bruce Rauner, he ain’t no fortunate son.
The November election season started even before the primary votes were counted Tuesday.
Best individual effort to boost the state economy by dropping a few million bucks on campaign ads: Bruce Rauner. The multimillionaire venture capitalist raised more than $6 million, gave his campaign $6 million more of his own money, and then spent at least $7 million of it to win the Republican nomination. That works out to $22 a vote. Here’s betting the figure climbs in November.
Best chance to check the math skills of the election apparatus: The 26th District statehouse race. Trailing by a few hundred votes, challenger Jay Travis has refused to concede to incumbent Christian Mitchell. Travis said she’d received reports of “voter suppression and intimidation,” which apparently isn’t legal in Chicago.
