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Gov race funds top $100 million due to Rauner, Pritzker deep pockets
More than $102 million and counting.
That’s the amount of money raised over the past year by the three richest candidates vying to be governor of Illinois.
The lion’s share of that – 69 percent – was raised by Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner, with $50 million of the $70.9 million he raised coming from his own pockets.
Democrat J.B. Pritzker raised $28.2 million, every penny from his own personal fortune.
And businessman Chris Kennedy raised $3.4 million, bringing the combined contributions the three candidates raised over the last 12 months — from themselves and others — to a whopping $102,605,158.39
Read more: https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/gov-race-funds-top-100-million-due-to-rauner-pritzker-deep-pockets/