Pritzker: Picking up pace of Chicago $ for Clinton

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The Swamp
Baltimore Sun, United States - 23 hours ago


Pritzker: Picking up pace of Chicago $ for Clinton
by John McCormick

Sen. Hillary Clinton is expected in Chicago today for two fundraising events which organizers say are expected to net about $750,000.

The New York Democrat's arrival comes just days after her presidential campaign announced that she raised more money during the third quarter than Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois.

Jay Robert "J.B." Pritzker, a Chicago billionaire who is a national co-chairman for the Clinton campaign, said it is starting to get easier to raise money in Obama's home city.

"I wouldn’t call it hedging their bets," he said. "It's still a tough environment, but the purse strings for her have loosened here."

Collecting $750,000 in a single day from Chicago is an impressive sum for Clinton............