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GOP candidate Rauner promotes pension, workers comp reform STORY BY ALEX V. HERNANDEZ staff reporter
State Senators Bill Brady, Kirk Dillard and state Treasurer Dan Rutherford attended the debate at Benedictine University in Lisle on March 6. At the debate’s outset moderators announced that Rauner, who was also slated to appear, would not be attending. This turn of events led to the three present candidates sharing brief moments of solidarity in the middle of the pot shots they were taking at each other and incumbent Gov. Pat Quinn. Rutherford said that he, Dillard and Brady have all been out meeting people face to face, while Rauner is just using money to drive his campaign. “Would you hire someone to be head coach of Chicago Bears who never coached a little league team,” said Brady of Rauner’s political experience. He went on to say that just because Rauner, chairman of R8 Capital Partners, is willing to spend upwards of $6 million on his campaign doesn’t qualify him to be governor. Dillard also chimed in by saying Rauner’s relationship to Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel made him a questionable Republican candidate. Both Rauner and Emmanuel’s campaign contributors overlap significantly, with billionaires Ken Griffin, Joseph Mansueto and Eric Lefkofsky among them. “We need a collar county governor,” said Dillard. He lives in Hinsdale, a suburb on the border of Cook and DuPage counties. “Not someone from Rahm’s inner circle like Rauner.” However, this proved to be a misstep as Brady took the opportunity to bring up Dillard’s perceived collusion with Democrats on state legislation.
GoP caNDiDatES iN attENDaNcE
DAN RUTHERFORD state treasurer
KIRK DILLARD state senator 24th District
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BILL BRADY state senator 44th District
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‘Self-made’ businessman has spent millions advertising his positions By Bugle Staff
Bruce Rauner describes himself as a “selfmade” businessman who worked in the investment field for over 30 years before announcing his desire to run for governor in 2013. Rauner lives in Winnetka with his wife and six children. He has a degree in economics from Dartmouth College and later received an MBA from Harvard BRUCE RAUNER University. gop canDiDate While he was absent from the March 6 debate at Benedictine University, Rauner has spent millions advertising his positions. The following are some key points from Rauner’s primary campaign:
on Employment: • Get rid of the Quinn-Madigan tax hikes and replace them with a comprehensive overhaul of the tax code that is fair to all taxpayers. • Create Right-to-Work zones and allow local communities to decide whether workers must join a union in order to get a job. • Enact tort reform and limit lawsuit abuse. • Reform the workers’ compensation system to make Illinois competitive with neighboring states. >> see raUner | page 8
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