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Pritzker and Rauner each spent more than $100 per vote

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Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and Democrat J.B. Pritzker spent a combined $105.2 million to win their respective party nominations — the equivalent of more than $100 per vote cast in last month’s primaries, new campaign finance records show.

Pritzker, a billionaire Hyatt hotel heir and philanthropist, led the way by spending a record $68.3 million to win the crowded Democratic primary at a cost of $119.04 per vote. Pritzker collected more than 573,000 votes, or 45.2 percent of the ballots cast, and won by nearly 20 percentage points based on unofficial vote totals. Pritzker is self-financing his campaign.

Rauner, a wealthy private equity investor seeking a second term, spent nearly $37 million in eking out a narrow 2.8 percentage-point win over state Rep. Jeanne Ives of Wheaton. Rauner got around 361,300 votes — 51.4 percent — at a cost of $102.33 per vote. In contrast, Ives spent nearly $4.3 million in getting more than 341,000 votes at a cost of $12.55 per vote.

* From ICPR…

posted by Rich Miller
Wednesday, Apr 18, 18 @ 9:33 am

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Today’s Number… 2212%

Not quite up there with Shah’s 150,000%, but closing in;)

Comment by Anon221 Wednesday, Apr 18, 18 @ 10:12 am
So, what happens to the vendors owed millions by Biss, Drury, Rotering, Goldstein, Mariotti and the rest of the failed candidates? Just curious.

Comment by Trapped in the 'burbs Wednesday, Apr 18, 18 @ 10:25 am
But the Daniel Biss supporters all said he didn’t have the means that Chris Kennedy did….

Comment by Anon35 Wednesday, Apr 18, 18 @ 12:51 pm
Does this include what the Illinois Republican Party spent? I received Rauner mailers and some of them were mailed with the state party bulk mail permit and stated paid for by the Illinois Republican Party. They were clearly Rauner campaign pieces but they took advantage of the state party’s lower mail rate. Looked like a violation to me but obviously Rauner didn’t throw all that money to the state party just to have it not be used for his benefit alone.

Comment by Chris P. Bacon Wednesday, Apr 18, 18 @ 1:36 pm

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