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Rauner ally Ken Griffin put a half million dollars into Illinois Senate Republican leader Bill Brady’s campaign. The move came after Brady put a $100,001 loan into his campaign fund, busting campaign limits, to allow him to accept unlimited donations to dole out to GOP senators and Senate candidates.

The state’s wealthiest man just contributed a million dollars to House Republican Leader Jim Durkin’s campaign fund. He’s given the maximum amount ($5,600) to a half dozen GOP legislative candidates during this cycle and contributed $200,000 to Erika Harold’s attorney general campaign fund.

By contrast, Griffin gave Leader Durkin $5 million in October of 2016. His last contribution to Gov. Rauner was $2.5 million in December of 2017, after giving him $20 million in May of that year.

posted by Rich Miller
Friday, Oct 5, 18 @ 11:48 am

Comments

It appears as rich as Griffin is, he does not want to throw away money at least relative to Rauner who will lose big time next month.

Comment by Illinois Resident Friday, Oct 5, 18 @ 11:58 am
Wonders if Ken Griffin will challenge Pritzker in 2022.

Comment by Real Friday, Oct 5, 18 @ 11:58 am
“Here. Take it. Now I have turn my back on you”

- Ken Griffin

Comment by Oswego Willy Friday, Oct 5, 18 @ 11:59 am
Smart move. Save some money for the politicians in Florida.

Comment by City Zen Friday, Oct 5, 18 @ 12:04 pm
It seems like at this point everyone is just running out the play to say they touched first base even though this is a sure out. Also, it says a lot about our wild times that I’m pretty meh about $1.5 million.

Comment by The Captain Friday, Oct 5, 18 @ 12:32 pm
As much as I disagree with Griffin at least this cycle he’ll save some dough so he can donate more to the Art Institue!

Comment by agREEd Friday, Oct 5, 18 @ 12:34 pm
–Smart move. Save some money for the politicians in Florida.–

Geez, you’re thick.

The super-rich live where they choose, regardless of taxes or cost-of-living because that’s where they can make their money and become super-rich.

If that were not true, Manhattan, LA, The Bay Area, London, Tokyo, etc., the highest-taxed and most expensive places to live on Earth would not be the chosen homes of the world’s wealthiest people.

Comment by wordslinger Friday, Oct 5, 18 @ 1:19 pm
==Geez, you’re thick.==

It’s a Kardashian world and I’m just living in it.

==The super-rich live where they choose==

You don’t say, professor? Care to enlighten me on where Palm Beach, Florida fits into your myopic narrative?

Comment by City Zen Friday, Oct 5, 18 @ 1:51 pm
CZ, Word has a point. Jimmy John moved to Florida, but he said it was due to politics, not money. Should we believe him?

Comment by Jibba Friday, Oct 5, 18 @ 2:28 pm
–You don’t say, professor? Care to enlighten me on where Palm Beach, Florida fits into your myopic narrative?–

Nice place for the super-rich to have a second home when they’re not working or retire. Like Florida native Ken Griffin does.

Comment by wordslinger Friday, Oct 5, 18 @ 2:29 pm
$1 million is “please go away” money for Ken Griffin. Not sure why he event went that far, to be honest.

Griffin seems to have one passion: ending tax expenditures. Griffin hates every form of taxpayer subsidy, believing a relatively low tax rate and level playing field produce the greatest wealth. Rather than government using tax policy or other subsidies to try to pick winners and losers in the market?

And what is the GOP’s crowning achievement? Taxpayer subsidies for private schools, re-enactment of edge tax credits, and a massive subsidy proposal for Amazon.

Griffin would be smarter to start getting more involved in recruiting and backing free market, social moderate Republicans in the suburbs and free market, socially liberal Democrats in Cook County.

Comment by Yellow Dog Democrat Friday, Oct 5, 18 @ 3:21 pm
JJ built a house in Florida and moved a division, but the bulk (get it) of his operations are still in Illinois.

Comment by Arthur Andersen Friday, Oct 5, 18 @ 4:02 pm