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Republican challenger Bruce Rauner and Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn.

Quinn, Rauner in final frenzy to get out the vote

August 18, 2019 at 6:09 p.m.

With polls tight and pre-election tensions tighter, Democrat Pat Quinn and Republican Bruce Rauner are now turning to the final, furious and perhaps most critical phase of their record-setting $96...

Paul Vallas, left, and Evelyn Sanguinetti are facing off for lieutenant governor.

Lieutenant governor candidates bring different resumes, roles

June 17, 2018 at 5:03 a.m.

Pat Quinn is running for re-election as governor Tuesday, but no one on the ballot may have a keener appreciation of the pitfalls and potential upside for the winner of...

Bruce Rauner, ‘business guy’ or politician?

August 21, 2019 at 5:14 p.m.

Bruce Rauner's voice boomed across the beer garden at Schooner's, a blue-collar Bloomington watering hole known for its king-size pork tenderloin sandwiches that could feed a family of four. "Look,...

Rauner chain hit for Ohio campaign donations

June 17, 2018 at 5:49 a.m.

Executives of a nursing home chain owned by Bruce Rauner's investment firm made banned campaign contributions to Ohio lawmakers in 2003 and then improperly billed Medicaid for reimbursement of the...

Quinn, Rauner try to create fear about the other guy during debate

August 21, 2019 at 5:14 p.m.

Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn on Thursday warned opponent Bruce Rauner would gut education and other social services, while the Republican challenger charged that Quinn is in a group of Chicago...

Republican candidate for Illinois governor Bruce Rauner with Gregg Brown, right, president of the South Side Community Federal Credit Union.

Rauner courts black votes with $1M investment

August 21, 2019 at 5:13 p.m.

Gregg Brown never met Bruce Rauner before the late summer day the wealthy Republican candidate for governor came calling with $1 million worth of personal checks and an army of...

Gov. Pat Quinn, seen here at Uber's Chicago offices for a jobs announcement, has a new ad attacking a Bruce Rauner business deal.

Not all the dots connect on new Quinn attack ad against Rauner business deal

May 15, 2019 at 2:18 p.m.

Gov. Pat Quinn on Monday launched a new ad attacking a business deal of Republican challenger Bruce Rauner, though the dots the Democrat uses to attack the Republican don't necessarily...

GTCR trial full of political peril for Rauner

June 17, 2018 at 7:42 a.m.

As conflicting accusations over the sale of a troubled nursing home chain with links to Republican Bruce Rauner air in a Florida courtroom, so far this much has become clear:...

Former GTCR partner Edgar Jannotta Jr., shown Sept. 23 in Tampa, Fla., has testified in a bankruptcy court hearing.

Ex-Rauner partner details nursing home investment struggles

June 17, 2018 at 7:29 a.m.

A former partner in Bruce Rauner's GTCR equity firm testified Friday at a Tampa bankruptcy trial that the company's investment in a controversial nursing home business was damaged by poor...

Nursing home trial may trouble Rauner campaign

May 15, 2019 at 2:18 p.m.

As Bruce Rauner enters the home stretch of his run for Illinois governor, 1,000 miles away in Tampa, Fla., a federal bankruptcy trial opens Monday to weigh allegations that the...

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