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Chicago Magazine |
The Billionaire Boys Club is flexing it's electoral political muscles again in Illinois. The
Sun-Times reports that Citadel hedge-fund CEO
Ken Griffinhas kicked in a tidy $2.5 million to fellow billionaire
Bruce Rauner's already bloated campaign fund. That includes $71,000 worth of in-kind contributions for the use of Griffin's private jet. It's reportedly the biggest single Illinois political donation ever — in the modern-day era — to a candidate for governor of Illinois. It's also the biggest ever from an individual other than the candidate himself in the post-Watergate era when public disclosure records were first required, said one political scientist.
Griffin has also given more than $1 million to
Karl Rove’s American Crossroads
Schooling in the Ownership Society: Billionaire Griffin's influence will be felt no matter who wins the election:
