Rauner Prepared To Sink 'Major' Money Into Springfield Term Limits
From the Chicago Sun-Times
Bruce Rauner, Republican candidate for governor, said he is prepared to make a “major financial commitment” into pushing for term limits on Springfield lawmakers.
Rauner said he would personally make “a major financial commitment to make this succeed.”
“It’s going to be a lot,” he said when asked to give a ballpark number. “We’ll see what we need to raise. I don’t really know. We’re going to raise whatever’s needed.”
His remarks came as he laid out more details of a plan to land a question on the Nov. 2014 ballot that would ask voters to impose limits on Springfield lawmakers, restructure the Illinois House and downsize the Illinois Senate.
Rauner himself is committed to only serving eight years in office should he be elected.
Last month, Rauner launched the Committee for Legislative Reform and Term Limits, a ballot initiative PAC that operates differently from a campaign committee in that it has no limit on contributions. Rauner has not yet put any of his own money into the endeavor, but already secured more than $200,000 from investors — including $100,000 from Howard Rich and another $100,000 from former Tribune Co. CEO Sam Zell. Rauner said the initiative would operate completely independently from his campaign with its own staff.
Asked whether he would appear in commercials promoting it: “We’ve never even discussed that,” he said, adding that he believes there’s so much public support that ads may not even be needed.
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From the Chicago Sun-Times
Bruce Rauner, Republican candidate for governor, said he is prepared to make a “major financial commitment” into pushing for term limits on Springfield lawmakers.
Rauner said he would personally make “a major financial commitment to make this succeed.”
“It’s going to be a lot,” he said when asked to give a ballpark number. “We’ll see what we need to raise. I don’t really know. We’re going to raise whatever’s needed.”
His remarks came as he laid out more details of a plan to land a question on the Nov. 2014 ballot that would ask voters to impose limits on Springfield lawmakers, restructure the Illinois House and downsize the Illinois Senate.
Rauner himself is committed to only serving eight years in office should he be elected.
Last month, Rauner launched the Committee for Legislative Reform and Term Limits, a ballot initiative PAC that operates differently from a campaign committee in that it has no limit on contributions. Rauner has not yet put any of his own money into the endeavor, but already secured more than $200,000 from investors — including $100,000 from Howard Rich and another $100,000 from former Tribune Co. CEO Sam Zell. Rauner said the initiative would operate completely independently from his campaign with its own staff.
Asked whether he would appear in commercials promoting it: “We’ve never even discussed that,” he said, adding that he believes there’s so much public support that ads may not even be needed.
Read more in our daily News Update...