Billionaire Ken Griffin has upped his investment in Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin’s Republican bid for governor, kicking in an additional $25 million to the campaign after seeding Irvin’s candidacy with an initial $20 million, state campaign finance records showed Thursday.
Griffin, founder and CEO of the Citadel hedge fund, is the state’s wealthiest person with a net worth of $26.7 billion, according to Forbes. He is an ardent foe of Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker, an heir to the Hyatt Hotel fortune and the nation’s wealthiest elected politician with a net worth estimated at $3.6 billion, according to Forbes.
The governor, who spent $171 million of his own money to defeat wealthy first-term Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner in 2018, has put $125.5 million of his own money into his reelection campaign, including a $90 million deposit in January.
Whoops that’s scary! Don’t vote for this guy!
Money can buy influence afterall
Buying a politician ?
Thank you Citizens United. Supreme Court decisions matter.
Politics = billionaire fantasy football
His ads are spot on. He is my worst nightmare.
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