Politics Springfield

Rauner reveals donors to his inaugural festivities — he's not one

By Jon Seidel

Toby Keith will perform at Bruce Rauner’s inaugural concert on Monday. | AP file photo

Gov.-elect Bruce Rauner released a list Saturday of contributors to his inaugural festivities.

Noticeably absent from the list was Rauner himself. The Winnetka Republican has taken flak over the amount of his own money he put into his campaign, with departing Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn telling the Chicago Sun-Times this week that Rauner’s move to deposit $20 million into his campaign fund was “thumbing his nose” at Illinois campaign-finance reform.

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Rauner countered Saturday that “the special interest groups that make their money from the government are the problem in our political donation system.”

The list of donors to the Rauner Transition and Illinois Inaugural Committee follows:

Donations up to $100,000 

David MacNeil
Foresight Energy Services
Illinois Hospital Association
Illinois Manufacturers Association

Donations up to $50,000

Richard Duchossois
Alpine Bancorporation Inc.
Altria
Association Venture Corporation

  Donations up to $25,000

Andrew Bluhm
Leslie Bluhm
Meredith Bluhm
David Helfand
H.W. Knapheide III
Jennifer N. Pritzker
Ameren
Associated Beer Distributors of Illinois PAC
Associated Builders & Contractors – IL Chapter
BP Capital Management
BW Financial Services
Illinois Association of Realtors
Illinois Association of Realtors – PAC
Illinois State Medical Society
Integrys Business Support LLC
ISMIE
Meijer
People’s Gas
Property Casualty Insurers Association
State Farm
Walgreen Co.
Wirtz Corporation

Donations up to $10,000

Donations $1,000 to $5,000

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