[Peace-discuss] Fwd: Special Report: A handful of rich families set out to remake Illinois politics. Here's what happened.

[C. G. Estabrook]

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> SPECIAL REPORT
> A handful of rich families set out to remake Illinois politics. Here’s what happened. <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__p.nytimes.com_email_re-3Flocation-3D4z5Q7LhI-2BKVBjmEgFdYACPLKh239P3pgMRxlvJrAA499G58Dl51w9JOiu9MbTZ1u-2BOuufCEMRpknCA9idzV4lmxmcZQ7lmK2Fni8FmHS7olKNVoRZh1IsUZXKmiQ5jYGOTN0eHgea0BB2dWlg5Cqef9YhhwZV4QExNTllWxYaN0-3D-26campaign-5Fid-3D132-26instance-5Fid-3D67345-26segment-5Fid-3D81354-26user-5Fid-3D198124ce8b2571ff930f1d2d1d2fc881-26regi-5Fid-3D617704&d=BQMFaQ&c=8hUWFZcy2Z-Za5rBPlktOQ&r=LJeOlFEcfqeumbK7sxbGa2TB2EZ__rMIqyfr7uOfHEE&m=eyGrWgGH-jEfALX-lM0-Opu1OBK6q5RyTStOvBoymJY&s=qs93TCB40Um1pT5cAOvx0ssNaTfBmMsxL1ydz-9sNjU&e=>
> Sunday, November 29, 2015 10:09 AM EST
> Kenneth C. Griffin, the billionaire founder of one of the world’s largest hedge funds, and a small group of rich supporters have poured tens of millions of dollars into Illinois, a concentration of political money without precedent in the state’s history.
> Their wealth has forcefully shifted the state’s balance of power. Last year, the families helped elect as governor Bruce Rauner, a Griffin friend and former private equity executive from the Chicago suburbs, who estimates his own fortune at more than $500 million. Now they are rallying behind Mr. Rauner’s agenda: to cut spending and overhaul the state’s pension system, impose term limits and weaken public employee unions.
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