Welcome to the Reader‘s morning briefing for Tuesday, October 9, 2016.
Ken Griffin donates $2 million to Illinois GOP statehouse races
Illinois Republicans are trying very hard to win more Illinois General Assembly seats in the November election in order to take away the Democrats’ supermajority. Billionaire Ken Griffin, a major contributor to Governor Bruce Rauner and Mayor Rahm Emanuel, recently donated $2 million to GOP house minority leader Jim Durkin’s campaign account to fund legislative races. Illinois’s $14 million spent on TV ads for statehouse candidates leads the nation, according to the Center for Public Integrity. [Politico]
