Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and primary challenger state Rep. Jeanne Ives (42nd) meet with the Chicago Tribune Editorial Board at Tribune Tower in Chicago on Monday, Jan. 29, 2018. (Jose M. Osorio/Chicago Tribune)
CHICAGO – Challenger Jeanne Ives shook up the dynamics of the Illinois Republican governor’s race on Monday, ripping Gov. Bruce Rauner’s job performance during their only pre-election faceoff and collecting a major $500,000 campaign contribution from one of the governor’s biggest donors.
Rauner, who has spent months looking past his primary opponent in favor of attacking Democratic candidate J.B. Pritzker and House Speaker Michael Madigan, paid the price for that approach during a nearly 90-minute joint appearance before the Chicago Tribune editorial board.
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