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Bruce Vincent Rauner (/ ˈ r aʊ n ər /; born February 18, 1956) [1] is an American businessman, philanthropist, and politician who served as the 42nd governor of Illinois from 2015 to 2019. [2] A member of the Republican Party , he was the chairman of R8 Capital Partners and chairman of the Chicago -based private equity firm GTCR .
Incumbent Republican governor Bruce Rauner ran for re-election to a second term in office, [1] but was defeated by Democratic nominee J. B. Pritzker. This was one of eight Republican-held governorships up for election in a state that Hillary Clinton won in the 2016 presidential election .
Bruce Rauner, Governor of Illinois (2015–2019) [156] (endorsed Nikki Haley) Mark Sanford , Governor of South Carolina (2003–2011), U.S. Representative from SC-01 (1995–2001 and 2013–2019), Republican candidate for U.S. President in 2020 [ 157 ]
Quinn won the Democratic primary, while the Republicans chose businessman Bruce Rauner and the Libertarians nominated political activist Chad Grimm. Rauner defeated Quinn in the general election with 50.3% of the vote to Quinn's 46.4%, winning every county in the state except for Cook County , home to the city of Chicago and 40% of the state's ...
QUINCY, Ill. (AP) — Illinois' candidates for governor again traded accusations over leadership, taxes and alleged corruption in a debate Thursday that was their final one to be televised before ...
Conversely the Republican Party experienced what was regarded to be their worst defeat in the state ... Republican: Bruce Rauner (incumbent) 372,124 : 51.5 : Republican:
In 2018, Illinois State Senator Sam McCann left the Republican Party to establish the Conservative Party of Illinois for his gubernatorial campaign. [27] Positioning himself as an "independent conservative," he explained that his candidacy aimed to prevent "two billionaires from Chicago" ( Bruce Rauner and J. B. Pritzker ) from dominating the ...
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Democratic: J. B. Pritzker (incumbent) ... Republican: Bruce Rauner (incumbent) 1,765,751 38.83% −11.44% Conservative: Sam McCann: 192,527