Gov. J.B. Pritzker donated $24 million to the Democratic Governors' Association, which then used the money on TV ads encouraging Republicans to vote for his favored GOP challenger, state Sen. Darren Bailey.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker, left, and Illinois state Sen. Darren Bailey will face off in the Illinois governor's race this November.
In addition to spending more than $62 million en route to an easy win in the June primary, Gov. J.B. Pritzker also gave $24 million to the Democratic Governors Association, which then spent millions on TV ads encouraging Republicans to vote for his favored GOP challenger, state Sen. Darren Bailey, financial reports showed.
The reports, filed with the Internal Revenue Service as part of the DGA’s tax-exempt status and covering April through June, show Pritzker’s contribution represented almost half of the roughly $52 million the DGA raised in the quarter.Pritzker’s intent to enlist the DGA to influence the Republican primary was evident in early April when he gave the group $16 million. He followed up with another $8 million in mid-May, the IRS filing showed.[Don’t miss] Gov. J.B.
Pritzker and his party believed Bailey’s rural, Christian evangelical-based candidacy, endorsed by former President Donald Trump, would make him the easier candidate to defeat in the Nov. 8 general election.
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