Kennedy hits fundraising milestone

Posted on April 7, 2017

Chicago businessman Chris Kennedy’s campaign for governor has announced it has received more than $1 million. (Photo courtesy Facebook/Christopher G. Kennedy)

By RFD Radio/WFMB

SPRINGFIELD – With Gov. Bruce Rauner dumping millions of his own money into his reelection campaign and billionaire J.B. Pritzker entering the race for Governor ton Thursday, there will be lots of talk about money.

Chris Kennedy’s campaign has announced it has received more than $1 million from 3,000 individual contributors, since he launched his candidacy six weeks ago. .

Kennedy’s campaign reports he has raised more individual contributions in the first six weeks of his campaign than Rauner did between announcing his campaign and the Republican primary in 2014.

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