Gov. Bruce Rauner

Taxes

The governor supports a flat-rate income tax, which means that every individual, no matter their wealth, get would be taxed at the same rate. The individual tax rate in 2017 was around 4.4 percent. Gov. Rauner has expressed that Mr. Pritzker’s advocacy for a graduated rate tax system is “proposing a massive tax hike on all the people of this state”.

Corruption

Gov. Rauner has sought to expose instances of corruption on the part of Mr. Pritzker, namely by publicly sharing a wiretap of a discussion between Mr. Pritzker and former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, in which Mr. Pritzker asks to be considered for an appointment to State Treasurer.

Criminal Justice

The focus of the governor on criminal justice form is rehabilitation. As governor, he has worked on bipartisan bills that give former criminals more job training and opportunities for when they have served their sentence and are returning to society.

Jobs

In order to increase jobs in the state, the governor wants to lower the cost of doing business, decreasing “out-of-control lawsuit abuse” and freeze property taxes.