Gov race a toss-up . . .
From Ill. GOP Chairman Chairman Jack Dorgan:
For a sitting governor, it doesn’t get much worse than the week Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn just had.
- On Tuesday, a state audit slammed Gov. Quinn for his $54.5 million program, launched just one month before the 2010 election. The brutal audit led to calls for a criminal investigation into what Republicans called a political “slush fund.”
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- On Wednesday, Quinn’s head of the Illinois Department of Chidren and Family Services abruptly resigned after multiple scandals came to light in the past month, including a theft conviction and past paternity case.Associated Press
Chicago Tribune
Chicago Sun-Times - Then on Thursday, Quinn’s campaign got caught accepting $5,000 from an IDNR official and Democratic county party head. Shamed by the ILGOP, Quinn announced he would donate the tainted cash to charity (more about this below). And initial reports are that Quinn has…
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