Bruce Rauner

We must find a way to balance our tradition as a state welcoming of refugees while ensuring the safety and security of our citizens. ”

I've got to pick my fights at the right time. ”

The people of Illinois sent me to Springfield to end the era of unbalanced budgets and runaway debt. ”

Our government workers should be treated fairly and appropriately. They should have a decent retirement, but not a gold-plated system where they can retire multimillionaires in their 50s. ”

Our government works should be treated fairly and appropriately; they should have a decent retirement, but not a gold-plated system where they can retire multimillionaires in their 50s. ”

Your average person in Illinois doesn't really even know what workers' comp is. The average person doesn't know really what's going on in the pension system. They know their taxes are too high; they know we've got a deficit. But getting that message out and helping the people of Illinois really understand what's going on, that's hard. ”

The tax money belongs to the taxpayers. It doesn't belong to the bureaucracy. And government is not a welfare system. ”

We cannot accept the status quo of throwing more taxpayer money into a broke and broken system. ”

Given my venture capital background, I know the tech sector well. ”

When I was young, I had minimum wage jobs as a busboy, flipping burgers and parking cars. ”