Ken Griffin Gives $25 Million to Illinois GOP Governor Candidate
- Griffin has said he’s ‘all in’ to unseat incumbent Pritzker
- Battle of billionaires playing out in gubernatorial election
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Hedge fund billionaire Ken Griffin has upped his ante in Illinois’s gubernatorial election this year, contributing another $25 million to Republican candidate Richard Irvin, the mayor of the state’s second-largest city.
Irvin is trying to unseat Governor J.B. Pritzker, a billionaire Democrat seeking a second term in the November election. Griffin, the founder of Citadel and the richest man in Illinois, in February pledged $20 million to Irvin, the mayor of Aurora, after saying in November that he’s “all in” to back an opponent to beat Pritzker.