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Bruce Rauner

Bruce Rauner

Bruce Rauner was elected governor of Illinois in 2014. He became the first Republican governor in the state in 12 years upon his inauguration in January 2015. The gubernatorial campaign was Rauner's first foray into politics. He previously had been a principal at the private equity firm GTCR in Chicago.

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Latest Fact-Checks By Bruce Rauner

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Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on October 1, 2018 a campaign ad
"For decades, Madigan kept property taxes high and made a fortune helping cronies like Pritzker dodge them."
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • October 7, 2018
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on September 6, 2018 a TV ad
Says "J.B. Pritzker’s tax plan" includes a "new tax per mile you drive with government tracking device."
False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • September 23, 2018
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on August 22, 2018 a radio interview
"Every state that has put in a graduated income tax, the middle class always pays more."
False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • September 9, 2018
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on June 12, 2018 a speech
Says "massive floods" led to Legionnaires’ disease outbreaks at the Quincy Veterans’ Home.
False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • June 18, 2018
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on May 11, 2018 a policy forum
"There’s more union jobs growing in Texas, which is a right-to-work state, than in Illinois, and factory workers make more money in Texas than they do in Illinois."
Half-True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • May 24, 2018
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on March 20, 2018 his victory speech
"Newspapers have framed this election as my fight against the Illinois mafia."
False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • March 21, 2018
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on February 13, 2018 a campaign ad
"Who’s really behind Jeanne Ives’ campaign for governor? Mike Madigan’s corrupt insider machine. They’ve bankrolled her campaign with thousands in shady labor union cash, turning Ives into another Madigan lackey."
Pants on Fire!
By Brett Chase • March 5, 2018
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on February 15, 2018 a campaign ad
Says he has a plan for "$1 billion in tax relief for Illinois."
Mostly False
By Brett Chase • February 16, 2018
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on January 29, 2018 a session with Chicago Tribune editorial board
"I have introduced balanced budgets every year that I’ve been governor."
Pants on Fire!
By Brett Chase, Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • February 2, 2018
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on January 29, 2018 a session with Chicago Tribune editorial board
"No private business was conducted on public property. That issue is a contract dispute."
False
By Bob Secter, Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • January 30, 2018
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on January 3, 2018 an interview with the editorial board of the Herald-News of Joliet
"The Legionella bacteria is in most water systems in Illinois."
Half-True
By Brett Chase • January 16, 2018
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on December 4, 2017 a press conference
"The candidates controlled by Madigan, all of them have said, ‘The answer to our problems is a massive income tax hike.’ "
Mostly False
By Matt Dietrich • December 14, 2017
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on October 20, 2017 a press conference
"To be clear, all my investments are in a trust that I don’t control."
Half-True
By Matt Dietrich • October 27, 2017
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on September 28, 2017 a press conference
"I personally am pro-choice. I always have been. And I made no qualms about that when I was elected governor."
True
By Matt Dietrich • October 10, 2017
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on September 7, 2017 in a press release
"Even with a permanent income tax increase... the budget is more than $1 billion out of balance…"
Mostly True
By Matt Dietrich • September 20, 2017
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on August 28, 2017 a bill signing event
"My grandparents were proud immigrants to the United States of America, here to Illinois in the late 1800s. My grandparents did not speak English when they were young."
Pants on Fire!
By Bob Secter, Matt Dietrich • September 5, 2017
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on July 22, 2017 a press release
As written, the (Illinois school funding) bill includes a bailout of Chicago’s broken teacher pension system.
False
By Matt Dietrich • August 1, 2017
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on March 15, 2017 In a tweet
"Our families have the highest property taxes in the country. We must change this."
Mostly True
By Anna Bruzgulis • April 20, 2017
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on February 15, 2017 the annual budget speech
Says he presented "a balanced budget."
Pants on Fire!
By Madeleine Doubek • March 9, 2017
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on December 31, 2016 an op-ed in the (Springfield) State Journal-Register
The status quo led the General Assembly to reduce pension payments four straight years starting in 2005, costing billions of dollars as the delay in contributions essentially borrowed from pension funds at a very high interest rate.
True
By Madeleine Doubek • February 17, 2017
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Latest Fact-Checks About Bruce Rauner

JB Pritzker
JB Pritzker
stated on June 7, 2018 a campaign ad
"$1 billion—that’s how much Bruce Rauner has wasted with his budget crisis."
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • June 25, 2018
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on March 15, 2017 In a tweet
"Our families have the highest property taxes in the country. We must change this."
Mostly True
By Anna Bruzgulis • April 20, 2017
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on February 15, 2017 the annual budget speech
Says he presented "a balanced budget."
Pants on Fire!
By Madeleine Doubek • March 9, 2017
Susana Mendoza
Susana Mendoza
stated on February 19, 2017 a press release
"The various offices of state government have purchased more than $11 million in vehicles, not counting leases, for use from the Governor on down during the last two years."
Mostly True
By Kevin Hoffman • March 2, 2017
Michael Madigan
Michael Madigan
stated on August 1, 2016 Interview with WSIU and WBBM, published Aug. 1.
"Bruce Rauner is of record that he will fully support the Trump candidacy. It's documented. It’s available." 
Mostly True
By Marc Filippino • August 10, 2016
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