CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Gov. Bruce Rauner’s recent choice for a seat on the University of Illinois Board of Trustees is a generous Republican campaign donor.
The (Champaign) News-Gazette reports (https://bit.ly/2eEckHj ) that Dr. Stuart King has given $6,000 to Citizens for Rauner. His most recent check was for $1,000 in March.
Campaign disclosure records reviewed by the newspaper also show King has given more than $22,000 to GOP candidates. They include state Sens. Chapin Rose of Mahomet (muh-HAH’-miht) and Jason Barickman of Bloomington, Rep. Tim Butler of Springfield and Champaign County-area hopefuls.
King is a Christie Clinic physician. He’s given money to Illinois Republican congressional accounts and the presidential campaigns of John McCain, Mitt Romney and Lindsey Graham.
It is not unusual for a governor to appoint trustees who are donors.
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Information from: The News-Gazette, https://www.news-gazette.com
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