VIDEO: Bruce Rauner, GOP Candidate for Illinois Governor, Visits Effingham

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Published on June 19 2013 5:12 pm
Written by Wayne Moran

"When Effingham thrives, Illinois thrives".

That was one of Bruce Rauner's first statements to the crowd Wednesday afternoon. Rauner is running as a Republican candidate for Governor of Illinois. Joe Emmerich, President of John Boos & Co introduced Rauner to the crowd gathered inside his factory on Effingham's south side.

In his statement to a crowd of 30-40 people, Rauner laid out his plan for Illinois, which consists of 4 goals to improve the state:

Rauner went on to talk about the broken pension system in Illinois, the state's deficit, and wasteful spending. In total, he spoke for about 15 minutes, and answered several questions from the crowd afterwards.

We recorded video of Rauner's entire speech, and it's available below.