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Hedge-fund billionaire Ken Griffin’s support for the rest of the so-called ‘Griffin Slate’ still a mystery

Griffin, who donated $20 million to Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin’s campaign for governor over a month ago, hasn’t given a dime to the other members of the slate. Most won’t say whether they have spoken with Griffin or anyone on his team about what financial support might be coming.

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Christkindlmarket returning to the suburbs with Aurora location for 2022

The Aurora event joins its highly anticipated Daley Plaza and Wrigleyville counterparts this holiday season.

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Fact-check: Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin playing numbers game with claim he reduced homicides by 40% his first year in office

Irvin chose to compare the two years that reflect the largest downturn in homicides. Six were committed in Aurora in 2017 and four in 2018. Overall, however, homicides have fluctuated under his tenure. Using his math, the homicide rate during his second year in office jumped by 200%, from four…

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Billionaire Ken Griffin hits Pritzker hard on crime, but his firms have millions invested in gun and ammunition makers, records show

Griffin’s hedge fund and market-maker firm reported more than $86 million in investments and holdings in such companies as of December. A company spokesman says Griffin doesn’t choose Citadel’s stock holdings.

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Incumbents in electoral trouble include Pritzker, Lightfoot, Democratic analyst says

Billionaire Ken Griffin has pumped $20 million into the gubernatorial campaign of Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin, who’s seeking the GOP nomination. And Lightfoot could face a challenge from Arne Duncan, the former U.S. education secretary.

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Richard Irvin’s tough-on-crime campaign for Illinois governor ignores his years as criminal defense attorney

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — As a Republican candidate for governor, Richard Irvin has promoted himself as a no-nonsense, law-and-order candidate who as a onetime prosecutor put “gangsters, drug dealers and wife beaters” in jail.

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Ken Griffin donates $20 million to Richard Irvin GOP governor campaign

Irvin, the Aurora mayor, faces four rivals in the GOP primary for governor.

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A Richard Irvin radio interview gave his GOP primary opponents a chance to pounce

Irvin told WJPF Radio host Tom Miller, "I’ve always been opposed to mandates." But it has been known that he strongly supported state mandates as mayor of Aurora.

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As ‘Wayne’s World’ turns 30, here’s the who, what, where and NO WAY of a very silly hit

While it’s set in Aurora, the ‘SNL’ spinoff movie was made in California — except for some shots of kitschy landmarks all over the Chicago area.

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Aurora arts effort results in 30 colorful murals including Mexican folk art, graffiti

The images include the fantastical creatures known as alebrijes — maybe you saw them as animated characters in the movie ‘Coco.’

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Top GOP donors pony up for Richard Irvin in governor’s race — but Ken Griffin not yet among them

Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin put his first round of cash to use with a television ad portraying himself as a law-and-order candidate who "shut down the riots" as mayor amid 2020 civil unrest in Aurora, claiming he "called in the guard" to quell looting — although in reality, that power…

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Mayor of Illinois' 2nd-largest city announces GOP bid for governor with tough-on-crime message

CHICAGO — Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin formally announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for governor Monday, stressing his background as a former county prosecutor to focus on a tough-on-crime message the GOP is hoping will play well against Democrats this year.

Chicago Tribune

Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin jumps into GOP Illinois primary for governor

A slate of Republicans led by the Aurora mayor may get the backing of billionaire Ken Griffin.

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