Rahm is the bought and paid for anti-teacher candidate.
While the teacher union-bashing Oregon-based Stand for Children outfit isn’t officially endorsing anyone for mayor of Chicago, their financial angels overlap.
Capitol Fax’s Rich Miller points out that 20% of Chicago contributors including the local millionaires for Rahm are also big contributors to SFC.
Who are they?
Elizabeth Crown, a member of the Henry Crown family, gave Stand for Children $500K and Emanuel $114K.
Paul Finnegan, the co-CEO of Madison Dearborn Partners, contributed $500K to Stand for Children and $50K to Emanuel.
Ken and Anne Griffin, gave big bucks to state House Republican candidates and GOP right-winger for governor Bill Brady’s campaign. They donated $200,000 to Emanuel and half a million dollars to Stand for Children.
Matthew Hulsizer, the CEO of PEAK6 Investments, contributed $80,000 to the House Republican Organization last year, $474,000 to Stand for Children and $100K to Emanuel.
The anti-union Pritzker family gave $200K to Stand and about the same to Emanuel.
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