CHICAGO – The rumors have been circulating for months, but Wednesday it became official – Chicagoan Chris Kennedy, son of the late Robert Kennedy, filed paperwork with the Illinois Board of Elections to be a Democrat candidate for governor:
Kennedy lists himself as treasurer of the campaign.
Governor Rauner was quick to respond:
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