DuPAGE – DuPage County Board Chairman Dan Cronin boosted Governor Bruce Rauner with kind words at an event spotlighting Rauner supporters in challenger Jeanne Ives' Du Page County backyard Monday.
Cronin called Rauner "uniquely qualified" to beat the Democratic gubernatorial nominee in the Nov. 6 election. He also said the governor's "got very strong support across DuPage" and "reflects the views and sentiments of DuPage County voters," according to a Daily Herald report.
Fourteen area mayors sided with Rauner – including Hanover Park's Rod Craig and Naperville's Steve Chirico.
One of State Rep. Jeanne Ives' House colleagues – Grant Wehrli – also backed the governor.
Those endorsements didn't intimidate Ives.
"I'll put all my endorsements against him any day," she told the Daily Herald. "He has zero grassroots-level support. I'm not surprised by the back-scratching routine. Downstate is not with Rauner."
