- AP Photo/Seth Perlman
- Bruce Rauner, speaking to supporters in August at the state fair in Springfield. The candidate for governor recently told a downstate radio station he favors lowering the Illinois minimum wage to $7.25.
Bruce Rauner, the multimillionaire venture capitalist who wants to be governor, thinks Illinois should do something about its minimum wage of $8.25. He thinks the state should reduce it by a dollar.
Rauner’s proposal comes as President Obama and Democrats in Congress are pushing for increasing the federal rate to $10.10. Illinois governor Pat Quinn favors boosting the state’s minimum to ten dollars. Rauner is seeking the Republican nomination and has been endorsed by the Cook County Republican Party. None of his three opponents in the March 18 primary have recommended cutting the Illinois minimum.
