>> ILLINOIS GUBERNATORIAL
CONTENDERS PAT QUINN AND BRUCE
RAUNER JUST FINISHED MAKING
THEIR CASE TO AFRICAN AMERICAN
VOTERS.
THE TWO WENT HEAD TO HEAD WITH
THE CHICAGO URBAN LEAGUE ON THE
SOUTH SIDE AND TACKLED FAMILIAR
THEMES AND PARISH SCHUTZ HAS
MORE.
>> RAUNER WAS ON THE OFFENSIVE
IN THIS DEBATE TRYING TO MAKE
THE CASE IN FRONT OF THE
AFRICAN AMERICAN CROWD THAT
QUINN HAD FAILED THEM AND TAKEN
THEIR VOTE FOR GRANTED.BEYOND
THAT DEBATE FOCUSED ON SOME
THEMES LIKE THE INCOME TAX,
RAUNER HAMMERED HOME SEVERAL
TIMES QUINN HAS SAID HE WANTS
TO RIGHT AFTER THE ELECTION
RACE THAT IN INCOME TAX RATE
TO THE PERMANENT LEVEL.
RAUNER ALSO INTIMATED HE WOULD
RAISE INCOME TAX FROM THE 3.75
PERCENT RATE ON JANUARY BECAUSE
IN THE SHORT TERM HE
ACKNOWLEDGES IT IS PROBABLY NOT
ENOUGH TO TAKE IN ENOUGH
REVENUE.
BOTH OF THEM WERE CALLED OUT
FOR PERHAPS NOT DOING SO WELL
BY AFRICAN AMERICANS.
RAUNER FOR NOT HAVING TOP NOVEL
AFRICAN AMERICAN EXECUTIVES IN
ANY OF HIS COMPANIES, QUINN OR
NOT GIVING CONTRACT TO AFRICAN
AMERICAN OWNED BUSINESSES.
ONE OF THE QUESTIONERS SET ONE
PERCENT OF STATE CONTRACTS WERE
GIVEN TO AFRICAN AMERICAN
BUSINESS.
THEY FOCUSED ON THE MINIMUM
WAGE AND WHETHER TO RAISE IT.
GOVERNOR QUINN CALLED OUT HIS
OPPONENT'S MULTIPLE POSITION
WHILE ROUTER VOWED TO CHANGE
THE MINIMUM WAGE.
>> TAX REDUCTION.
TORT REFORM, WORKERS COMP
REFORM.
I WILL DRIVE THIS RESULT.
I'VE BEEN A LEADER, A BUSINESS
BUILDER.PAT QUINN HAS BEEN
GOVERNOR FOR SIX YEARS HE HAS A
DEMOCRATIC CONTROL GENERAL
ASSEMBLY.
HE COULD HAVE RAISE THE MINIMUM
WAGE.
HE HASN'T DONE ANYTHING FOR IT
IN SIX YEARS.
>> MY OPPONENT OVER AND OVER
AGAIN WITH A $63 MILLION INCOME
WAS GOING AROUND ILLINOIS
TELLING PEOPLE TO ELIMINATE THE
MINIMUM WAGE.
HE WAS ADAMANTLY AGAINST
MINIMUM WAGE.
DON'T LISTEN TO THIS LOOSE TALK
RUNNING TONIGHT THERE IS ONLY
ONE PERSON.
>> BRUCE RAUNER DID RELEASE
HIS INCOME TAX RETURNS.
DID HE SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THAT?
>> WE HEARD GOVERNOR QUINN
ALLUDE TO HIS INCOME AND FRIDAY
RAUNER REVEALED HE HAD MADE $63
MILLION LAST YEAR DEFENDED HIS
POSITION NOT TO RELEASE HIS
FULL TAX RETURNS WITH ALL
PERTINENT SCHEDULES.
>> WE HAVE RELEASED FOUR YEARS
OF OUR TAX RETURNS AND MY TAX
RATE IS DRAMATICALLY HIGHER
THAN PAT QUINN'S I PAID 27
PERCENT INCOME TAXES.
I'VE ALSO DONATED TENS OF
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO GET BACK
IN THE COMMUNITY.
>> THIS CANDIDATE WANTS TO
HIDE FROM THE VOTERS THE FULL
INFORMATION ABOUT HIS TAXES IF
THERE ARE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
WE NEED TO KNOW.
OTHER CANDIDATES INCLUDING
MYSELF HAVE ALWAYS AS CLOSE
THEIR FULL SCHEDULES AND HE
SHOULD TO.
>> CRIME IS A BIG ISSUE IN THE
AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY.
WHAT DO THE CANDIDATES SAY
ABOUT THAT?
>> RAUNER CRITICIZED QUINN'S
HANDLING OF CRIME SAYING THERE
WERE ENOUGH RESOURCES MEANWHILE
GOVERNOR QUINN SAID THE KEY
ISSUE WAS TO PROVIDE EMPLOYMENT
OPPORTUNITIES IN BAD ASSAULT
WEAPONS.
RAUNER WHEN ASKED REPEATEDLY
NOT SAY HE WOULD BAN ASSAULT
WEAPONS.
>> THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE
CAN DO ON GUNS IS MAKE SURE WE
KEEP GUNS OUT OF THE HANDS OF
CRIMINALS AND MENTALLY ILL
FOLKS.
THAT'S A SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT
THING THAT WE CAN DO AND I WILL
BE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN A QUINN
ON THIS.
WE NEED TO KEEP THE GUNS OUT OF
THE HANDS OF CRIMINALS.
>> I'M IN FAVOR OF THESE ARE
MILITARY STYLE WEAPONS THAT ARE
DESIGNED TO KILL PEOPLE.
DENISE READ HER DAUGHTER WAS
KILLED IN HER OWN HOME AND REST
FOR SCHOOL BY AN ASSAULT WEAPON
AND THIS IS PLAYING WRONG.
WE HAVE TO DEAL OF THESE
WEAPONS.MY OPPONENT WILL NOT
DO THAT, I WILL.
>> AFRICAN AMERICANS
HISTORICALLY VOTE DEMOCRATIC
WHAT ARE THE CHANCES BRUCE
RAUNER TO GET A SIZABLE PORTION
OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN VOTE?
>> HE'S THE FIRST REPUBLICAN
MINOTAUR CANDIDATE TO SET UP A
FIELD OFFICE ON THE SOUTH SIDE
OF CHICAGO JIM EDGAR.
JIM EDGAR ONE MAC 20 PERCENT OF
THE AFRICAN AMERICAN VOTE.
LOOSE RAUNER IS TRYING TO REACH
OUT TO THAT COMMUNITY.
HE HIRED INDIGO PUBLISHER.
HE'S BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH
PEOPLE LIKE THE REVEREND JAMES
MEEKS.
REMEMBER FOUR YEARS AGO BILL
BRADY DIDN'T WIN THE AFRICAN
BOTH THAT ONLY LOSS THE STATE
BY 32,000 VOTES.
THE THOUGHT IS BRUCE RAUNER CAN
PICK OFF SOME OF BOTH THE CLEAR
PATH TO VICTORY.
POLLING SHOWS QUINN HAS A
COMMANDING LEAD IN CHICAGO JUST
AS COMMANDING AS HE HAD OVER
BRADY.
IT IS UNCLEAR WHETHER THOSE