This campaign has always raised funds appropriately, done everything by the book and followed the letter of the law.

Silly, negative distortions from a desperate campaign are sad and irrelevant.

Even small pieces of campaign finance reform are difficult. There's a lot of different interests in Springfield, and there's not a huge appetite from any corner for real campaign finance reform. We certainly saw that when the bill was introduced last session.

I have a handful of active lobbying clients, but my business is not lobbying. My business is public affairs and public relations. That's the vast majority of what I spend my time on.

We're really not going to get into a back and forth about it. The governor respects him, likes him and likes working with him and will continue to do so.

Throughout his first term, the governor has won key victories for working people.

The governor is eager for the real debate in this campaign to begin.

The governor doesn't look at me and see a lobbyist coming through the door.

It's meant to be sincere. It's meant to speak to real people in real language and talk about things that matter.