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===Supporting Millionaire Bruce Rauner's 2014 Gubernatorial Campaign===
Uihlein pumped $2,605,300 into the 2014 Illinois Gubernatorial race in a successful push to get Republican candidate multi-millionaire [[Bruce Rauner]] elected.<ref>National Institute on Money in State Politics, [http://www.followthemoney.org/entity-details?eid=2922304&default=candidate Rauner, Burce Vincent], ''followthemoney.org'', accessed June 20, 2016.</ref>
The large contributions to Rauner were permitted due to an Illinois state law which states that if a candidate puts $250,000 of their own money into a statewide race contribution limits for all candidates in the race are nullified.<ref> Illinois state Board of Elections, [https://www.elections.il.gov/CampaignDisclosure/ContributionLimitOffElecSelect.aspx Contribution Limits Off Search], government website, accessed June 20, 2016.</ref>
