Illinois Governor Candidates Spar On Finance, Jobs

CHICAGO (AP) — Locked in a neck-and-neck contest ahead of November, Gov. Pat Quinn and Republican challenger Bruce Rauner sparred on jobs, Illinois' financial issues and qualifications in their final televised debate Monday. Like the previous two debates, the matchup between the Democratic incumbent and Republican venture capitalist got personal at times with Rauner repeatedly referring to Quinn as a "failure" and Quinn deeming Rauner a "champion name caller." Monday evening's setup —hosted by the League of Women Voters of Illinois and broadcast by Chicago's WLS-TV — followed a debate in Peoria that focused on economic issues and a Chicago face-off centered on topics important to African-American voters. Quinn, of Chicago, focused on the drop in unemployment since he took office in 2009, calling it evidence that his policies are working. Last week, state officials announced September's unemployment rate fell to 6.6 percent, a sharp decline from a year earlier when it was 9.1 percent. Quinn, who opposes school vouchers, said Illinois should impose a three-year moratorium on charter schools so the state can determine if they perform better than public schools. After the two candidates have spent tens of millions of dollars, blanketed the airwaves with ads and crisscrossed Illinois, polls show the race remains extremely close.

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