FILE - In this March 4, 2015 file photo, Illinois Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner speaks at an event in Springfield, Ill. After years of deficits and a destructive state budget impasse, Illinois is facing a massive financial crisis. Schools, roads and pensions are underfunded and the state has racked up billions in debt. For most of the candidates seeking to become Illinois' next governor, the solution is to overhaul the tax system. Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner says he'll try to undo a recent across-the-board income tax.
FILE - In this March 4, 2015 file photo, Illinois Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner speaks at an event in Springfield, Ill. After years of deficits and a destructive state budget impasse, Illinois is facing a massive financial crisis. Schools, roads and pensions are underfunded and the state has racked up billions in debt. For most of the candidates seeking to become Illinois' next governor, the solution is to overhaul the tax system. Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner says he'll try to undo a recent across-the-board income tax. Seth Perlman, File AP Photo
FILE - In this March 4, 2015 file photo, Illinois Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner speaks at an event in Springfield, Ill. After years of deficits and a destructive state budget impasse, Illinois is facing a massive financial crisis. Schools, roads and pensions are underfunded and the state has racked up billions in debt. For most of the candidates seeking to become Illinois' next governor, the solution is to overhaul the tax system. Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner says he'll try to undo a recent across-the-board income tax. Seth Perlman, File AP Photo

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A look at where Illinois governor candidates stand on taxes

By SARA BURNETT Associated Press

January 27, 2018 09:41 AM

CHICAGO

After years of deficits and a destructive state budget impasse, Illinois is facing a massive financial crisis. For most of the candidates seeking to become Illinois' next governor, the solution is to overhaul the tax system.

Almost all of the Democrats want the state's wealthiest people to pay more in taxes, while Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner says he'll try to undo a recent across-the-board income tax hike and his GOP rival says he's not to be believed.

Conservative state Rep. Jeanne Ives is challenging Rauner in the March 20 primary. Six men are seeking the Democratic nomination: state Sen. Daniel Biss, businessman Chris Kennedy, billionaire J.B. Pritzker, regional schools superintendent Bob Daiber, community activist Tio Hardiman and physician Robert Marshall.