Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn and Republican challenger Bruce Rauner met for their third and final debate this week. As in previous debates, both candidates spent much of their time attacking each other and dodging questions they didn't want to answer.
Meanwhile, frequent State Week guest and respected Statehouse reporter Dave McKinney quit the Chicago Sun-Times, saying the paper sidelined him after the Rauner campaign complained about a story. "I’m convinced this newspaper no longer has the backs of reporters like me," he wrote in a public resignation letter.
Kurt Erickson, the Springfield bureau chief of Lee Enterprises Newspapers, joins guest host Sean Crawford and regular panelists Charlie Wheeler, Amanda Vinicky and Brian Mackey: