Is Chris Kennedy Hedging His Bet On Democrats? Sure Looks That Way...

Last week, you'll remember that we pointed out how University of Illinois Board of Trustees Chairman was headlining a fundraiser for the DuPage County Democrats.  That post is here.

You'll also remember that the DuPage Democrats billed this fundraiser as "Mike Frerichs and Sheila Simon Join Chris Kennedy on 9/24".  Here's a screenshot of the DuPage Dems blog post calling supporters to join Frerichs and Simon as he supports both candidates and the full DuPage slate of candidates:

What makes this more interesting is that this morning, the Judy Baar Topinka campaign - who is facing the very same Sheila Simon who Chris Kennedy just headlined with at the DuPage Democrats event - posted an A1 that includes a juicy nugget about a new donor:

Chairman Christopher Kennedy appear to be hedging his bets, eh?

Listen...we don't blame him.  With Judy Topinka up 23% on Sheila Simon in this Comptroller's race, it makes all the sense in the world for him to back Judy.

Chris Kennedy U of I Chairman Headlined DuPage Democrats Fundraiser?

We're surprised to see University of Illinois Board of Trustees Chairman Chris Kennedy 'headlined' a fundraiser for the DuPage Democrats last week.

Has he done other fundraisers for folks?  We haven't seen him touted as a draw for fundraising, but it seems natural for Illinois Democrats to try to recruit him to 'front' their events.