Topspin Billionaire entrepreneur J.B. Pritzker pumped another $7 million into his governor campaign over the weekend, continuing the trend he started in the primary race. The contribution brings the amount of his fortune he's put into the race to $76.5 million. The State Board of Elections shows the check reported at 10:25 p.m. Saturday night, when a lot of people weren't done being dismayed by Loyola's loss. The new cash suggests what most people already figured: The heavy spending of the primary campaign likely will continue until November. Pritzker's primary opponents dinged him often over his millions, with state Sen. Daniel Biss jokingly calling him a "cheapskate" because his $69.5 million personal contributions during the primary didn't get all the way to $70 million. Pritzker has gotten there now, but that line of attack probably won't be ripe for Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner. Way back in late 2016, Rauner put $50 million into his re-election bid all in one shot. What's on tap *Mayor Rahm Emanuel will be in Dublin, Ireland. *Gov. Rauner has no public events scheduled. *An Illinois House committee will talk about condo legislation. *The Week ahead: On Tuesday, an Illinois Senate committee meets to talk about sports betting and The Chicago Community Trust President and CEO Helene D. Gayle will be at the City Club of Chicago. From the notebook *Getting in early: A former top aide to Rahm Emanuel is aiming at the North Side City Council seat held by Ald. Ameya Pawar. Michael Negron has started a campaign fund for the race and has raised nearly $20,000 in the couple of weeks since. Emanuel's office confirmed the former policy chief has left the administration. Negron's campaign treasurer: former Emanuel aide David Spielfogel. Negron joined the Emanuel administration in 2011, after a couple of years in Washington, D.C., at former President Barack Obama's Office of Management and Budget. Pawar has said he's not running for re-election in 2019. In abandoning his bid for governor last year, he said he believed he would "run for something again." He has since worked on starting a media outlet. *Happy couple, unhappy attorney: Republican state Rep. Avery Bourne and Illinois GOP spokesman Aaron DeGroot recently tweeted about getting their marriage license. "Fortunately, the State of Illinois approved of our marriage," DeGroot tweeted. "Next up, God. Only 29 more days until our wedding!" Replying to the happy couple was former Rauner administration attorney Dennis Murashko, who last month complained that he was abruptly removed from his position and escorted from his office last summer shortly after he informed the governor's top staff that he was the subject of an ethics complaint. Murashko's tweeted reply: "Congrats, you two! You may disagree, but this is better than even Bruce's re-election." *On the "Sunday Spin": On this week's show, Chicago Tribune political reporter Rick Pearson's guests were state Rep. Rob Martwick, D-Chicago, on pensions, elected school board and graduated income tax; Maria Krysan, professor of sociology at the University of Illinois at Chicago, on the book she co-authored, "Cycle of Segregation"; and highlights of an interview with Illinois Supreme Court Justices Anne Burke and Rita Garman on women in leadership. The "Sunday Spin" airs from 7 to 9 a.m. on WGN-AM 720. Listen to the full show here. What we're writing *Rauner's conflict with organized labor expands to vacant lot next to governor's mansion. *Emanuel says Johnson decision on Rialmo is "not the end of the process." *Competition remains fierce for top programs as CPS sends out high school offers. *Federal jurors to get 25 percent pay hike. *Feds ask judge to send former Congressman Mel Reynolds back to prison for 2 years. What we're reading *50 years ago, Chicago's West Side burned. Today, some neighborhoods still bear scars from that destruction. *Loyola falls to Michigan after an incredible run. *Illinois woman files suit over Junior Mints packaging, asking, Where's the candy? *Palatine's Orbit Skate Center — and its universe of enthusiasts — rolls into the past. Follow the money *State Sen. Ira Silverstein reported a $36,760 contribution from Senate President John Cullerton to pay for legal fees. Silverstein lost his primary bid for re-election last month. *Track Illinois campaign contributions in real time here and here. Beyond Chicago *"No more DACA deal," Trump tweets. *Bolton wants cyber campaign against Russia. *Taliban goes high-tech. *It is a bad time to be a clown. | 
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