After Governor Rod Blagojevich was impeached for unrelated corruption, he was succeeded by then Lieutenant Governor Pat Quinn. Quinn has an enviable reputation among Illinois politicians: He is universally regarded as honest (and believe me, his political enemies have looked for dirt). Quinn said that his first priority was to put the Illinois fiscal house in order. He cut expenditures even further and raised the state income tax to 5% of adjusted gross income. He did win re-election despite having raised taxes; in the last election, the billionaire Bruce Rauner bought himself the state governorship.