Turns out the soon-to-be Ex-Governor of the Prairie State was too modest by far in his request for “a certain consideration.”
Senate seats, even short-term appointed ones, are sizzling hot properties right now. It’s a seller’s market to the tune of up to one billion U.S. dollars! (I think that’s about ten Euros, but I’m rounding down.)
Anyway, you can read a very interesting price analysis here, accessibly-written even for math morons like me.
