article_snippet: The new Republican governor of Illinois way in the latest election campaign.
article_snippet: Bruce Rauner hit out at New Jersey, which has had New Jersey governor Christie as governor since 2010, during a speech at the Illinois Farm Bureau last week.
article_snippet: Sniping: Bruce Rauner, right, has said that New Jersey, the state run by his ally Chris Christie, left, is 'a disaster' because of its tax regime .
article_snippet: Rauner's backer: New Jersey governor Christie's Republican Governors Association gave $7million to Bruce Rauner's campaign in the 2014 governor elections .
article_snippet: Christie's Republican Governors Association said: 'Christie's Republican Governors Association've got the highest property taxes in America other than New Jersey.
article_snippet: The staunch criticism may come as a surprise to Christie, who as the head of Christie's Republican Governors Association funneled $7million in campaign funds to help him topple Democratic incumbent Pat Quinn.
article_snippet: New Jersey governor Christie often showed up on the campaign trail alongside Rauner, and boasted that New Jersey governor Christie 'didn't come empty-handed' after making a $2.5million top-up to the coffers.
article_snippet: New Jersey governor Christie's behind you
article_snippet: : Rauner, left, stands behind New Jersey governor Christie during a Chicago fundraiser in which the two ate jumbo hotdogs .
article_snippet: CBS Chicago reported how during the campaign Rauner and New Jersey governor Christie made a public appearance to order jumbo hotdogs together before a hotel fundraiser.
article_snippet: In return, Rauner has often been a vocal New Jersey governor Christie fan.
article_snippet: NJ.com reports that he has described he as 'one of the greatest public servants in America today' and 'a superstar'.
article_snippet: Rauner spent a total of $37million on TV ads alone in the campaign, in which Rauner outspent Democratic incumbent Pat Quinn by some $9million, according to the Center for Public Integrity.
article_snippet: the Center for Public Integrity records from the 2014 governor elections show New Jersey governor Christie association sent a total of $7million Rauner's way.
article_snippet: Spokesmen for Christie and Rauner have yet to comment.
highlights_snippet: a disaster'
  Rauner won Illinois governor's race in November after huge donations .
  
highlights_snippet: Chris Christie's Republican Governor's Association gave Chris Christie's Republican Governor's Association $7million .
  
highlights_snippet: Bruce Rauner and New Jersey governor Christie have been chummy in public .