Rauner, Quinn Courting Women Voters

(CBS) -- As the Illinois governor's race hits the home stretch, the focus is on women's voters.

More than 2 million strong in the suburbs, they may hold the key to victory, CBS 2's Dorothy Tucker reports.

They can't be taken for granted. They're notoriously independent voters. So, both Democrats and Republicans fight hard for women.

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Incumbent Gov. Pat Quinn is pushing ads from the nation's first lady, and new this week on his campaign trial: feminist icon Gloria Steinem.

"Gov. Quinn is the most pro-woman, pro-child governor in the country. We absolutely must not lose him," she said.

The star power for Republican candidate Bruce Rauner is his wife, Diana, who is herself a Democrat.

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The mother of their six children and president of a non-profit has emerged from behind the campaign camera and is now making the media rounds.

"As a pro-choice, social moderate who's passionate about education, Bruce is an ideal candidate for women," says Diana Rauner.