Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn cancels ‘Governor’s Day’ rally at Illinois State Fair after he was heckled and booed by the crowds last year

At last year’s Illinois State Fair, Gov. Pat Quinn was heckled and booed by union members, tarred as anti-worker on a banner towed by a plane flying overhead and followed around by an angry mob of protesters.

The beleaguered incumbent moved Friday to make sure that doesn’t happen again next week.

Quinn made an unprecedented move and cancelled the traditional “Governor’s Day” pep rally, a mainstay of Illinois politics at the fair for generations.

Last year’s Governor’s Day in Springfield was hijacked by a well-choreographed, anger-filled labor protest that overshadowed Quinn’s 

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