Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker was always on a glide path to his third Democratic nomination for governor ever since he announced he would seek re-election. Now, he knows the Republican he’ll face in November.
With Darren Bailey winning the Republican primary, NBC News projects, Pritzker will have a familiar battle. The two squared off in 2022, when Pritzker handily defeated Bailey, a downstate Republican.
Illinois has proven to be difficult terrain for Republicans in recent years, both statewide and in local legislative districts. Democrats hold supermajorities in both chambers of the Legislature to go with Pritzker’s eight-year hold on the governorship.
What distinguishes Pritzker’s third campaign to be Illinois’ top executive is that he has higher aspirations. It’s an open secret that Pritzker, a onetime businessman and heir to the Hyatt Hotels fortune, is considering a 2028 White House run. That opens him up to criticism from a
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