GOP nominee for Illinois governor doubles down on Holocaust analogy
‘The Jewish community themselves have told me that I'm right,’ Darren Bailey, who is challenging Democratic incumbent J.B. Pritzker, said
‘The Jewish community themselves have told me that I'm right,’ Darren Bailey, who is challenging Democratic incumbent J.B. Pritzker, said
Darren Bailey is facing Democratic incumbent J.B. Pritzker, who is Jewish, in the general election
The upside of tough times is that you learn on whom you can count, sometimes in unanticipated ways. Those who already knew Gov. J.B. Pritzker of Illinois may have not been surprised by his decisive, compassionate leadership during the coronavirus crisis, or by his willingness to take on President Donald Trump while seeking vital supplies,…
WASHINGTON (JTA) — J.B. Pritzker, the scion of a hotel family with deep Jewish community ties, handily bested his opponents in a Democratic primary and will face off in Illinois’ race for governor against incumbent Bruce Rauner, who is seen as vulnerable. Pritzker took a substantial lead in what had been depicted as a close…
A secret 2008 recording of a conversation between a scandal-plagued governor and a future candidate for that same office is roiling Illinois politics. The recording between then-governor Rod Blagojevich and major Democratic donor J.B. Pritzker, now running for his party’s nomination for governor, features a discussion of who Blagojevich should appoint to the U.S. Senate…
In what is already shaping up to be the most expensive gubernatorial race in Illinois’ history, two billionaires are pouring in millions from their own pockets, leaving competitors far behind. According to second quarter funding reports, Democrat J.B. Pritzker has invested $14 million in self-funding, giving himself a significant advantage over his rivals in the…
As of last week, there are now two Jews and three billionaires in the 2018 Illinois governor’s race. Following several months of speculation local business mogul J.B. Pritzker officially thrown his hat into the ring on April 6. The move came two weeks after he formed an exploratory committee with $200,000 of his own money,…
J.B. Pritzker, the billionaire entrepreneur and philanthropist, has expressed interest in running a self-financed campaign for Illinois governor in 2018, Politico has reported. Pritzker, a Democrat who is a member of one of the country’s wealthiest families and himself the cofounder and managing partner of the Pritzker Group, a private investment firm, has been making…