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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,…
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…
