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Democratic Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker On Thursday, he is scheduled to announce that he will be seeking a third-year, four-year term to pilot Blue Midwestern State, a source of knowledge confirmed by Fox News.
The billionaire governor, who owns the Hyatt Hotel chain and a member of the Pretzcar family, who has started several of his own venture capital and investment startups, is expected to make an announcement in Chicago before traveling to Springfield. Illinois capital.
Illinois is the sixth most populous state in the country, with no time limits for statewide officials. However, since GOP Governor Jim Thompson won four terms as governor in the 1970s and 1980s, the state has not had a three-term governor for more than 30 years.
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Illinois Governor JB Pretzker was interviewed by Fox News Digital at the Democratic National Convention held in Chicago on August 22, 2024. (Paul Steinhauser)
Pretzker has become one of the most vocal critics of the Democratic Party for the radical and controversial moves made by the president Donald Trump The opening months of his second tour at the White House.
“We have to prepare for the fight,” Pretzker said in an interview with Fox News Digital in April.
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The 60-year-old governor argued that the country is “in a constitutional crisis,” and that “too many people are not affected by Trump administration policies.”
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker is scheduled to announce his third term as governor on Thursday for 2026 re-elected bid. (Governor JB Pritzker via x)
Pretzker, who took steps to “protect Trump” in his solid blue state, told reporters earlier this year, “You come for my people, you come through me.”
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Pretzker is considered a potential Democratic candidate. 2028 Presidential nomination – And his launch of his 2026 governor reelection campaign is not expected to derail him from the possibility that he could run to the White House.
He was a well-known campaign agent in the 2024 cycle, similar to former President Joe Biden and former Vice President Kamala Harris, after replacing Biden with a Democratic candidate last summer.
These efforts led the Pritzker to host presidential primary elections for a century in Nevada, battlefield states for general elections and democratic presidential primary states for early voting, and New Hampshire.
Plus, Pretzker returned to New Hampshire this spring to catch up on a Democrats fundraising dinner headline in major states, sparking more speculation about the 2028 presidential run.
