Pritzker rallies Illinois voters ahead of midterm elections
With the November 3 midterm elections two days away, Gov. JB Pritzker made several campaign appearances on November 1, encouraging Illinois voters to cast ballots and frame the election as a chance to send a message to Washington.
Pritzker spoke during a service at Apostolic Church of God in Chicago’s Woodlawn neighborhood. He also addressed a Democratic gathering in Lincoln Square and joined Cicero's Day of the Dead festivities and rally. He was scheduled to attend a North Side rally for U.S. Senate candidate Juliana Stratton.
At the Cicero event, Pritzker connected federal immigration operations near Chicago during roughly that period the previous year with the stakes of the election. He said Democratic control of Congress should be used to pursue higher minimum wages, lower prices and protections for people’s rights.
Stratton recognized campaign volunteers and called for party unity. Illinois voters are choosing a U.S. senator, deciding 17 congressional races and voting in state, county and city contests. Chicago voters are also selecting school board leaders; candidate Jessica Biggs spoke at a South Side church about the city’s first election for the full school board.
Darren Bailey, the Republican nominee, had no campaign appearances on November 1 and was with his family in Clay County. He was scheduled to campaign in Chicago on November 2. Early voting and vote-by-mail totals in Illinois were ahead of local officials’ expectations.
Pritzker urges voters to counter Trump with a Democratic Congress
Gov. JB Pritzker used campaign stops on November 1 to make the stakes of the Illinois midterms unmistakable: voters can choose a Congress that pushes back against President Donald Trump and works on wages, prices and rights.
At Apostolic Church of God in Woodlawn, a Democratic gathering in Lincoln Square and a Día de los Muertos event in Cicero, Pritzker called on people to vote on November 3. In Cicero, he pointed to federal immigration operations near Chicago during roughly that period last year, saying voters could respond at the ballot box.
Pritzker argued Democrats should take an agenda to Washington that raises the minimum wage, lowers prices and protects people’s rights. That is the choice his campaign is placing before voters as they decide 17 congressional races, a U.S. Senate contest and other state and local races.
Stratton, the Democratic Senate candidate, recognized campaign volunteers and urged party unity. Chicago voters also face a consequential local choice: electing all school board members for the first time, a change candidate Jessica Biggs highlighted at a South Side church.
Republican nominee Darren Bailey had no campaign events on November 1 and was with family in Clay County. He planned to campaign in Chicago on November 2. Early voting and vote-by-mail totals were already running ahead of local officials’ expectations, underscoring the importance of the final push.
Pritzker makes midterms a referendum on Trump
Gov. JB Pritzker spent November 1 urging Illinois voters to send Democrats to Washington, tying the midterm campaign to opposition to President Donald Trump. His appearances came two days before voters decide a U.S. Senate race, 17 congressional contests and numerous state and local races.
Pritzker spoke at a Woodlawn church, a Democratic gathering in Lincoln Square and a Día de los Muertos event in Cicero. He invoked federal immigration operations near Chicago during roughly that period last year and argued that the election gives voters a way to answer it.
His pitch was explicit: a Democratic Congress should pursue higher minimum wages, lower prices and protections for rights while fighting Trump. That agenda is the case Democrats are making to voters, as Stratton, the party’s Senate candidate, also urged unity and called for Democrats to win across the ballot.
Chicago voters are also choosing school board leaders, including the president. Candidate Jessica Biggs described the election of the full school board as historic when speaking at a South Side church.
Republican nominee Darren Bailey had no campaign appearances on November 1 and spent the day with his family in Clay County. His Chicago campaign events were planned for November 2. Meanwhile, Illinois early-voting and vote-by-mail totals were exceeding local election officials’ expectations.
Reported by CBS Chicago, FOX 32 Chicago.
