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2026 Illinois Governor — General Election · November 3, 2026
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Election: GENERAL ELECTION - 11/3/2026
Name: JB Pritzker
Office: GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
Party: DEMOCRATIC
Filed: 10/27/2025
Write-In: No
Objection Pending: No
Former Name: None
Date Name Changed: N/A
Status: Active 10/27/2025 8:00 AM
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Name: Pritzker, JB
Office: GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
Party: DEMOCRATIC
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I’ve spent my life fighting for Illinoisans as a State Representative and Deputy Governor. Now, I’m running for Lieutenant Governor to keep Illinois moving forward.
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I’ve spent my life fighting for Illinoisans as a State Representative and Deputy Governor. Now, I’m running for Lieutenant Governor to keep Illinois moving forward.
I was born and raised by a single mother who taught me the values of hard work and standing up for what’s right. After being elected as a State Representative, I fought for a fairer and more equitable Illinois by standing up for a woman’s right to choose, opposing right to work laws and fighting for a new education funding system to ensure every child has access to quality schools.
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I was born and raised by a single mother who taught me the values of hard work and standing up for what’s right. After being elected as a State Representative, I fought for a fairer and more equitable Illinois by standing up for a woman’s right to choose, opposing right to work laws and fighting for a new education funding system to ensure every child has access to quality schools.
From serving as a State Representative to Deputy Governor to the Illinois Air National Guard, Christian Mitchell has dedicated himself to improving the lives and livelihoods of all Illinoisans. He is running for Lieutenant Governor to keep our state moving forward.
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From serving as a State Representative to Deputy Governor to the Illinois Air National Guard, Christian Mitchell has dedicated himself to improving the lives and livelihoods of all Illinoisans. He is running for Lieutenant Governor to keep our state moving forward.
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Before becoming Governor, I oversaw business operations with 10,000 employees, and I led the creation of a non-profit business incubator that has helped create over 14,500 jobs and made Chicago one of the top tech hubs in the world.
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Before becoming Governor, I oversaw business operations with 10,000 employees, and I led the creation of a non-profit business incubator that has helped create over 14,500 jobs and made Chicago one of the top tech hubs in the world.
From reproductive freedom to voting rights, civil rights, and LGBTQ equality – Illinois is a beacon of hope and freedom for the entire nation. As Donald Trump takes away health care to give the wealthy a tax break and makes life harder and more expensive for working families, I have stood up to him for Illinoisans. As I have said after Donald Trump’s re-election: “You come for my people, you come through me.”
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From reproductive freedom to voting rights, civil rights, and LGBTQ equality – Illinois is a beacon of hope and freedom for the entire nation. As Donald Trump takes away health care to give the wealthy a tax break and makes life harder and more expensive for working families, I have stood up to him for Illinoisans. As I have said after Donald Trump’s re-election: “You come for my people, you come through me.”
Since I first met MK more than 30 years ago, she has been my partner in everything, and I’m so happy that the love of my life is helping to make our state a better place to raise a family. We’re very proud of our two children, and we’re reminded every day that the work we do right now is about making a better life for generations to come.
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Since I first met MK more than 30 years ago, she has been my partner in everything, and I’m so happy that the love of my life is helping to make our state a better place to raise a family. We’re very proud of our two children, and we’re reminded every day that the work we do right now is about making a better life for generations to come.
Enacted or supported tax-relief measures including property-tax rebates, gas-tax relief, grocery-tax relief, and direct taxpayer payments.
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Provided Working-Family Tax Relief
Expanded access to affordable health coverage and related healthcare programs in Illinois.
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Expanded Affordable Health Coverage
Signed legislation increasing Illinois's minimum wage to $15 per hour.
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Raised the Minimum Wage
Balanced state budgets, paid down debt, and presided over multiple credit-rating upgrades.
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Improved State Fiscal Position
Enacted a major infrastructure program funding roads, bridges, ports, rail, schools, and broadband.
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Enacted Rebuild Illinois Infrastructure Program
Expanded early-childhood, K-12, teacher-pay, vocational-training, and college-aid investments.
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Expanded Education Investment
Signed laws protecting reproductive healthcare access and related reproductive rights in Illinois.
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Protected Reproductive Rights
Enacted a climate and clean-energy framework aimed at moving Illinois toward 100% clean energy while supporting clean-energy jobs.
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Advanced Clean-Energy and Climate Policy
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Coverage: January 15, 2019 through August 6, 20260 legislative positions · 1,579 explicitly attributed executive actions or statements
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JB Pritzker is recorded as taking the explicitly attributed action shown in the official record for gov. pritzker announces illinois-indonesia agreement to expand trade and economic cooperation.
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Gov. Pritzker Announces Illinois-Indonesia Agreement to Expand Trade and Economic Cooperation
CHICAGO — Governor JB Pritzker today joined the Ambassador and Director General of American and European Affairs for Indonesia, Grata Endah Werdaningtyas, Illinois leaders, and Indonesian officials to announce a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the State of Illinois and the Republic of Indonesia focused on expanding trade, opening new markets for Illinois farmers, and strengthening cooperation across business, education, and workforce development.
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JB Pritzker is recorded as taking the explicitly attributed action shown in the official record for governor pritzker signs legislation insulating illinois from trump administration's anti-environment agenda.
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Governor Pritzker Signs Legislation Insulating Illinois from Trump Administration's Anti-Environment Agenda
CHICAGO – Governor JB Pritzker signed three bills (HB 5070, SB 3772 and HB 4418) that protect Illinoisans from the legacy of toxic pollution and insulate the state from some of the worst impacts of the Trump administration’s federal environmental policy rollbacks. Environmental and community advocates across the state are celebrating the new laws as a set of historic “firsts” that will result in cleaner air and water and improved public health across the state.
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JB Pritzker is recorded as initiating the oversight action shown in the official record for gov. pritzker signs landmark reforms to strengthen professional misconduct reporting and patient protections.
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Gov. Pritzker Signs Landmark Reforms to Strengthen Professional Misconduct Reporting and Patient Protections
CHICAGO — Today, Governor JB Pritzker signed into law a landmark package of reforms strengthening patient protections by establishing for licensed health care professionals, hospitals, and hospital affiliates a duty to report accusations of inappropriate sexual conduct and unjustified intimate conduct to State regulators. With this change, the State will have the ability to swiftly open an investigation into the matter and suspend or take other appropriate action against a license, thereby preventing continued harm to patients.
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JB Pritzker is recorded as awarding the funding shown in the official record for gov. pritzker announces regional site readiness program grant awards.
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Gov. Pritzker Announces Regional Site Readiness Program Grant Awards
CHAMPAIGN – Today, Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) announced Regional Site Readiness Program awards totaling $35 million to support site readiness activities at 22 sites across Illinois. To date, the State has awarded $115 million to support 63 projects across Illinois in their site preparedness efforts.
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JB Pritzker is recorded as announcing the official result shown in the official record for governor pritzker announces ability engineering technology's expansion in illinois.
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Governor Pritzker Announces Ability Engineering Technology's Expansion in Illinois
CHICAGO – Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) announced today that Ability Engineering Technology, Inc. (AET) will expand and modernize its Illinois operations through a two-location investment, in South Holland and in Chicago at the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park (IQMP), strengthening the state's manufacturing supply chain and supporting its growing quantum ecosystem.
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JB Pritzker is recorded as providing the guidance shown in the official record for governor pritzker announces funding for nsf quantum x-labs teams.
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Governor Pritzker Announces Funding for NSF Quantum X-Labs Teams
CHICAGO – Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) announced today the X-Labs Fast Fund to encourage U.S. National Science Foundation X-Labs (NSF X-Labs initiative) teams to choose Illinois as the place to pursue technical breakthroughs in the quantum technology sector. The Illinois X-Labs Fast Fund reinforces Illinois’ leadership as the nation’s leading hub for quantum innovation.
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JB Pritzker is recorded as proposing the policy shown in the official record for gov. pritzker signs child care licensing redesign bill into law.
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Gov. Pritzker Signs Child Care Licensing Redesign Bill into Law
The Illinois Department of Early Childhood marks a major milestone in building a clearer, more consistent early childhood system for providers and families across the state
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JB Pritzker is recorded as announcing the official result shown in the official record for gov. pritzker cuts ribbon at amrize's chicago headquarters.
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Gov. Pritzker Cuts Ribbon at Amrize's Chicago Headquarters
CHICAGO — Today, Governor JB Pritzker, the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO), and Amrize celebrated the company’s [MF1] new Chicago headquarters. Amrize’s decision to choose Chicago as its operational headquarters further solidifies Illinois’ role as a premier destination to locate or expand a business with its top-ranked infrastructure, access to supply chains, and skilled workforce.
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Report type: D-2 Quarterly Report
Reporting period: 4/1/2026 to 6/30/2026
Filed: 7/15/2026 8:04:35 PM
Total receipts: $17795.22
Total expenditures: $11070500.86
Funds available at close: $3141017.88
Total debts: $0.00
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