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Chalk up another loss on Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s political scoreboard.
The latest defeat backing the losing candidate in the race to succeed Mike Madigan as chair of the Democratic Party of Illinois has some on the sidelines questioning whether the billionaire governor is headed for a game-ending loss next year.
“It’s nice to have money, but you’ve got to make that money work for you, and you have to get some wins,” said one Illinois Democrat, who asked to remain anonymous. “He needed that win [Wednesday] night. … That never would have happened on Madigan’s watch.”
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Former military prosecutor and one-term Downstate Republican state Sen. Paul Schimpf formally announced his candidacy for governor on Monday, contending Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker has lost public confidence over his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.