Gov JB Pritzker's national moment has come at the DNC. But it's much different than first imagined.

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : His first year, in particular, was a Democratic tour de force, with the governor signing measures raising the minimum wage to $15 per hour, enshrining abortion rights into state law, legalizing recreational marijuana while expunging prior convictions and enacting a $45 billion infrastructure program, the largest in state history.
50% : Trump also seems to have taken notice.
46% : "Once again, Pritzker's future may be determined by whether Trump wins the presidency.
44% : "Illinois's badly run with Pritzker," Trump told Elon Musk last week during a streamed conversation.
28% : "That's at least in part because, unlike Trump and some other wealthy businesspeople-turned-candidates, Pritzker didn't come to politics later in life.
15% : But his thinking changed when Clinton lost to Trump that November.
13% : "Throughout his time in office, Pritzker hasn't let up on criticizing Trump, blasting the administration's handling of the coronavirus pandemic from the lectern at daily media briefings and calling him out personally on a presidential conference call with governors during the unrest following George Floyd's murder.
12% : The attacks on Trump have only intensified during the 2024 campaign, with Pritzker making frequent references to the former president's criminal conviction and other legal troubles.
7% : "With his own political path somewhat obscured, Pritzker is working to keep his party focused on beating Trump -- "a uniquely awful man with evil intentions" -- in November.

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