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  Pritzker, J. B.
CANDIDATE DETAILS
AffiliationDemocratic  
<-  2024-01-02  
 
NameJ. B. Pritzker
Address1435 N. Astor St
Chicago, Illinois , United States
EmailNone
Website [Link]
Born January 19, 1965 (59 years)
ContributorCOSDem
Last Modifedev
Mar 16, 2024 04:14pm
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InfoI’m a husband. I’ve been married to M.K., the most terrific woman in the world, for almost 24 years. She is my partner in this endeavor, and in everything I’ve done. She’s the love of my life.

I’m the father of two great kids. My 14-year-old daughter, Teddi, is a track and cross country runner (she obviously gets her athletic abilities from me). My son, Donny, is 12 — a total math whiz and a football fanatic. I’m so proud of them.

I’m an entrepreneur. Not all that long ago, Illinois was way behind when it came to creating technology jobs — and we were missing out on the high-paying jobs those businesses create. I led the creation of a non-profit small business incubator called 1871, which in the last five years is responsible for creating 6,000 new jobs in Illinois, and we’re now ranked among the top ten tech hubs in the world.

I’m a passionate advocate for early childhood development. I believe there isn’t a better investment we can make as a society than to invest in our youngest children. Study after study shows how important education is for kids age three and under, which is why I’ve become a national leader in supporting early childhood education and helped improve teacher training and invested in innovation here in Illinois. I’m also proud of working with some great local non-profit organizations to expand Illinois school breakfast program to 55,000 low-income students, and to change the law so that an additional 175,000 more kids are getting the breakfast they need to start their days off right.

I’m a student of history — and know the importance of learning from it. I’m a descendant of Ukrainian Jews, and was proud to work with the local community of Holocaust survivors to open the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center. Each year, more than 50,000 kids learn to fight bigotry, hatred and intolerance at the center, and thousands of teachers are trained to take those lessons back to their classrooms all across the state so kids will learn to stand up against hate.

I believe in justice. My wife and I helped support the Center on Wrongful Convictions, which has become the national leader in rectifying wrongful convictions and did much of the work behind Illinois’s moratorium on capital punishment.

I’m a huge Blackhawks fan. I am not above wearing a Hawks jersey when I get invited on TV to talk about creating jobs in Chicago.


JOB APPROVAL POLLS
DateFirmApproveDisapproveDon't Know
10/01/2023-10/04/2023 Emerson College 41.00% ( 0.0) 35.00% ( 0.0) 24.00% ( 0.0)
08/25/2022-08/28/2022 Victory Geek 50.00% ( 0.0) 44.00% ( 0.0) 6.00% ( 0.0)
FAVORABILITY POLLS
DateFirmFavorableUnfavorableDon't Know
10/10/2022-10/11/2022 Public Policy Polling 46.00% ( 13.0) 46.00% ( 4.0) 9.00% ( 16.0)
09/05/2018-09/13/2018 Research America 32.50% ( 0.0) 35.10% ( 0.0) 32.40% ( 0.0)
08/12/2018-08/16/2018 Marist Institute 38.00% ( 0.0) 35.00% ( 0.0) 27.00% ( 0.0)
07/12/2018-07/12/2018 Illinois Public Opinion Strategies 28.80% ( 0.0) 44.20% ( 0.0) 26.90% ( 0.0)
06/09/2018-06/11/2018 We Ask America 43.00% ( 0.0) 39.00% ( 0.0) 18.00% ( 0.0)
02/05/2018-02/06/2018 Public Policy Polling 33.00% ( 0.0) 42.00% ( 0.0) 25.00% ( 0.0)

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NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Apr 24, 2019 10:00am Scandal Feds Probe Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, First Lady For Property Tax Appeals On Gold Coast Mansion  Article RP 
Feb 06, 2018 04:00pm News J.B. Pritzker at center of new campaign firestorm for remarks during phone call with Blagojevich  Article IndyGeorgia 

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FAMILY
Wife Mary "M. K." Pritzker 00, 0000-
Father Donald Pritzker 1932-1972
Sister Penny Pritzker 1959-
Father In-Law Ted Muenster 0000-

INFORMATION LINKS
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US Vice President - D Selection - Aug 11, 2020 D Tammy Duckworth
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IL State House 012 - D Primary - Mar 17, 2020 D Margaret Croke
IL Lt. Governor - D Primary - Mar 20, 2018 D Juliana Stratton