Logan County democrats meet J.B. Pritzker, candidate for governor

[September 27, 2017] 

LINCOLN

J.B. Pritzker, Democratic Party candidate for governor, traveled to Lincoln Tuesday afternoon to meet with Logan County Democrats at the Rio Grande Restaurant. He was introduced by Rebecca Drake, chair of the Logan County Democratic Party. More than twenty local members of the party gathered to hear him lay out his plan for the future of Illinois.

J.B. Pritzker, Democratic Party candidate for Illinois governor.

Mr. Pritzker focused on what he is doing to win his party’s nomination for governor in the March 20, 2018 primary, and what it would take to defeat Governor Bruce Rauner in next November’s general election. He stressed that building a communication network throughout the state to get his message out, and to assist down ballot democrats to be successful in their races is vital to a successful campaign. To that end, he stated that he has an organizer in every county in Illinois to assist his campaign, and to gather the 5,000 necessary signatures for his petitions.

Rebecca Drake and J.B. Pritzker

Pritzker’s main campaign issues are to boost job creation, increase school funding, pay off the enormous state debt, and to improve health care for everyone who cannot afford it. “A progressive income tax is the only way to achieve these goals,” he stated. “Illinois is one of the few states in the country to have an unfair regressive income tax, which is currently the case,” he added.

 Rebecca Drake stated that the Illinois Democratic County Chair Association will meet on Sunday, October 7, 2017 to select a candidate to endorse for the 2018 Democratic Party primary on March 20. The winner of the primary will take on current Republican governor Bruce Rauner.

[Curtis Fox]