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President Joe Biden announced Sunday he was not seeking
reelection. He later endorsed Vice President Harris to be the
nominee. Democratic leaders, including Pritzker, followed suit
with endorsements of Harris.
Alongside the names of Democratic governors from several other
states, Pritzker’s name was brought up in reports earlier this
week as a potential vice presidential candidate.
Tuesday, Pritzker told MSNBC he had not received any vetting
materials. Wednesday, he told CNN he wouldn’t share anything
from private conversations he’s had and if asked to be the
running mate it would be hard to resist such a call.
In front of other media Thursday in Chicago, Pritzker continued
fielding questions seeking clarification of who he’s talked to
and about what.
“As I’ve said, I’m not going to talk about any conversations
we’ve had,” Pritzker said. “I haven’t talked to the campaign the
way you’ve described, just spoke with Vice President Harris.”
Pritzker then had to clarify that statement.
“Sorry, I think the question was had I spoken with them in the
last day, did I get a call, and the answer is no,” Pritzker
said.
The governor then went on to say that he doesn’t know anyone
working in Democratic politics who has not talked to the Harris
campaign. He knows people who work on the campaign and is
involved in transmitting the message of the campaign.
The governor was then asked directly Thursday: “Have you been
contacted about becoming vice president?”
“Again, I’m not going to talk about that,” Pritzker said. “I can
tell you that, like, I’m going to campaign. Whatever happens in
this process that I understand is going on, my job is to make
sure that we win in November, so I’m going to work hard to do
that as I have for, gosh, the last year and a half in this
campaign.”
Democrats will officially select their candidates for president
and vice president at the Democratic National Convention in
Chicago next month.
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