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The content of Public image of JB Pritzker was merged into JB Pritzker on December 1, 2024. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists.

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Section size for JB Pritzker (59 sections)
Section name	Byte count		Prose size (words)
Section name	Header	Total	Header	Total
(Top)	3,669	3,669	193	193
Early life, family, and education	8,119	8,119	264	264
Business and philanthrophy career	5,652	5,652	216	216
Early political involvement	34	14,102	0	837
1980s and 1990s	2,807	6,395	188	423
1998 congressional campaign	3,588	3,588	235	235
2000s and 2010s	22	7,673	0	414
Hillary Clinton's 2008 and 2016 presidential campaigns	1,635	1,635	138	138
Relationship with Rod Blagojevich	6,016	6,016	276	276
Gubernatorial campaigns	318	14,509	19	497
Elections	16	14,191	0	478
2018	6,842	6,842	231	231
2022	4,033	4,033	150	150
2026	3,300	3,300	97	97
Governor of Illinois (2019–present)	45	109,703	0	5,512
Cabinet	12,800	12,800	0	0
FY 2019–20	1,522	1,522	151	151
Abortion legislation	2,001	2,001	175	175
Cannabis	5,880	5,880	177	177
Child welfare and education	2,610	2,610	268	268
COVID-19 pandemic	16,912	16,912	929	929
Criminal justice and law enforcement	4,782	4,782	334	334
Energy	5,453	5,453	332	332
Environmental issues	1,698	1,698	76	76
Ethics	789	789	29	29
Gambling	2,783	2,783	156	156
Gun control	5,774	5,774	319	319
Health care	4,861	4,861	283	283
Housing	3,123	3,123	186	186
Immigration	6,510	6,510	343	343
Infrastructure	6,303	6,303	452	452
Labor	7,269	7,269	370	370
LGBTQ rights	1,464	1,464	44	44
Taxation	6,841	6,841	311	311
Tobacco	794	794	35	35
Transit	4,252	4,252	289	289
Public employee pensions	1,481	1,481	79	79
Voting rights	670	670	16	16
Welfare	1,768	1,768	93	93
National profile and political future	1,318	1,318	65	65
Political positions	26	17,083	0	739
Abortion	2,438	2,438	100	100
Alliance of governors	1,133	1,133	26	26
Cannabis	2,498	2,498	50	50
Gun control	597	597	30	30
Immigration	1,558	1,558	114	114
Israel and Palestine	5,125	5,125	248	248
LGBTQ rights	1,810	1,810	55	55
Minimum wage	1,234	1,234	71	71
Net neutrality	664	664	45	45
Public image	20	10,290	0	476
Supporters	2,124	2,124	40	40
Opposition	3,718	3,718	210	210
Social media and memes	4,428	4,428	226	226
Philanthropy	10,364	10,364	541	541
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Electoral history	6,232	6,232	0	0
References	30	30	0	0
External links	2,529	2,529	0	0
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On 15 November 2024, it was proposed that this article be moved from J. B. Pritzker to JB Pritzker. The result of the discussion was moved.

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COVID-19 Response

Over the past week, Illinois has been second in COVID-19 deaths, and has had the highest per capita death rate of any large state. Several times in the past month, a new record has been broken in deaths^[1]. This has attracted considerable attention from the media^[2], and the COVID-19 section should be updated to include this, as seems to have not been changed since early March.

References

^ "COVID deaths by state". COVID CDC. 28 March 2020.
^ "Illinois surpasses 14,000 COVID-19 deaths less than a week after hitting 13,000 mark; Pfizer vaccine authorized by FDA". Chicago Tribune. 11 December 2020.

Terrible photograph

The portrait photograph shown on this page could not be more unflattering and I suspect comes from a negative campaign ad. Why not use his official portrait on the State of Illinois website (https://www2.illinois.gov/sites/gov/about/Pages/default.aspx)? 2601:243:300:FA60:D15E:84F3:2255:150E (talk) 14:21, 20 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

not enough room on the page. 2603:6010:C200:682A:8CFB:5E6B:EDE6:3196 (talk) 11:09, 12 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Pritzker and anti-Trump views

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/pritzker-trump-threat-vance-governor-suffer-consequences/story?id=126446971 Pritzker is labeled as a "progressive" Democrat and talks bad against Trump, Chicago, and policies, was the reasoning for putting Pritzker under Category:Progressivism in the United States Winnebaggo (talk) 21:00, 13 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ctrl-F for "progress" does not show anything in that link EvergreenFir (talk) 21:21, 13 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Pritzker and AIPAC

I can't find any mention of Pritzker in the book linked in citation 182, Foreign Policy and Ethnic Interest Groups - is it linked only to confirm the description of AIPAC as a pro-Israel lobbying group? If so, is there an alternative source that confirms his tenure on the AIPAC board? 2001:8003:341D:E301:F4D8:B212:29CE:46D4 (talk) 23:53, 14 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I also checked the Foreign Policy and Ethnic Interest Groups source and no mention of Pritzker. The Times of Israel says he served on AIPAC's national board in this article (https://www.timesofisrael.com/after-being-vetted-for-vp-jewish-governor-of-illinois-is-now-hosting-the-dnc/), but gives no source for that information. Endive97 (talk) 18:56, 21 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

In addition, he does not appear on the 990s for AIPAC. Xavexgoem (talk) 23:45, 13 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

[1] "COVID deaths by state". COVID CDC. 28 March 2020.

[2] "Illinois surpasses 14,000 COVID-19 deaths less than a week after hitting 13,000 mark; Pfizer vaccine authorized by FDA". Chicago Tribune. 11 December 2020.

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