Pritzker’s 2028 Hopes Rest on Black Voters: Nia-Malika Henderson

Two predictions for 2028. Illinois Governor JB Pritzker will run for president. And he will likely do well among Black voters, making his bid for the Democratic nomination competitive.

This week, Pritzker, 61, was among nine other 2028 hopefuls wooing the Democratic party’s crucial voting bloc at Reverend Al Sharpton’s annual National Action Network (NAN) conference in New York. “I never have seen anyone stand up stronger around the questions of deportation, and stand up around vice, than this governor,” Sharpton said. “And he gave not only respect to Reverend Jackson but respect to the whole Civil Rights movement.”

Such plaudits land well ...