* More from the governor’s Q and A today…

In Illinois, in terms of [Donald Trump’s] margin, if you look just below that and all the way down the ballot in Illinois, Democrats won every seat in the General Assembly that it already had and and we won in races that I think people didn’t expect. County board races. Taking control of the McLean County Board, for example. Coroner’s races. Literally, if you look, people clearly bifurcated, you know, and made decisions different down the ballot than they did at the top of the ballot. And so I’m proud of that.

I think that’s a result of the policies that Democrats have had in Illinois and the approval of the voters about those. It’s a result of organizing the Democratic Party of Illinois, which was not organized a couple of years ago, right? It was almost moribund, if you go back two and a half years. And so a lot has been done to rebuild the scaffolding and the infrastructure of the party.

And remember that Republicans in Illinois were projecting that they would win five seats in the General Assembly, and, you know, they didn’t. And there were a lot of competitive races all across the state and Democrats fared very well.

The House Democrats were also predicting a four-five seat pickup. It’s still too early to make any declarations about either side picking up a seat (or two, in the Democrats’ case).

More on the McLean County Board races is here.

* The ILGOP reacted to Pritzker’s press conference this afternoon…

Pritzker Does Damage Control Amid Republican Shift in Illinois

CHICAGO — JB Pritzker might as well have announced his 2028 campaign for the Presidency in his deceptive media availability this morning. Kamala Harris had the worst showing of a candidate in Illinois in more than 30 years, and Democrats in the legislature did not grow their advantage despite outspending Republicans by millions personally supplied by the Governor.

Earlier this week, Pritzker touted sending hundreds of volunteers to swing states – states that subsequently rejected Pritzker-style government that has made Illinois one of the most fled states in the nation.

Republicans have established the party of hard working Americans, while Democrats have become the party of wealthy elites. It’s only fitting that they turn to another wealthy elite in 2028.

Governor Pritzker should do us all a favor and start his campaign now. We’ll be just fine without him.