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Sfondeles: Pritzker’s new nonprofit has already contributed $1.5 million to pro-choice candidates/groups

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* Tina Sfondeles has the scoop…

Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s newly created nonprofit to combat anti-abortion efforts has already contributed $1.5 million to the movement, including a share in the next big abortion rights battleground state: Virginia.

Think Big America’s contribution of $25,000 each to four state Senate Democratic candidates in Virginia, and an additional $150,000 to the state Democratic party, comes ahead of a pivotal Nov. 7 election that may reshape abortion restrictions in the state. […]

In Nevada, Think Big America also contributed $1 million to the Nevadans for Reproductive Freedom PAC, which is fighting for a November 2024 ballot question that would establish a “fundamental right to reproductive rights.” The newly formed PAC is affiliated with Planned Parenthood. […]

In Ohio, Think Big America contributed $250,000 to Ohioans United for Reproductive Rights, a ballot committee made up of a coalition of reproductive rights advocates. Ohioans on Nov. 7 will be voting whether to enshrine abortion rights in their state constitution.

That Ohio spending is on top of the $1.5 million he dropped in Ohio earlier this year. Plus he sent his campaign manager to the state.

posted by Rich Miller
Wednesday, Nov 1, 23 @ 3:57 pm

Comments

Tell me you’re running for President without telling me you’re running for President.

Maybe not today but soon

Comment by Frida's boss Wednesday, Nov 1, 23 @ 4:06 pm
===Maybe not today but soon===

Five years is a lifetime away. Many of those same folks in those same states can look different in five years.

Your schtick of worry continues. Pritzker will likely need to re-elect again within those 5 years. Being a former governor out for a year in governing isn’t a good beginning to a national race.

Chits are nice.

Maybe leverage it into federal help for migrants.

Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Nov 1, 23 @ 4:24 pm
To the post,

Abortion is literally the lone pillar that Dems can fully rally around where the GOP have “won” and by winning an injustice exists where women’s rights to their bodies differ by the state they reside.

Pritzker couldn’t pick a better issue, and given his decades in the pro-choice movement, a better issue to highlight his honesty to the cause… not just a check for the check’s own sake. It’s the best way to to back Dems without wading in the parsing of why Pritzker’s PAC is supporting “whatever”… “it’s obvious why”

It’s smart politics to maximize help in 2024

The reality is 2024 is simple; Patriots or Traitors. The truth is that winning the day will need to go through the issue of abortion.

Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Nov 1, 23 @ 4:37 pm
I mean…cool, but you guys realize that plenty of time and work went into those efforts before Pritzker got involved, right?

Comment by Torco Sign Wednesday, Nov 1, 23 @ 5:39 pm
Your ad on scholarships doesn’t disclose who bought it. No discourse on the headline that it is an ad. Paidletter. No integrity here.

Comment by 44 Wednesday, Nov 1, 23 @ 9:06 pm