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* As we discussed yesterday, 20th Senate District Senate candidate Graciela Guzman was endorsed by Bernie Sanders. Sen. Natalie Toro has appeared to counter that with this blast text…
* Isabel asked Gov. Pritzker about the photo at a press conference today…
Pritzker: You know, I take pictures virtually every day at events, something like this, where there are elected officials in attendance. And I’m always happy to do that with people who are there. Sometimes I take it with people I don’t know who come up and ask to take pictures. But it’s not an indication necessarily of support or lack thereof. It’s just something that happens at these events.
Q: Do you plan to endorse?
Pritzker: I am not endorsing, haven’t been engaged in an endorsement in that race. And I’ve seen other people using my picture here and there. I’m flattered that people think that might help them in their reelection, but, no, I’m not engaged in that.
…Adding… Guzmán campaign…
Yesterday, photos circulated of a blast text message to voters that falsely implied Gov. JB Pritzker is supporting Natalie Toro’s campaign in the Illinois 20th District State Senate primary race. Today, the governor confirmed he has not endorsed any candidate in the contest.
Caitlin Brady, campaign manager for 20th District State Senate candidate Graciela Guzmán, released the following statement:
“Misleading voters is wrong, period. Natalie Toro should apologize for her latest attempt to deceive voters and retract this dishonest text message. Our campaign is proud to be endorsed by progressive champions including Senator Bernie Sanders, Congresswoman Delia Ramirez, State Rep. Will Guzzardi, and many other local leaders. In the final days of this campaign, we encourage all candidates in this race to stick to the facts and reject this kind of desperate tactic.”
posted by Rich Miller
Wednesday, Mar 13, 24 @ 11:29 am
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If the goal was to highlight that Pritzker wasn’t endorsing Toro, well done.
Comment by Montrose Wednesday, Mar 13, 24 @ 12:01 pm
JB always surprises me with his way of taking the higher road in a lot of political personality contests
Comment by Jeremy W Wednesday, Mar 13, 24 @ 12:06 pm
Are the Senate Dems et al working from evidence on the impact of these mailers when they bombard voters? If so, I’d love to hear about that evidence. I personally don’t know anyone who gets their info from these. Yes, I know everyone does it. I just want to know if it is an evidence-based practice or tradition.
Comment by state worker Wednesday, Mar 13, 24 @ 4:46 pm