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With Trump Barely Mentioned, Illinois Republicans Focus on Common Enemy: Pritzker
Republicans blamed Democrats for rising costs and highlighted Pritzker’s $65 million campaign check as they opened their annual fair-day rally.
- On Thursday, Illinois Republicans gathered at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield, conspicuously omitting mention of President Donald Trump while focusing attacks on Democratic Governor JB Pritzker and his gubernatorial opponent Darren Bailey.
- Affordability concerns like high property taxes dominated GOP messaging as the party confronts a massive financial disadvantage; Pritzker last week added $65 million to his campaign fund.
- Lieutenant governor candidate Aaron Del Mar and Illinois Republican Party Chair Bob Grogan framed races as "common sense versus communism," urging voters to support GOP candidates across congressional seats.
- Pritzker's campaign countered with staffers in dinosaur costumes mocking a Bailey-founded school's curriculum, while House Minority Leader Tony McCombie argued Republicans could outwork Democrats' spending advantage.
- The party's shift reflects an uphill electoral battle; candidates distance themselves from Trump's national baggage to appeal to suburban voters in DuPage County, previously the base of Illinois Republican strength.
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Illinois Republicans set state fair sights on Gov. JB Pritzker and 'flat-out crazy' Democrats
SPRINGFIELD — It was a different political boogeyman being put on blast Thursday at the Illinois State Fair, where Republicans sharpened their attacks against incumbent Gov. JB Pritzker in his bid for a third term with a rematch this November’s against GOP nominee Darren Bailey.And as much as Pritzker and his fellow Democrats lampooned Donald Trump a day earlier during their own fairground rally, Bailey and his Republican colleagues mostly steer…
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