{"id":113992,"date":"2022-07-27T19:29:13","date_gmt":"2022-07-28T00:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=113992"},"modified":"2022-07-29T14:31:11","modified_gmt":"2022-07-29T19:31:11","slug":"illinois-democratic-party-chair-feud-with-governor-escalates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=113992","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Democratic Party Chair Feud With Governor Escalates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1545664804358300\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"8616314829\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=113992\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=113992\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-113993 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Color_Logo_Stacked-300x199.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Color_Logo_Stacked-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Color_Logo_Stacked.png 730w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>By Nikki Slusher<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Democratic Governor of Illinois J.B. Pritzker is working overtime to oust the state\u2019s Democratic Party leadership.<\/p>\n<p>His move to shake up the party\u2019s ranking has Democrats torn between supporting and opposing his choice \u2014 especially with US Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL). The battle of the Illinois Democratic Party is one that most of us should be watching; Gov. Pritzker is seeking a re-election bid for his second term this fall, and the winner of the Pritzker vs. The State Democratic Party will determine if the governor has enough influence and power over internal politics as he continues building a national profile for what many anticipate as possible 2024 ambitions.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re wondering how we got to this point, here\u2019s a quick rundown on what\u2019s going on. US Rep. Robin Kelly, who is the first African American and woman to chair the state Democratic Party, is \u201crunning to serve a full four-year-term\u201d with the backing of Sen. Dick Durbin, per NBC\u2019s report. Yet Gov. Pritzker and state House Speaker Chris Welch have thrown their support behind a different candidate \u2014 state Rep. Lisa Hernandez \u2014 and cited Kelly\u2019s fundraising constraints as to why they decided to detour from Durbin\u2019s pick.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Since Rep. Kelly is currently a federal officeholder, she faces different rules regarding fundraising. The problem? Fundraising is the bulk of the party chair\u2019s job. A dual position as a federal official and party chair is rare but not completely unheard of. For example, Rep. Nikema Williams of Georgia holds both positions. Rep. Kelly called Gov. Pritzker\u2019s decision \u201cdisappointing\u201d and also stated \u201cno, no and no\u201d when asked if the governor had reached out behind the scenes to let her know his stance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t explain why he is doing this,\u201d Kelly said. \u201cYou have to ask him.\u201d Meanwhile, one of Pritzker\u2019s campaign team members told reporters that any suggestion that his support for a different candidate comes as a surprise is \u201cdisingenuous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLisa is the one running. It\u2019s not the governor running against Robin,\u201d Pritzker\u2019s aide said. \u201cThis is not a personality conflict.\u201d The vote on who will head the state\u2019s Democratic party is scheduled for Saturday.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Nikki Slusher The Democratic Governor of Illinois J.B. Pritzker is working overtime to oust the state\u2019s Democratic Party leadership. His move to shake up the party\u2019s ranking has Democrats torn between supporting and opposing his choice \u2014 especially with US Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL). The battle of the Illinois Democratic Party is one that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":113993,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22247],"tags":[29365],"class_list":["post-113992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-political-columns","tag-illinois-democratic-party-chair-feud-with-governor-escalates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=113992"}],"version-history":[{"count":-3,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113992\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/113993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=113992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=113992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=113992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}