JB Pritzker, a potential 2028 Democratic presidential candidate, headlines New Hampshire fundraiser

CONCORD, N.H. – Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker volition header a large Democratic fundraiser successful New Hampshire connected Sunday arsenic the imaginable 2028 statesmanlike contender builds his national profile and positions himself arsenic a starring dependable opposing President Donald Trump.

Pritzker has fixed respective high-profile speeches this twelvemonth criticizing Trump, but the keynote code astatine the New Hampshire Democratic Party’s McIntyre-Shaheen 100 Club Dinner could beryllium the astir prominent. The yearly lawsuit stands retired among authorities Democratic fundraisers acknowledgment to New Hampshire’s relation successful holding the nation’s archetypal statesmanlike primary.

Pritzker volition “address rising authoritarianism and the request for Democrats to combat back,” according to a connection from his spokesperson, Jordan Abudayyeh.

The second-term politician has yet to accidental whether helium volition tally for that bureau again successful 2026, but the billionaire Hyatt heir has been laying the groundwork for a imaginable statesmanlike run for years.

Pritzker drew nationalist attraction successful February erstwhile helium utilized portion of his associated fund and State of the State code to reason for a parallel betwixt Trump’s rhetoric and the emergence of Nazi Germany. Since then, the politician has spoken astatine the Human Right Campaign’s Los Angeles meal and is scheduled to header a Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party meal successful June.

Pritzker has carved retired a chiseled presumption among Democratic governors viewed arsenic imaginable 2028 candidates.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has sought communal crushed with Trump, appearing alongside him multiple times aboriginal successful his 2nd term. California Gov. Gavin Newsom has launched a podcast featuring affable conversations with Trump loyalists, including Steve Bannon.

Pritzker was a keynote talker astatine the New Hampshire Democratic Party’s 2022 convention, which astatine the clip besides fueled speculation helium was looking toward a nationalist post. He was elected to his 2nd word arsenic politician that year.

Last year’s featured talker astatine the McIntyre-Shaheen 100 Club meal was Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, who went connected to go the vice statesmanlike nominee.

The archetypal 100 Club meal was held successful 1959 to beforehand the statesmanlike candidacy of John F. Kennedy. In 2020, speakers included 10 Democratic candidates for president.

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Cappelletti reported from Saugatuck, Michigan.

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