With five contenders in the Illinois GOP governor primary, former Gov. Jim Edgar said the Republicans need at the top of their ticket a “nominee who is not going to scare part of the state” in order to defeat Gov. J.B. Pritzker and other Democrats.
And while there may be people “mad” at Pritzker for the way he handled the COVID-19 pandemic — an issue animating the Republican base — “I think he did a pretty good job,” said Edgar, a Republican.
