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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Mitchell Armentrout

Gov. Pritzker endorses City Clerk Valencia in Illinois secretary of state primary race

City Clerk Anna Valencia, left, in 2019; Gov. J.B. Pritzker, right, last month. | Rich Hein; Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times-file

Billionaire Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Tuesday announced he’s backing Chicago City Clerk Anna Valencia in the hotly contested Democratic primary race for Illinois secretary of state over former state Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias and South Side Ald. David Moore (17th).

It’s the second major endorsement Valencia has nabbed in the last week, after enlisting the highly coveted support of retiring Secretary of State Jesse White.

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