Gov. Pritzker to serve second term with familiar faces — and will continue to personally pay senior staffers

Democrat incumbent Gov. J.B. Pritzker speaks at an election night rally at the Marriott Marquis Chicago after beating Republican candidate Darren Bailey in the Illinois gubernatorial election on Nov. 8. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times)

Gov. J.B. Pritzker will head into his second term with a pack of the same loyal staffers — for whatever the Democratic governor decides to do with his political future.

The governor also will continue to personally contribute to the salaries of some senior staffers, just as he did when he first took office in 2019, the governor’s office told the Sun-Times.