CHICAGO — Wealthy progressive Democrat J.B. Pritzker was elected to a second term as Illinois governor Tuesday, overwhelming the rural and religious-based conservative candidacy of state Sen. Darren Bailey.
With 10% of the state’s precincts counted, Pritzker had 61% of the vote to Bailey's 36% amid indications that Democrats had more than overcome concerns at the statewide level of a potential surge of anti-incumbent attitudes fueling Republicans.
A survey of Illinois voters conducted by The Associated Press and the NORC at the University of Chicago showed Pritzker held a 55% favorable, 43% unfavorable rating, while Bailey was viewed unfavorably by half the voters and favorably by only 38% of them.
