Record review: Pritzker touts fiscal and crisis management — but critics just see campaign management

Gov. J.B. Pritzker waves to the crowds along South Martin Luther King Jr. Drive during the 93rd annual Bud Billiken Parade in August. (Pat Nabong/Sun-Times file)

When J.B. Pritzker first announced his run for governor in a packed South Side gymnasium in 2017, he told reporters he’d be a “progressive governor for everyone.”

Since then, the Gold Coast Democrat has signed four budgets, touted improvements in the state’s shoddy financial ratings, and signed legislation that raised the minimum wage, legalized marijuana and enshrined the right to get an abortion in Illinois at a historic time.