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Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker<\/a> is reportedly drawing White House speculation as Chicago prepares to host the 2024 Democratic convention.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Pritzker, a billionaire businessman and heir to the Hyatt hotel fortune who has contributed millions to Democratic causes and candidates, was a major proponent for his city getting the convention. The announcement last week that the DNC would choose Chicago<\/a> over Atlanta in 2024, drawing ire from Georgia Democrats, elevated the governor’s profile and is drawing speculation he might have aspirations for higher office.\u00a0<\/p>\n

After traveling to New Hampshire and Florida last year, Pritzker similarly stirred rumors he had eyes on the White House.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“It shows he has clout, to use a Chicago term,” Dick Simpson, professor emeritus at the University of Illinois Chicago and a former city alderman, told The Hill. “It causes people to look at the governor more closely as a potential candidate.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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“And yes, it does position him because I\u2019m sure he\u2019ll be offered a chance to give a major speech at the convention. It offers him a chance to become one of the early contenders for the 2028 presidential election.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

“He\u2019s got a very progressive agenda, but he\u2019s also fiscally conservative. So I think even his harshest critics have to admit that he\u2019s been a good manager of the state\u2019s taxes,” political operative Victor Reyes told The Hill.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The DNC said Chicago represents the party\u2019s diversity and a “formidable coalition” and that the Midwest will “showcase President Biden\u2019s<\/a> economic agenda,” including spending on public works, as part of a sweeping bipartisan infrastructure package that cleared Congress in 2021. At a press conference, Pritzker, who vowed to contribute to some of the convention costs, which could run as high as $90 million, described Chicago as the “ideal” location for Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n

Last month, Pritzker remarked on CBS\u2019s “Face the Nation” that no “serious” Democrats will enter the 2024 primary ring with Biden, who has not formally announced a re-election bid. The comment came just a day after Democrat Marianne Williamson officially announced her candidacy.\u00a0<\/p>\n

During his State of the State address in February, Pritzker did denounce “demagogues who are pushing censorship,” taking thinly-veiled swipes at Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis<\/u><\/a>,<\/u> a presumed 2024 candidate for the White House. DeSantis has shied away from publicly announcing a challenge to former President Donald Trump for the Republican ticket. The political shots from Pritzker seemed to condemn DeSantis’ administration for rejecting an AP course on African American Studies.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Since taking office in 2019, Pritzker, a self-described “pragmatic progressive,” celebrated a slew of legislative victories aided by a Democratic supermajority in the state legislature. The governor signed laws to legalize marijuana for recreational use, raise the minimum wage by 2025 to $15 an hour and, more recently, to add legal protections for patients coming from outside of Illinois to get an abortion, The Hill noted.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Over the past two years, The Hill also noted that Illinois has seen seven credit rating upgrades.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Pritzker, known for contributing financially to his own campaigns, also is a key donor for several Democratic groups like the Democratic Governors Association. He’s used his personal wealth to put funds into critical battleground elections, like Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer\u2019s<\/a> re-election campaign and the Wisconsin Supreme Court race.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital reached out to Pritzker’s office Wednesday but did not immediately hear back.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The 2020 Democratic convention was supposed to be held in Milwaukee but happened virtually because of the coronavirus pandemic. Biden delivered a speech accepting his party\u2019s nomination that year at a nearly empty convention center in Wilmington, Delaware.<\/p>\n

Chicago hosted the infamous 1968 Democratic convention, which is best remembered for a brutal clash between police and protesters opposing the Vietnam War. The last Democratic National Convention in the city was in 1996, when former President Bill Clinton<\/a> was headed to a second term.<\/p>\n

Pritzker promised Tuesday the convention would be an “unforgettable event.” He had pointed to Democrats’ desires to expand their Midwestern electoral gains, particularly in Michigan, where the party held the governorship and won control of both chambers of the legislature during last fall\u2019s midterms.<\/p>\n

The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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