Kamala Harris

Neither Missouri or Illinois are competitive in this year’s election cycle. But residents in both states are contributing time and money to campaigns.

Gov. JB Pritzker has presidential ambitions — and his vetting when he was under consideration to serve as Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris’ running mate and this week’s Democratic National Convention have put a huge spotlight on the second-term governor.

Ahead of the DNC, the state’s top Democrats leaned heavily into the jokes that have circulated in Democratic circles online in support of Harris and Walz. “I have all kinds of hashtags working up in my head about Tim Walz. How about #DadJokes?” JB Pritzker said to laughs.

Kunce and May have similar views on major policy issues like support of abortion rights.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker spoke with Kamala Harris’ campaign about the vice presidential role on Wednesday, according to a source with knowledge of the process.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, who had been on shortlists as a potential replacement for President Joe Biden, said he had spoken to Harris and told her the president’s decision “came as a genuine surprise.”

President Biden announced that he will discontinue his campaign to seek a second term in the White House, throwing the Democratic race for 2024 wide open.

Vice President Kamala Harris was in St. Louis on Friday to speak to the Democratic National Committee’s fall meeting.

The vice president will speak Friday at a meeting of the Democratic National Committee in St. Louis.

Bush was one of six Democrats who voted against the federal infrastructure legislation, which President Joe Biden is expected to sign.