Who is running for Illinois governor?
Incumbent J.B. Pritzker and Beverly Miles are running in the Democratic primary for Governor of Illinois on June 28, 2022. Incumbents are bolded and underlined . = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.
Who is the current governor of Illinois?
The governor is commander-in-chief of the state's land, air and sea forces when they are in state service. The 43rd and current governor is J. B. Pritzker, a Democrat who took office on January 14, 2019. The term of office of governor of Illinois is 4 years, and there is no limit on the number of terms a governor may serve.
Why are so many people leaving Illinois?
Weather, work and money. Those are three of the biggest reasons people are leaving. According to the Illinois Policy Institute’s Michael Lucci, some 95,000 people moved to other states last year. “We actually had more people leave Illinois than were born in Illinois,” he says.
Will Illinois go bankrupt?
There is a problem that Illinois faces. There is no actual right for a state to go bankrupt. That does not mean that no state has simply defaulted and never paid. A state hasn’t defaulted since Arkansas in 1933 during the Great Depression. However, that was also not the first state to simply not pay. The Sovereign Debt Crisis of the 1840 was ...