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J.B. Pritzker Will Gladly Be the Democrats’ Flamethrower

September 7, 2022 at 4:30 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D), a wealthy hotel heir, has become an unlikely hero on the left, Vanity Fair reports.

He’s built a progressive record and is willing to throw barbs.

Said Pritzker: “Let me analogize this to the early days of the end of the Weimar Republic.”

Illinois Governor Faces Criminal Probe

April 24, 2019 at 5:19 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D), his wife and his brother-in-law are under federal criminal investigation for a dubious residential property tax appeal that dogged him during his gubernatorial campaign last year,” WBEZ reports.

“A law-enforcement source familiar with the investigation confirmed that the probe, which has not been revealed publicly until now, began last October and remains active.”

Pritzker Apologizes for Racist Comments on Wiretap

February 6, 2018 at 2:24 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Newly released FBI wiretaps captured Illinois governor candidate J.B. Pritzker (D) telling then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D) that a state lawmaker was the “least offensive” African American he could appoint to a U.S. Senate seat, the AP reports.

Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.

Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.

Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.

Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.

Goddard is the owner of Goddard Media LLC.

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