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Governor, Illinois · Democratic

J.B. Pritzker

Pritzker has governed Illinois as a progressive and fought the administration's deployment of federal troops to Chicago in 2025. A billionaire who funds his own campaigns, he has improved the state's finances but still presides over one of the heaviest public pension burdens in the country, and he has said little about trade or industrial strategy.

This grade is preliminary and based on the public record to date.

OverallC+GPA 2.30

The grades

  1. SovereigntyDid they put American interests first and keep decisions in American hands?
    C+
  2. HemisphereDid they guard the Americas against rival powers and threats?
    C-
  3. No entangling warsDid they keep the country out of wars that weakened it and served no American interest?
    C+
  4. StatecraftDid they use diplomacy, force and alliances skillfully, on American terms?
    C
  5. Industry and tradeDid they protect and build American industry?
    C+
  6. Working AmericansDid ordinary working families do better because of them?
    B-
  7. BuildingDid they build things that lasted and push the frontier forward?
    B-
  8. NationDid they strengthen a shared American identity and the Union?
    C-
  9. CompetenceWere they capable and effective in office?
    B
  10. IntegrityDid they govern honestly, free of corruption and of capture by donors or foreign interests, and do what they said?
    C+

On the axes

MarketEconomyPopulist
Free tradeTradeProtectionist
National interestForeign policyGlobal mission
CosmopolitanNationNational

Dark dot: J.B. Pritzker. Red mark: the Monroe Society. Ideological closeness to the Society: 57%.