{"id":15390,"date":"2025-10-22T08:06:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T08:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/15390\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T08:06:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T08:06:18","slug":"gov-jb-pritzker-to-headline-dallas-county-democrats-johnson-jordan-fundraiser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/15390\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov. JB Pritzker to headline Dallas County Democrats Johnson-Jordan fundraiser"},"content":{"rendered":"

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, who gave refuge to state House Democrats who left Texas to stall a GOP-driven congressional redistricting plan, is headlining the Dallas Democratic Party\u2019s Johnson-Jordan annual fundraising event in Dallas.<\/p>\n

The Nov. 10 event will be held at Gilley\u2019s Dallas with ticket packages ranging from $1,000 to $50,000. The event will raise money to power the local party\u2019s 2026 get-out-the vote effort.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe are excited to announce Governor Pritzker as this year\u2019s Johnson-Jordan Dinner speaker,\u201d event co-chairpersons Paula Blackmon and Matthew Bell said in a joint statement. \u201cHe is a good friend to Texas and is welcomed in our great state.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dallas County Democratic Party Chairman Kardal Coleman said the Illinois governor\u2019s resistance to President Donald Trump and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has not gone unnoticed in Texas. <\/p>\n

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\u201cHe\u2019s stood shoulder-to-shoulder with Texans and this dinner allows us to thank him, not just the Dallas County Democratic Party, but the entire state of Texas,\u201d Coleman said.<\/p>\n

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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker arrives at a “No Kings” protest Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo\/Nam Y. Huh)<\/p>\n

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Pritzker, 60, was instrumental in the Texas House Democrats\u2019 strategy to leave the state to prevent Republicans from approving a redistricting plan designed to net the GOP up to five seats in Congress. House Democrats flew to Illinois, where Pritzker provided shelter and political resources.<\/p>\n

Texas Democrats maintained a presence in the Prairie State until the quorum break dissipated Aug. 18 and House Speaker Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, established a quorum.<\/a> The redistricting bill later passed the Legislature and was signed into law<\/a> by Abbott.<\/p>\n

Pritzker, who has been mentioned as a 2028 presidential contender, has announced he\u2019ll seek a third term as Illinois governor next year.<\/p>\n

According to a recent tax return, the billionaire and heir to the Hyatt hotel chain netted $1.4 million last year playing blackjack in Las Vegas.<\/a> He said last week he\u2019ll donate the winnings to charity.<\/p>\n

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Pritzker has been leading the opposition to Trump\u2019s policies. The president has deployed National Guard troops to Chicago and stepped up immigration enforcement there.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, 200 members of the Texas National Guard were sent to Illinois after Abbott authorized 400 Texas soldiers<\/a> to be deployed to other states.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, who gave refuge to state House Democrats who left Texas to stall a GOP-driven…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15391,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,581,104,103,287,293],"class_list":{"0":"post-15390","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-dallas","9":"tag-dallas-county","10":"tag-dallas-headlines","11":"tag-dallas-news","12":"tag-politics","13":"tag-texas-legislature"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15390\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}