2017-01-16

The annual Rainbow Push Martin Luther King breakfast in Chicago is always full of current and hopeful future politicians. And this year, possible candidates for governor were looking to shake a few voters’ hands. Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner has said he’ll run again; he kicked off the breakfast with a bill signing. State Senator Kwame Raoul was thought to be a possible Democratic challenger - he was spotted taking another potential candidate, Chris Kennedy, around the room. Kennedy says he’s still thinking about running. KENNEDY: I mean I’m convinced at this point that the state of Illinois is on the wrong track. Democrat JB Pritzker joined Rev Jesse Jackson and a handful of elected officials on stage to sing We Shall Overcome. PRITZKER: Oh I have to say I’m exploring it, I’ve talked to an awful lot of people to get their input, this is a process. As the breakfast ended, former Governor Pat Quinn was spotted shaking hands in the lobby.

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