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JB Pritzker

DemocratJB Pritzker

Governor · Illinois

DemocratState

Governor of Illinois. Source: https://ballotpedia.org/Jay_Robert_Pritzker

14 tracked promises, 4 rated

Illinois

Illinois

Represents Illinois statewide

88/100
Trust rating
Strongly keeps promises
88
0 · Broken50 · Mixed100 · Kept
A transparent rescale of the Integrity Score (+76) to 0–100, aggregated from 4 rated promises. Never an opaque single score. Provisional — based on 4 rated promises they could act on; a settled rating needs at least 5.
How this is calculated →

Showing 2019–present term. Every tile and chart below reflects this window; some record types (e.g. roll-call votes) only have data for recent years.

Integrity

Promises kept vs. worked against — weighted breakdown

+76 · based on 4 rated promises

  • Partial 1
  • Championed 2
  • Fully Kept 1

Teal segments are promises kept; amber and stone segments are promises worked against. The signed score weights each rated promise by significance and evidence confidence. Promise-keeping is shown separately from popularity, finance, disclosure, and stated positions. Methodology is open.

Integrity over time

In office since Jan 2019 · 4 rated promises

The line steps at each recorded assessment and holds between them; it ends on the current published score.

−100 worked against0+100 kept
Integrity Score by assessment date. Score ranges from −100 (worked against) to +100 (kept).
DateIntegrity Score
Jul 202675
Jul 202664
Jul 202677
Jul 202676
now76 (current, held from last rating)

Promise status over time

How the tracked promise record has evolved.

4 tracked
  • Kept4
  • Against0
  • No opportunity0
  • In progress0
01234Jul 2026Jul 2026

Replayed from this official’s sourced assessment history — the bands step only when an assessment is recorded or changed. Based on the most recent roll-call votes on file and the tracked promise assessments; never interpolated.

Not yet scoredNot yet rated 10— tracked, but not counted toward Integrity

Topic coverage

14 promises across 13 topics

What this record covers — the number of tracked promises per topic. This is coverage, not a verdict; the kept/against shading within each bar mirrors the Integrity breakdown above.

  • Higher Education2
  • Child Care1
  • Consumer Protection1
  • Consumer Protection / Children1
  • Early Childhood Education1
  • Education1
  • Energy1
  • Gun Policy1
  • Health Care / Mental Health1
  • Health Care / Prescription Drugs1
  • Higher Education Affordability1
  • State Budget / Fiscal Policy1
  • Taxes / Education Funding1
Kept Worked against No opportunity / not yet scored

Evidence & significance

Evidence quality

Strongest source cited per promise.

  • Primary (official record)1286%
  • Reputable news214%

Significance mix

How weighty the tracked promises are (1 = minor, 5 = defining).

10
21
37
45
51

Significance weights each promise in the Integrity Score.

Tracked promises

14 tracked promises

Championedmedium confidence

Pledged to make preschool available to every family in Illinois, expanding access to universal pre-kindergarten statewide.

Early Childhood EducationSpecific · measurablePromised Jan 2023
SourcesCapitol News IllinoisChalkbeat ChicagoCapitol News IllinoisChicago Sun-TimesOffice of Gov. JB Pritzker (official newsroom)· archived
Fully Kepthigh confidence

Vowed to make Illinois the ninth state to pass an assault weapons ban.

Gun PolicySpecific · measurablePromised Jan 2023
SourcesChicago Sun-TimesSt. Louis Public Radio (STLPR)CBS News ChicagoWGLT (NPR affiliate, Illinois)
Partialmedium confidence

Committed to making public college tuition free for every working-class Illinois family.

Higher Education AffordabilitySpecific · measurablePromised Jan 2023
SourcesChicago Sun-TimesCapitol News IllinoisIllinois Policy InstituteChalkbeat Chicago
Championedhigh confidence

Pledged to eliminate child care deserts and expand child care options across the state.

Child CarePromised Jan 2023
SourcesOffice of Gov. JB Pritzker Newsroom· archivedChicago Sun-TimesWGLT (NPR Illinois)Capitol News Illinois
Not yet rated

Proposed a Social Media Platform Fee projected to generate $200 million per year to fund K-12 education.

Taxes / Education FundingSpecific · measurablePromised Feb 2026
SourcesNPR Illinois· archived
Not yet rated

Committed to introduce the Prescription Drug Affordability Act to rein in pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and lower prescription drug costs for Illinois patients.

Health Care / Prescription DrugsSpecific · measurablePromised Feb 2025
SourcesNPR Illinois· archived
Not yet rated

Pledged to only sign a balanced state budget and to require offsetting cuts for any new spending.

State Budget / Fiscal PolicySpecific · measurablePromised Feb 2025
SourcesNPR Illinois· archived
Not yet rated

Proposed the Children's Social Media Safety Act to reduce the harmful effects of social media on children.

Consumer Protection / ChildrenPromised Feb 2026
SourcesNPR Illinois· archived
Not yet rated

Committed, via executive order, to deliver at least two gigawatts of new clean nuclear power capacity in Illinois.

EnergyPromised Feb 2026
SourcesNPR Illinois· archived
Not yet rated

Proposed to allow community colleges to offer four-year bachelor's degrees in in-demand career fields such as nursing and advanced manufacturing.

Higher EducationPromised Feb 2025
SourcesNPR Illinois· archived
Not yet rated

Proposed to pass the Public University Direct Admission Program Act so students learn whether they qualify for admission to state public universities before they apply.

Higher EducationPromised Feb 2025
SourcesNBC Chicago· archived
Not yet rated

Pledged to advance legislation requiring every Illinois school district to adopt a policy banning cell phone use during classroom instruction.

EducationPromised Feb 2025
SourcesNPR Illinois· archived
Not yet rated

Committed to ban insurer prior authorization for all behavioral health care to stop insurers from blocking access to mental health treatment.

Health Care / Mental HealthPromised Feb 2025
SourcesNPR Illinois· archived
Not yet rated

Committed to support legislation banning hidden 'junk fees' by requiring upfront full disclosure of all mandatory fees.

Consumer ProtectionPromised Feb 2026
SourcesNPR Illinois· archived

Positions on record

13 positions on record

The record on this issue — recorded votes this official cast, and sourced claims about what they believe. Each is labelled with which it is, because a vote is what someone did and a statement is what they said. Neither is scored, and neither affects the Integrity Score.

  • Taxes / Education FundingStated position

    Proposed a Social Media Platform Fee projected to generate $200 million per year to fund K-12 education.

    SourcesNPR Illinois· archived
    View position & sources
  • Consumer ProtectionStated position

    Committed to support legislation banning hidden 'junk fees' by requiring upfront full disclosure of all mandatory fees.

    SourcesNPR Illinois· archived
    View position & sources
  • Consumer Protection / ChildrenStated position

    Proposed the Children's Social Media Safety Act to reduce the harmful effects of social media on children.

    SourcesNPR Illinois· archived
    View position & sources
  • EnergyStated position

    Committed, via executive order, to deliver at least two gigawatts of new clean nuclear power capacity in Illinois.

    SourcesNPR Illinois· archived
    View position & sources
  • Higher EducationStated position

    Proposed to allow community colleges to offer four-year bachelor's degrees in in-demand career fields such as nursing and advanced manufacturing.

    SourcesNBC Chicago· archived
    View position & sources
  • EducationStated position

    Pledged to advance legislation requiring every Illinois school district to adopt a policy banning cell phone use during classroom instruction.

    SourcesNPR Illinois· archived
    View position & sources
  • Health Care / Prescription DrugsStated position

    Committed to introduce the Prescription Drug Affordability Act to rein in pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and lower prescription drug costs for Illinois patients.

    SourcesNPR Illinois· archived
    View position & sources
  • Health Care / Mental HealthStated position

    Committed to ban insurer prior authorization for all behavioral health care to stop insurers from blocking access to mental health treatment.

    SourcesNPR Illinois· archived
    View position & sources
  • State Budget / Fiscal PolicyStated position

    Pledged to only sign a balanced state budget and to require offsetting cuts for any new spending.

    SourcesNPR Illinois· archived
    View position & sources
  • Early Childhood EducationStated position

    Pledged to make preschool available to every family in Illinois, expanding access to universal pre-kindergarten statewide.

    SourcesChicago Sun-TimesCapitol News Illinois
    View position & sources
  • Child CareStated position

    Pledged to eliminate child care deserts and expand child care options across the state.

    SourcesChicago Sun-Times
    View position & sources
  • Higher Education AffordabilityStated position

    Committed to making public college tuition free for every working-class Illinois family.

    SourcesChicago Sun-Times
    View position & sources
  • Gun PolicyStated position

    Vowed to make Illinois the ninth state to pass an assault weapons ban.

    SourcesChicago Sun-Times
    View position & sources
Disclosure
No undisclosed priorities on record

Disclosure

A separate measure from the promise scorecard above. It tracks confirmed cases where this official has acted on or championed an issue that already existed when they ran, but which they did not disclose as a priority in their campaign. Each case meets a high evidence bar — three independent sources — and the score is shown alongside the Integrity Score, never merged into it. How this is measured.

No undisclosed priorities on record. This is not a clean-audit claim — it means none have been confirmed for this official.

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