Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Monday threw his support behind Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic Party's new nominee for president a day after President Joe Biden bowed to pressure from within the party and dropped his reelection bid.
Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. J.B. Pritzker talk after they gave speeches ahead of midterm elections in Chicago on Nov. 6, 2022. (Michael Blackshire/Chicago Tribune)
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden at the airport in Atlanta following his debate with former President Donald Trump on Thursday night, June 27, 2024. (Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times)
U.S. President Joe Biden (R) and Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump participate in the CNN Presidential Debate at the CNN Studios on June 27, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. President Biden and former President Trump are facing off in the first presidential debate of the 2024 campaign. (Justin Sullivan/Getty)
People lean through the fence on the north side of the White House to take photographs after U.S. President Joe Biden announced he dropped out of the race for re-election, on July 21, 2024 in Washington, DC. With four months until election day, Biden endorsed his running mate Vice President Kamala Harris to be the Democratic Party nominee. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty)
President Joe Biden attends a roundtable session at the G7 world leaders summit, at Borgo Egnazia, southern Italy, June 13, 2024. (Christopher Furlong/AP)
Vice President Kamala Harris embraces President Joe Biden after a speech on healthcare in Raleigh, N.C., March. 26, 2024. President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 race for the White House on Sunday, July 21, ending his bid for reelection following a disastrous debate with Donald Trump that raised doubts about his fitness for office just four months before the election. (Matt Kelley/AP)
President Joe Biden walks down the steps of Air Force One at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on July 17, 2024. President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 race for the White House on Sunday, July 21, ending his bid for reelection following a disastrous debate with Donald Trump that raised doubts about his fitness for office just four months before the election. (Susan Walsh/AP)
Law enforcement blocks off a street near President Joe Biden's beach house, Sunday, July 21, 2024, in Rehoboth Beach, Del. Biden dropped out of the 2024 race for the White House on Sunday, ending his bid for reelection following a disastrous debate with Donald Trump that raised doubts about his fitness for office just four months before the election. (Matt Slocum/AP)
President Joe Biden raises the hand of Vice President Kamala Harris after viewing the Independence Day fireworks display over the National Mall from the balcony of the White House, Thursday, July 4, 2024, in Washington. She's already broken barriers, and now Harris could soon become the first Black woman to head a major party's presidential ticket after President Joe Biden's ended his reelection bid. The 59-year-old Harris was endorsed by Biden on Sunday, July 21, after he stepped aside amid widespread concerns about the viability of his candidacy. (Evan Vucci/AP)
President Joe Biden arrives for the NATO summit in Washington, July 10, 2024. Biden dropped out of the 2024 race for the White House on Sunday, July 21, ending his bid for reelection following a disastrous debate with Donald Trump that raised doubts about his fitness for office just four months before the election. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)
A couple watch news of President Joe Biden dropping out of the Presidential race at Manuel's Tavern, Sunday, July 21, 2024, in Atlanta. Biden dropped out of the 2024 race for the White House on Sunday, July 21, ending his bid for reelection following a disastrous debate with Donald Trump that raised doubts about his fitness for office just four months before the election. (Mike Stewart/AP)
A handmade sign for Vice President Kamala Harris appears on a lawn, on July 21, 2024, in Washington. She’s already broken barriers, and now Harris could soon become the first Black woman to head a major party's presidential ticket after President Joe Biden’s ended his reelection bid. The 59-year-old Harris was endorsed by Biden on Sunday, after he stepped aside amid widespread concerns about the viability of his candidacy. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)
Supporters applaud while President Joe Biden makes an appearance at Gateway Technical College in Racine County, Wisconsin on May 8, 2024 to hail Microsoft’s $3.3 billion investment in a new artificial intelligence datacenter. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)
Jacqui Boland, of Washington, places a sign in front of the U.S. Naval Observatory, where Vice President Kamala Harris lives on July 21, 2024, in Washington. She’s already broken barriers, and now Harris could soon become the first Black woman to head a major party's presidential ticket after President Joe Biden’s ended his reelection bid. The 59-year-old Harris was endorsed by Biden on Sunday, after he stepped aside amid widespread concerns about the viability of his candidacy. (Alex Brandon/AP)
Vice President Kamala Harris descends from Air Force Two at Joint Base Andrews, Md., on July 20, 2024. Harris, who has struggled for nearly four years in President Biden’s shadow, was thrust on July 21, 2024, into the center of a remarkable political drama that could culminate with her becoming the first Black woman at the top of a major-party presidential ticket. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)
A person holds a sign that reads "Bye Joe!" after U.S. President Joe Biden announced he dropped out of the race for re-election, outside of the White House on July 21, 2024 in Washington, DC. With four months until election day, U.S. President Joe Biden has endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the democratic nominee. (Justin Sullivan/Getty)
An image of President Joe Biden is projected on a screen during the final night of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum, Thursday, July 18, 2024, in Milwaukee. (Carolyn Kaster/AP)
President Joe Biden, right, walks with Vice President Kamala Harris after speaking on updated guidance on face mask mandates and COVID-19 response, in the Rose Garden of the White House on May 13, 2021, in Washington. President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 race for the White House on Sunday, July 21, ending his bid for reelection following a disastrous debate with Donald Trump that raised doubts about his fitness for office just four months before the election. (Evan Vucci/AP)
President Joe Biden delivers an address to the nation from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on on July 14, 2024. (Yuri Gripas/The New York Times)
President Joe Biden speaks at a campaign event at the College of Southern Nevada in North Las Vegas, Nev., on July 16, 2024. “So in 2024 will Democrats again be loyal to a flawed candidate who is likely to lose — and whose nomination might well lead to G.O.P. control of both houses of Congress — or will they be loyal to the goals they believe in?” writes The New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof. (Eric Lee/The New York Times)
A passerby watches a news crawl appears on the side of the Fox News building in New York, Sunday, July 21, 2024, in the wake of President Joe Biden dropping out of the 2024 race for the White House on Sunday, (Craig Ruttle/AP)
President Joe Biden sits in a presidential limousine known as "The Beast" in Colorado Springs, Colo., May 31, 2023. Biden dropped out of the 2024 race for the White House on Sunday, July 21, ending his bid for reelection following a disastrous debate with Donald Trump that raised doubts about his fitness for office just four months before the election. (Andrew Harnik/AP)
A view of the White House is seen in Washington, Sunday, July 21, 2024. President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 race for the White House on Sunday, ending his bid for reelection following a disastrous debate with Donald Trump that raised doubts about his fitness for office just four months before the election. (Susan Walsh/AP)
U.S. President Joe Biden walks off with first lady Jill Biden following the CNN Presidential Debate at the CNN Studios on June 27, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. President Biden and Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump are facing off in the first presidential debate of the 2024 campaign. (Justin Sullivan/Getty)
Patricia Greene, of Washington, is photographed holding a sign thanking President Joe Biden near the White House in Washington, Sunday, July 21, 2024. Biden dropped out of the 2024 race for the White House on Sunday, ending his bid for reelection following a disastrous debate with Donald Trump that raised doubts about his fitness for office just four months before the election. (Susan Walsh/AP)
President Joe Biden steps off Air Force One upon arrival at Dover Air Force Base, Del., en route to Rehoboth Beach, July 17, 2024. Biden has repeatedly tried to erase the concerns over his age and mental acuity. But as he and his closest family members and advisers went on the offensive, almost every step was undercut by Biden's own fumbles. (Yuri Gripas/The New York Times)
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Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. J.B. Pritzker talk after they gave speeches ahead of midterm elections in Chicago on Nov. 6, 2022. (Michael Blackshire/Chicago Tribune)
Deshawn Willingham's Chicago Urban Farm Solutions business has expanded to a 20-acre site in Lynwood that he expects to own next year, where he grows pesticide free vegetables and uses sustainable farming practices.