Democratic governor endorsements from around the state
On March 20, voters will choose among six candidates in the Democratic primary for Illinois governor. The Daily Herald offered some help for making that choice with the endorsement we published on Feb. 18. Newspaper editorial boards throughout the state have examined the candidates, too, and we thought it would be helpful to give suburban voters a deeper look at how papers in different parts of the state have argued for specific candidates.
We contacted prominent papers from communities in the central and southern regions of Illinois in addition to the Chicago metros and asked to reprint portions of their endorsement editorials. Not all newspapers have published their endorsements, and some have no plans to endorse.
Our sampling is not intended to be representative of Illinois editorial boards in general. Rather, we sought to gauge the thinking around the state. Here are links to their endorsements:
The Rockford Register Star)
The (Springfield) State Journal Register
The (Bloomington) Pantagraph and The (Decatur) Herald & Review, sister papers that share their editorial board