As time in statehouse winds down, Daniel Biss says 'we're not there yet' on Pritzker endorsement

After his gubernatorial hopes were dashed in the March primary, state Sen. Daniel Biss, D-Evanston, says he doesn’t really know his next career move but he plans to continue his push for the state adopting a progressive income tax structure – and he could throw his full support behind his former billionaire opponent J.B. Pritzker.

“I’m so proud of the decision to run and the way we ran, and I’m proud of the impact it had on Illinois politics,” Biss said. “I don’t know what my next job is going to be, but I’m not walking away from these fights.”

The Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology grad was first elected to the state House in 2010. After one term there, he successfully ran for the Senate in 2012. Then in 2017, he launched his bid for governor.

Biss earned just over 353,000 votes statewide – about 27 percent – in the March 20 primary and finished second behind Pritzker, who captured 45 percent of the vote, according to results from the State Board of Elections.

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