.png)
Democrat governors and attorney generals have launched an organization designed to resist President-elect Donald Trump’s agenda.
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker and Colorado Governor Jared Polis announced Governors Safeguarding Democracy, a group described as a “nonpartisan alliance of governors that works together to uphold and fortify American democracy.”
“We strengthen the foundations of American democracy by catalyzing collaboration across state lines,” the organization’s website says. “Working together, we leverage the collective strength, experience, and institutional knowledge in governors’ offices across the country to craft laws and policies that protect the rule of law and serve the people of our great states.”
Pritzker told Axios that the effort pushes back against “increasing threats of autocracy fortifying the institutions of democracy that our country and our states depend upon.”
Polis added that the group will fight against “any threats to our democracy that come from any president or from foreign powers.”
Illinois CHICAGO (CBS) -- Donald Trump's projected victory over Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election not only marks an improbable comeback for the former president, but marked arguably his strongest performance in any of his three presidential races, including in Illinois.
While votes are still being counted in some battleground states, President-elect Trump is not only leading the popular vote for the first time, but if he pulls off wins in Arizona and Nevada, where he is leading Harris, he would also claim a larger Electoral College victory than when he won his first term in office in 2016, despite losing the popular vote to Hillary Clinton.
That trend is reflected in Illinois, where Trump — who is set to become the first convicted felon to win the presidency — is having his best performance of any of his three runs for president.
Although Vice President Harris is projected to have defeated Trump in Illinois, her margin of victory in Illinois won't be nearly as large as President Joe Biden's in 2020 or Hillary Clinton's in 2016.
As of Thursday morning, Harris was leading Trump 53.4% to 45.0% in Illinois. In 2020, Biden defeated Trump in Illinois 57.54% to 40.55%, and in 2016, Clinton topped Trump in Illinois 55.83% to 38.76%.
