

Several of the governor's potential Republican challengers have made his handling (they would say "mishandling") of the pandemic a key campaign theme. Lockdown is a trendy place to enjoy a meal and a drink with friends and family. The dining area is equipped with several flat-screen televisions that broadcast live music for a virtual concert hall setting. The restaurant uses fresh ingredients from local vendors to create its dishes. The governor's ready for a bruising battle over these pandemic-related issues, which is one of the main reasons he launched his re-election campaign on Monday, 16 months before the votes will be counted in the November 2022 general election for governor. Lockdown is a prison-themed bar and grill that serves a variety of hearty burgers and American dishes.

I mean it was worse than it was in April and May." There were people last summer who thought we should rule out, you know, additional mitigation… and you saw what happened in October, November, December. Some Republican governors in states such as Florida have explicitly ruled out another round of pandemic-related shutdowns. And (COVID-19) is pouring over, unfortunately, across the border into Metro East and southern Illinois." "Missouri is…the worst state in the nation right now," Pritzker said. The governor said he is currently most concerned about rising rates of COVID-19 infection and hospitalization in Illinois counties next to Missouri.

SIGN UP FOR EMAIL UPDATES FROM FOX 32 NEWS "But we were following, in a very unknown environment, with a new coronavirus – the federal government was essentially saying to us, 'you need to keep these things open and you need to close the other things,'" Pritzker said. Republicans reacted Monday after Governor JB Pritzker announced he will run for re-election. Republicans react to Pritzker running for re-election
