It could be a presidential two-fer for Illinois. Gov. JB Pritzker and Rahm Emanuel, former U.S. ambassador and Chicago mayor, are feeding widespread speculation that they will mount presidential runs in 2028.

Illinois is the land where presidential history is made. Abraham Lincoln hailed from the Prairie State, and Barack Obama is a former community organizer and lawyer from who Chicago became the nation’s first Black president.

Now, two prominent Democrats may be aiming to build on that legacy. Both are Jewish, which could break another barrier, to put the first Jew to take the White House.

Both possess credible resumes for the job. Yet both are long shots.

It’s years until the next presidential primary, but if Pritzker and Emanuel join the race, Illinois watchers will be treated to

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