Gov. Wes Moore (D) and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) enjoy a Chicago-style hot dog Thursday as Illinois first lady Mary Kathryn Muenster looks on. Photo by Josh Kurtz.
CHICAGO — Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) heard Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) on the radio recently, boasting about Pip’s Dock Street Dogs in Annapolis. So naturally, with Moore coming to his hometown for the Democratic National Convention, Pritzker invited the Marylander to one of Chicago’s most renowned hot dog establishments, to prove a point.
On Thursday, hours before they were both slated to be in the United Center to watch Vice President Kamala Harris claim the Democratic presidential nomination, the two governors, who are widely assumed to be White House aspirants themselves, met at The Wiener’s Circle in this city’s Lincoln Park neighborhood…