(The Center Square) – Expressing the values of the party and fighting together are pivotal to North Carolinians winning 2026 midterms, as is making a change in the White House three years from now, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker says.

“Folks, 2026 can be our year, but we’re going to have to fight for it,” the second-term Democratic governor from the Midwest told a packed room Saturday night at the Talley House on the campus of N.C. State University. “And the values at our rallies need to be front and center.”