PEORIA -- Democratic governor candidate JB Pritzker's campaign engaged in a pattern of racially discriminatory behavior, a lawsuit filed yesterday in federal court alleges. The claims include a purported series of events involving a Peoria-based worker on the campaign last month. Pritzker's campaign unequivocally denied the allegations in statements last night and this morning. The suit filed in Chicago by 10 former campaign workers claims African American and Hispanic campaign workers were "marginalized" and "herded into race-specific positions where they are expected to interact with the public, offered no meaningful chance for advancement, and receive less favorable treatment than their white counterparts...
