Pritzker would not promise his controversial tax plan won’t later raise taxes on more than just those making over $250,000 a year.

“As you know, we currently live in a system in which the taxes can be changed at any moment so there’s certainly no guarantees, but what I will tell you is that I am fighting for the plan that I put forward,” he said.

The average household in the Springfield area last year paid 2.33% of the value of their home in property taxes, or $3,176. That ranks the metro area covering Sangamon and Menard counties 14th in the nation for areas with at least 200,000 residents, according to ATTOM Data Solutions. It is also double the national average in 2018 of paying 1.16% of a single-family home’s value in property taxes.