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NORMAL, Ill. — The frenetic first televised face-to-face debate between Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker and Republican Darren Bailey Thursday devolved into a battle over who of the two is Illinois’ biggest liar and threat to the state. The high-stakes showdown at Illinois State University — roughly a month ahead of the election — covered abortion,…
Read Full Article State Sen. Darren Bailey, who gained statewide notoriety challenging Gov. JB Pritzker’s pandemic executive order authority in court, will be the incumbent’s challenger in the Nov. 8 general election. “Tonight our movement sent a clear message to the establishment and the political elites: We will not be ignored,” Bailey said in a victory speech just…
Read Full Article PETERSBURG, IL – Republican candidate for governor Jesse Sullivan announced Adams County State’s Attorney Gary Farha as a member of his Safe Streets Leadership Council, a bipartisan group of more than 20 Illinois leaders who support Sullivan’s plan law enforcement initiative. “I’ve experienced firsthand the denigration and destruction of law and order as a result of…
Read Full Article A large crowd of Adams County Republicans made the trip to the Dale Wiewel farm near Fowler on Saturday to hear GOP gubernatorial candidate Sen. Darren Bailey (R-Xenia). Bailey gained notoriety while, as a state representative, suing Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker for extending executive orders that closed Illinois businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Bailey and…
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