Articles filed under Governor
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Pritkzer, Bailey continue to throw down on crime
Sep 13, 2022 7:52 PM - Darren Bailey says "The Purge" dystopia is here in Chicago and blames Gov. J.B. Pritzker. Pritzker says Bailey's a hypocrite who actually voted against funding state crime labs and explains why busing migrants bused from Texas to Chicago to some suburbs happens. -
Pritzker focuses on abortion rights, Trussell on crime in dueling campaign stops
Aug 30, 2022 8:40 PM - Diverging messages about abortion rights and violent crime played out Tuesday in campaign stops by Gov. J.B. Pritkzer and lieutenant governor GOP nominee Stephanie Trussell. -
Daily Herald opinion: Bailey's 'hellhole' comments a divisive and detrimental attention grab
Aug 25, 2022 6:50 AM - Daily Herald opinion: Darren Bailey's smears against Chicago are no way to unify the state or focus on the problems that plague it. -
Pritzker barnstorms the suburbs as race against Bailey heats up
Aug 25, 2022 12:08 AM - While Gov. J.B. Pritzker fired up a crowd of union carpenters in Elk Grove Village on Wednesday, GOP gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey's feud with Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot heated up. -
Bailey, Pritzker face off in agriculture forum
Aug 24, 2022 5:36 PM - The candidates for Illinois governor faced questioning about their agriculture-related policies Wednesday in an outbuilding on a McLean County farm. -
Darren Bailey internet posts deride Islam, transgender community
Aug 10, 2022 5:53 PM - A series of internet postings by GOP gubernatorial nominee Darren Bailey cast new light on his views of such issues as the validity of the Islamic faith, Chicago Public Schools' bathroom policies and how transgender people ought to be treated.
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Amid FOP endorsements, Bailey blames crime on Pritzker, who calls him a 'hypocrite'
Aug 8, 2022 7:57 PM - Two police union endorsements buoy Darren Bailey to blame J.B. Pritzker, Kim Foxx and Lori Lightfoot for crime and call for a statewide prosecutor. Pritkzer calls Bailey a "hypocrite." -
Bailey responds to criticism over his remark contrasting Holocaust deaths with abortion
Aug 2, 2022 5:56 PM - Republican gubernatorial candidate state Sen. Darren Bailey on Tuesday is doing damage control after comments resurfaced in which he said the Holocaust "doesn't even compare" with abortion. -
'We're Americans first': Bailey talks taxes, abortion and winning in a blue state
Jun 30, 2022 7:31 PM - He's well-known to the Republican base, and in Tuesday's primary state Sen. Darren Bailey was catapulted into the national spotlight after GOP voters chose him as the nominee for governor. Here's a closer look at where the self-described downstate farmer and conservative, who will take on Gov. J.B. Pritzker in November, stands on the issues. -
Was it Trump? How Darren Bailey won the GOP primary -- and the suburbs -- to face Pritzker
Jun 29, 2022 7:41 PM - Was it Trump's nod? Door knocking, including in the suburbs? Billionaire dollars? How Darren Bailey won Illinois' Republican primary for governor and what's next, as Gov. J.B. Pritzker doesn't pull punches.
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