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Darren Bailey (Credit: Darren Bailey for Governor) In Illinois, Republican State Senator Darren Bailey is fighting an uphill battle in his bid to unseat Democrat Governor J.B. Pritzker in November. Pritzker is the incumbent and, of course, has a well-financed campaign.
Still, Bailey brings a solid conservative message that undoubtedly appeals to many Illinois voters — those outside of Chicagoland anyway. It isn’t just out-state Illinoisans that Bailey hopes to appeal to, though. In his July interview with RedState’s Cameron Arcand, Bailey laid out how his message is a winning one even for Chicagoans: I think that’s the reason I faced so much opposition in the primary because I’ve been very vocal about the fact that Illinois would be better served you know emulating a model much like Indiana does where we spread opportunity across the state and we grow the entire state instead of the Northern part. The reality is that for years, Southern Illinois was served mainly by farming, coal, and oil. And interestingly enough, the Democrats are taxing it out of existence. They’re regulating oil out of existence. And then they turn around and wonder why our energy bills have doubled and why we’re going to experience rolling blackouts and brownouts this summer. They wondered why gas and diesel now are over $6. It’s because we’re not producing them. We have these natural resources here, and when you make bad decisions, there are consequences. But just as important is the fact that the people in Chicago are frustrated too. They’re not being well represented. Life for the typical resident in Chicago is much more constricted than it is for people throughout the rest of the state. Their rent, their taxes, their food, and even their gas are a lot more expensive than it is throughout the state […]
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