Darren Bailey

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Darren Bailey
Darren Bailey at a 2022 Campaign Event.jpg
Bailey in 2022
Member of the Illinois Senate
from the 55th district
In office
January 13, 2021 January 11, 2023
454,068 57.7
Republican
123,15615.6
Republican 117,27614.9
Republican
  • Gary Rabine
  • Aaron Del Mar
51,6116.6
Republican
33,8974.3
Republican
  • Max Solomon
  • Latasha H. Fields
7,1990.9
Total votes787,207 100.0
2022 Illinois gubernatorial election [59]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic
2,253,748 54.91
Republican
1,739,09542.37
Libertarian
  • Scott Schluter
  • John Phillips
111,7122.72
Write-in 810.0
Total votes4,104,636 100.0
Democratic hold
Illinois 12th Congressional District Republican Primary, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mike Bost (incumbent) 48,770 51.4
Republican Darren Bailey46,03548.6
Total votes94,805 100.0

Personal life

Bailey is married to Cindy Stortzum, [20] [60] and they have four children and multiple grandchildren. [1] He owns a family farm. [1] Bailey and his wife run a private Christian school. [32]

In 2022, a man was arrested for making violent threats against Bailey, claiming he was going to "skin [Bailey] alive". [61]

References

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