Failed Cultist IL Gov Candidate Launches House Bid

The Hill reports:

Former Illinois GOP gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey is launching a bid to take on Rep. Mike Bost (R-Ill.) for the state’s 12th Congressional District. Bailey was endorsed by former President Trump last year in the GOP gubernatorial primary but later lost to Gov. J.B. Pritzker.

Bailey officially filed on Tuesday with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and used his first campaign ad touting Trump while touching on Republican issues like illegal immigration and culture war topics like transgender issues.

“President Trump made a big difference. He was the first person in my lifetime who really stood up for the little guy and our rural values. He was right on the tax cuts. He was right on the Supreme Court,” Bailey said in the ad.

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During his failed bid for governor, Bailey was dogged by an earlier claim that abortion is worse than the Holocaust. Last year, hours after a mass shooting during an Illinois Fourth of July parade, he posted a campaign video calling for people to “move on and celebrate.”

The @NRCC with a clear statement of support for Mike Bost as Darren Bailey launches primary challenge. pic.twitter.com/q0STXKtgz1

— Gregg Palermo (@GreggPalermo) July 5, 2023

Roughly 250 people at Darren Bailey’s family farm to hear him announce his 2024 primary challenge to Congressman Mike Bost.

The Bost campaign hammered Bailey for “selfish opportunism,” saying, “It’s a shame that Darren Bailey is willing to divide conservatives…” pic.twitter.com/TM32n3qLdO

— Mark Maxwell (@MarkMaxwellTV) July 4, 2023

Darren Bailey, the conservative former Illinois state senator, will challenge five-term incumbent GOP Rep. Mike Bos for a downstate congressional seat. https://t.co/OIrQF0nvEq

— Chicago Sun-Times (@Suntimes) July 5, 2023