Illinois 55th State Senate District Republican Primary, 2020 Party Illinois 109th State House District General Election, 2018 Party Electoral history Illinois 109th State House District Republican Primary, 2018 Party & Energy App- Higher Education App-Human Services App- Personnel and Procurement Redistricting- E Central & SE IL. īailey currently serves on the following committees: Agriculture (Minority Spokesperson) Education Energy and Public Utilities Health Higher Education Labor Subcommittee on Public Health App- Agriculture, Envir. On December 13, 2021, Bailey announced that his running mate for Lieutenant Governor would be former WLS-AM 890 talk radio host Stephanie Trussell. On February 22, 2021, Bailey announced his candidacy for Governor of Illinois in the 2022 gubernatorial election.
In December 2020, Bailey called the idea that Trump should concede defeat to Joe Biden in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election "appalling." Following the election, Bailey refused to state whether he thought Biden won the election and said he did not know if the election was stolen as Trump asserted without evidence. īailey is a supporter of former President Donald Trump. The following day, Bailey attended the House wearing a face mask as required by the rules.
Pritzker stated he would appeal the order and characterized Bailey's lawsuit as a "cheap political stunt." On May 20, 2020, the Illinois House voted 81–27 to remove Bailey from its session for refusing to wear a mask. A judge granted a temporary restraining order against the stay-at-home order, though it only applied to Bailey. Pritzker, claiming that the governor's stay-at-home order extension to mitigate effects of the COVID-19 pandemic was unfairly affecting residents of Clay County. On 2019, Bailey and seven other Republicans sponsored a resolution calling for the city of Chicago to become its own state, claiming that "the majority of residents in downstate Illinois disagree with City of Chicago residents on key issues such as gun ownership, abortion, immigration, and other policy issues." With the announcement of Bailey's bid for governor, Bailey backtracked on the resolution, calling it "an old resolution" and "a warning shot" targeted towards Chicago. Bailey defeated Democratic Party candidate Cynthia Given in the general election. He won the March 17, 2020, Republican primary. On July 8, 2019, Bailey announced his intention to run for the Illinois Senate seat being vacated by Dale Righter. The 109th district at the time, located in the Illinois Wabash Valley, included all of Edwards, Jasper, Richland, Wabash, Wayne, and White counties and parts of Effingham and Lawrence counties. Bailey then defeated Democratic candidate Cynthia Given, the Secretary of the Richland County Democratic Party, by a margin of 76.14% to 23.86%. In a rare victory for candidates supported by Dan Proft's Liberty Principles PAC, Bailey defeated David Reis in the 2018 Republican primary. Political career īailey, of Xenia, Illinois, was a member of the North Clay Board of Education. He graduated from North Clay High School and earned an Associate of Science degree in Agricultural Production from Lake Land College. Baily was born in Louisville, Illinois, on March 17, 1966.
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