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Zeldin supporter attacked at Hochul event. (Credit: Viral News) In the last days before the election, we’ve been seeing an uptick in violence and threats from folks from people on the left against people on the right over campaigns and the election. We reported on the violence against New Hampshire state Senate candidate Lou Garguilo, who said that he had a truck drive at him and his supporters, someone threw a coffee at him, and another person threw a power tool battery at his wife’s head.There was another incident a few days ago. Scott Lennox was arrested after allegedly...

President Trump’s endorsee for Illinois governor, Darren Bailey, is closing the gap in the polls heading into November, posing a serious threat to incumbent Gov. JB Pritzker, D-Ill.According to a press release from Bailey’s campaign team, “Recent public polling shows the race for Governor is single-digits, with billionaire J.B. Pritzker floundering and Senator and Darren Bailey closing strong despite being outspent by over $2 million in Pritzker spending this week alone. “My administration will focus on outcomes. The vast majority of students at CPS can’t read or do math at grade level. JB is a failure and focuses on raising...

Following Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s call to send Illinois Republican candidate Darren Bailey “back to the farm,” the Republican nominee fired back, calling on the Democrat mayor to get off her “elitist high horse” and “remember who puts food on your plate.” In an exclusive statement to Breitbart News on Sunday, state senator and Republican gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey, who is a third-generation farmer, stated his intention to “restore” the Prairie State in light of the “mess” created by Democrat leaders. “Mayor Lightfoot, I’ll go back to my farm after I clean up the mess you and [Gov.] J. B....

Darren Bailey for Illinois Governor - So God Made A FarmerExcellent campaign ad by Darren Bailey campaign. Funds are limited against those of billionaire Gov. Pritzker. Please share with all Illinoisians you know!It is interesting to note, when I searched the web for campaign pictures of Bailey and running mate Stephanie Trussell, all have been scrubbed but two. For those electing to sit on the sidelines because your candidate did not win the Illinois Primary THINK AGAIN! What would 4 more years of Gov. Pritzker do for Illinois? Go out and get the vote for this worthy candidate! Our families...

Trump-endorsed Rep. Mary Miller (R-IL) won her primary election in Illinois against Rep. Rodney Davis (R-IL).Trump campaigned for Mary Miller near Quincy, Illinois on Saturday.Rodney Davis is an establishment Republican who has served as US Representative for 10 years.NBC News reported:Rep. Mary Miller defeated Rep. Rodney Davis in an House primary in Illinois after redistricting pitted two incumbent Republicans against each other, NBC News projected.With nearly all of the expected vote counted, Miller held a 15-point edge over Davis.Miller’s victory marked another win for former President Donald Trump, as well, who backed her as part of his effort to oust...

Illinois Republicans chose conservative state Sen. Darren Bailey as their gubernatorial nominee in Tuesday’s primary to take on Democrat billionaire Gov. J.B. Pritzker in November. With 45 percent of the votes counted, Bailey leads his four rivals with a strong, 55.5 percent of the vote.Big night and win for @DarrenBaileyIL! Illinoisans are ready for a new direction and leadership that restores integrity and responsibility to the governor’s office. pic.twitter.com/GjoS5mjuvg— GOP (@GOP) June 29, 2022Meanwhile, Pritzker cruised to victory in the Democratic primary, earning a whopping 92.3 percent of the vote, as of this writing. He used a tactic familiar to...

Republican State Sen. Darren Bailey, who was endorsed by former President Trump, is the projected winner of the Republican gubernatorial primary in Illinois. Bailey defeated two challengers. Trump campaigned for him over the weekend at a rally. He will run against incumbent Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker.

During his roughly hour-long, thunderstorm-shortened speech, Trump was typical Trump, airing his false grievance about the “rigged” 2020 presidential election that he lost, jabbing at President Joe Biden’s handling of the inflation-savaged economy and rejoicing at Friday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning the 49-year-old Roe v Wade abortion-rights case. But the biggest Illinois-centric news to come from Trump’s rally was his decision to finally make a splash in the state’s gubernatorial primary three days ahead of the election, where Bailey appears to be holding a commanding lead.

Every political campaign’s dream is to get potential voters to glance at piece of mail they find in their mailboxes, then their hearts pound quicker if those voters stop and read the mailing cover. Then they hope the voter will open the piece and read what they want those voters to know – either good stuff about their candidate or bad stuff about their opponent. And that’s all besides the great money the printer gets for doing the mailer, the piece designer gets for putting it together and the political consultants commonly get for, well, being campaign consultants. That’s the...

Governor J.B. Pritzker enjoys a “comfortable lead” over a group of largely unknown Republican primary challengers who have yet to make much of a name for themselves, according to a pollster who touts his firm as the “most accurate polling company in Illinois.” “We released a poll before the 2020 election and before the 2018 election, and we got Pritzker’s election four years ago,” Victory Research pollster Rod McCulloch said. “I think we were 1.2% off.” “We were right on the money on the Fair Tax in 2020, and the Trump vs Biden race, just 1% off,” he said. The...

These days in Illinois the name Darren Bailey is a house hold word. A Hero Darren Bailey has come on the scene to lead the way, and he is teaching people along the way to get involved. Darren Bailey single handedly took on our dysfunctional, tyrannical Governor in Illinois J B Pritzker, he thrilled the masses here in Illinois. One of his favorite lines is, "Start holding your elected officials accountable!" We once again have hope in hope, Illinois voters have hope in the man named Darren Bailey. Many of us want to see him run for governor. He is...

downstate judge has ruled in favor of a Republican legislator in his lawsuit against Gov. J.B. Pritzker over whether the Democratic governor exceeded his legal authority in issuing a stay-at-home order in March to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Just hours earlier, Pritzker notched a win in federal court against the Illinois Republican Party, which sued the governor claiming he violated the GOP’s constitutional rights to assemble during the coronavirus outbreak. In the downstate lawsuit, state Rep. Darren Bailey, R-Xenia, and his attorneys fought hard to keep it in state court. And Clay County Judge Michael McHaney ruled in favor of...

CLAY COUNTY, Ill. (NEXSTAR) — Governor J.B. Pritzker’s emergency powers to issue executive orders to close businesses or order people to stay at home expired 85 days ago on April 8th, 2020, a judge in Clay County Circuit Court ruled on Thursday afternoon. The ruling did not find the state has no power to forcibly close businesses or to restrict a citizen’s movements, but rather that those powers are derived from the Illinois Department of Public Health Act, not under the Illinois Emergency Management Act. Pritzker’s administration has at times cited both portions of state law to enforce his orders....

BREAKING - Judge rules in Bailey's favor; Illinois State Rep. Files Lawsuit Against Gov Pritzker Stay at Home orders More details to come ... Illinois State Rep. Darren Bailey (R-Xenia) filed a lawsuit Thursday against Governor J.B. Pritzker for a violation of civil rights. “My lawsuit asks the court to find that Gov. Pritzker overextended his power by issuing additional ‘stay at home’ orders after his original disaster proclamation, which expired on April 9th, 2020,” said Rep. Bailey. "While special emergency powers were granted to the governor through the Emergency Management Act in the late 1980’s by the Illinois General...

ILLINOIS. (WAND) - A state representative has filed a bill that would urge the United States Congress to make Chicago its own state and not a part of Illinois. The bill, filed by Brad Halbrook of Shelbyville, Ill. was filed on Feb. 7th. It currently has two co-sponsors, Rep. Chris Miller of Robinson, Ill., and Darren Bailey of Louisville, Ill.. The bill has not been assigned to a committee yet. The bill is a house resolution meaning it does not need approval from the senate or the governor.