Former Illinois Republican gubernatorial nominee and State Senator Darren Bailey has announced he will challenge incumbent Republican Congressman Mike Bost in the 12th District that covers most of Southern Illinois.
In announcing his decision to run on Tuesday at his farm in rural Xenia, he promised to fight for Southern Illinois and their voice in Congress, fighting tooth and nail to protect Second Amendment rights and defend the sanctity of life. He says he will also be a champion for American jobs and working families and will not allow our freedoms to be trampled upon.
“I refuse to standby while the radical left rips apart the very fabric of our society. Together we must rise up and fight back against this assault on our freedoms.”
Bailey’s says his top priorities if elected are to fight for Southern Illinois and against the woke agenda pushed by radical Democrats, to revive our economy through domestic production and promotion of American innovation, to secure our border and fight crime by empowering law enforcement and giving them the tools they need to keep our communities safe, to achieve American energy independence, to protect the unborn and their right to life, and to safeguard our God-given constitutional rights.
Bailey is a third-generation farmer from Southern Illinois who, along with his sons, owns and operates Bailey Family Farm. In 2020, he helped lead the charge against J.B. Pritzker’s COVID-19 mandate. Bailey and his wife of 37 years, Cindy, live on their farm in Clay County. They are the proud parents of four married children and 12 grandchildren, and attend Crossroots Church in Effingham.
Bost was first elected to Congress in 2015.
