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‘This race is winnable’: Bailey calls on La Salle County Republicans for support in quest for governor’s chair · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: This race is winnable. Bailey calls on LaSalle County Republicans
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  Speaker 1: for support in quest for governor's chair. Written by Mathias Werner,
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  Speaker 1: this article is being read by an automated voice brought
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  Speaker 1: to you by Everlett. Gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey touched down
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  Speaker 1: in LaSalle County Sunday to make his pitch to voters
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  Speaker 1: for the governor's mansion at the Mendota sweet Cornfest parade.
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  Speaker 1: The Republican held a campaign fundraising event in Mendoda following
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  Speaker 1: the parade that he and his team also participated in.
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  Speaker 1: This feels like I'm home, Bailey said. We have these
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  Speaker 1: festivals a little closer to harvest, but this is me.
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  Speaker 1: This is where I come from. Bailey, his running mate
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  Speaker 1: Aaron del Mar, and members of the LaSalle County Republicans
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  Speaker 1: committee walked in the parade before speaking to residents at
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  Speaker 1: the Mendota Civic Center about their campaign to unseat JB. Pritzker.
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  Speaker 1: This race is winnable, Bailey said, I would not have
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  Speaker 1: decided to run again if we did not think we
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  Speaker 1: could win this. Bailey, who farms in downstate Louisville, ran
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  Speaker 1: an unsuccessful race against Pritzker, in twenty twenty two, but
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  Speaker 1: told residents that a change in campaign strategy is giving
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  Speaker 1: him hope for a different result. We have to get
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  Speaker 1: focused on the eighty twentieth issues, Bailey said, Oddly enough,
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  Speaker 1: that was ridiculously easy because JB. Pritzker laid those at
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  Speaker 1: our feet. Bailey touted the campaign's three main points of emphasis, affordability, safety,
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  Speaker 1: and education, saying that if elected, he will cap property
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  Speaker 1: taxes at one percent, lower gas taxes, repeal the Safety
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  Speaker 1: Act and sanctuary status of Chicago and Illinois, bring in
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  Speaker 1: business to the state, and reduce money spent on illegal
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  Speaker 1: immigrants to help fund schools. The money is there, don't
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  Speaker 1: let anybody tell you that it's not. We must start
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  Speaker 1: bringing in business and stop the exodus, Bailey said. All
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  Speaker 1: the mandates, the regulations, and non sense that the state
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  Speaker 1: puts on businesses in Illinois must and will stop. The
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  Speaker 1: Lieutenant governor candidate Aaron del Mar shared a similar message
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  Speaker 1: in addressing the crowd. We are not here to make
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  Speaker 1: a point, We're here to take our state back. The
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  Speaker 1: Palatine resident said the only thing Democrats know how to
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  Speaker 1: do and are great at, is raising your taxes. Bailey
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  Speaker 1: was less specific on addressing healthcare, saying that you just
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  Speaker 1: need the right people in charge and that local communities
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  Speaker 1: need a seat at the table in deciding what their
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  Speaker 1: community needs. Bailey said his hopes to win this election
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  Speaker 1: lie in past voter turnout, pointing out that Pritzker secured
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  Speaker 1: two point four million votes in twenty eighteen and two
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  Speaker 1: point two million votes in twenty twenty two, with one
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  Speaker 1: point eight million turning out for Bailey in twenty twenty two.
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  Speaker 1: The Republican candidate is hoping to win the race to
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  Speaker 1: two million votes. Between jb running for a third term,
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  Speaker 1: the destruction of our economy, and the reality that I
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  Speaker 1: think the Chicago Bears are going to Indiana, those straws
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  Speaker 1: break the camel's back, Bailey said. By focusing on affordability,
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  Speaker 1: public safety, and education, Bailey is hoping for a different
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  Speaker 1: result in twenty twenty six due in part to weaning
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  Speaker 1: focus off culture and hot button topics. If we can
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  Speaker 1: work on the three core issues and come up with solutions,
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  Speaker 1: I think we're going to understand each other more and
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  Speaker 1: then we'll be able to work on some of the
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  Speaker 1: other issues, he said.