Darren Bailey, a GOP farmer from Xenia, will challenge five-term incumbent Rep. Mike Bost in the 12th District, pitting two far-right Republicans against one another.
Xenia – Darren Bailey, former Illinois Republican gubernatorial nominee and state senator, announced Tuesday he is running for Congress in Illinois’ 12th District against incumbent Mike Bost.
By Violet Miller, Mohammad Samra
Darren Bailey, the conservative former Illinois state senator who was badly defeated in his challenge to incumbent Gov. J.B. Pritzker last November, is running for Congress, he announced Tuesday.
Bailey will challenge five-term incumbent GOP Rep. Mike Bost, who
Recent gubernatorial challenger and former state Sen. Darren Bailey will challenge incumbent U.S. Rep. Mike Bost of Murphysboro in next year s Republican primary for the Illinois 12th Congressional District.
Bost will be opposed by Darren Bailey, who received an assist from the Democratic Governors Association when he ran in the 2022 gubernatorial GOP primary.