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Darren Bailey Stops In Marion In His Campaign For Illinois Governor

Darren Bailey Campaigns In Marion For Illinois Governor
Benjy Jeffords
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WSIU
Darren Bailey Campaigns In Marion For Illinois Governor

Republican Darren Bailey made a stop in Marion Tuesday kicking off his campaign for Governor.

After announcing his campaign for Governor Monday night Darren Bailey hit the campaign trail Tuesday stopping in Marion, Highland and Bloomington.

The former state representative and current state senator says Illinois is losing people because of bad decisions and unbalanced budgets from Springfield.

Darren Bailey On The Campaign Trail
Credit Benjy Jeffords / WSIU
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Darren Bailey On The Campaign Trail

  

“Illinois is hurting and it doesn’t have to be like this, we need the same kind of common sense that I learned and I know many of you learned on the farm on my family farm, you don’t spend more than you have, you don’t charge your customers and you don’t charge your tax payers more than they can afford, you tell the truth when somethings wrong and then you work hard to fix it.”

Bailey says if elected he will demand a budget that freezes spending and will exclude tax increases.

Bailey For Governor Supporters In Marion
Bailey For Governor Supporters In Marion

  

Bailey will face Paul Schimpf in the GOP Primary next year.

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