Republican nominee Darren Bailey, who as a state lawmaker fought pandemic measures such as mask orders, and former Attorney Richard Irwin, the first black mayor of Chicago’s largest suburb, have each for the GOP and has put his money behind it. The results will begin to appear after the close of the elections at 7 pm CLICK OR CLICK TO RETURN TO THE LIST OF MAIN ELECTION RESULTS Billionaires Ken Griffin and Richard Uihlein – some of the nation’s biggest Republican sponsors – have raised more than $ 60 million in the race. Griffin supports Irwin and Wijlein supports Bailey. Billionaire Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker, meanwhile, along with the Union of Democratic Governors, has spent millions trying to ensure that Irvin, an Army veteran and Aurora mayor, will not be the GOP nominee. The money has funded a barrage of months-long ads that attacked Irvin and backed Bailey, the opponent Pritzker would have faced in November. The ads highlight Bailey’s extreme right-wing positions, including his “100% pro-life” and loyalty to former President Donald Trump – qualities that could help Bailey in a Republican primary but would be responsible for a general election. a state Trump lost twice in double digits. Trump approved it at a rally Saturday night in Menton. Governor Pritzker, who is running against the West Side-based Beverly Miles, joined his Vice Governor on Tuesday, greeting voters across Chicago.
Pritzker, Duckworth will host a joint results tracking party
Governor Pritzker, who is running against the West Side-based Beverly Miles, joined his Vice Governor on Tuesday, greeting voters across Chicago. They started at the 95th Street Red Line stop, where shootings took place last month. Neither candidate spoke about the violence plaguing the city, but focused on the recent reversal of abortion rights, as well as LGTBQ rights and civil rights. The governor and Illinois First Lady will follow Sen. Tammy Duckworth Tuesday night at the Marriott Marquis in the South Loop. The governor is already looking at the midterm elections. “I feel great about our prospects in November and I’m excited to face these Trump-backed Republicans and defeat them,” Pritzker said. Gov. Darren Bailey was in Louisville on Tuesday to vote. State Senator Darren Bailey is at the Holiday Inn convention center in Effingham – which will serve as the headquarters of his campaign. The latest poll shows Bailey 15 points ahead of the Republican primary and received a big boost at the weekend when he was backed up on stage by former President Donald Trump during a downstate rally. While Trump’s support will certainly help him among Illinois Republicans, Democrats are certain to use it against him if he wins the primary and faces Governor Pritzker. “It’s a two-step dance to get elected. It’s great to win the primary, but if you can’t win the general election, then it’s all in vain,” said former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar. While the rich in politics are certainly not uncommon, there may never have been a billion-dollar battle to match it in state elections, especially primaries. Irvin, once considered a pioneer, was left to try to convince GOP voters that he was the only one who could beat Pritzker. SUBSCRIBE TO THE FOX 32 YOUTUBE CHANNEL “JB Pritzker tells you this every time he puts out an ad. He tells you, ‘This is the guy I’m most afraid of,’” Irvin said during a stop at an Illinois factory. Irvin also voted at Wesley United Methodist Church in Aurora on Tuesday. He was thought to be the first, but went to the polls about a month ago. Irvin’s downfall could be a record that is far more mediocre than that of his GOP rivals. Unlike Bailey and the other four men on the race, Irwin avoids saying whether he voted for Trump or talked much about issues such as abortion, focusing instead on the steps he would take to reduce crime and taxes. He has been criticized for saying “Black Lives Matter” during protests over police brutality that was devastating in his hometown, and then turned to a TV commercial where he said “All Lives Matter”.
Irwin prepares for the results of the Republican qualifier
In the western suburbs, candidate Richard Irwin voted at Wesley United Methodist Church in Aurora. Bailey has built his reputation in the Legislature for three years as an uncompromising conservative who is not afraid to confront people. “People say JB Pritzker wants me to win these qualifiers because he thinks I’m the easiest opponent to beat,” Bailey said during a restaurant campaign. “Well, I have news for JB Pritzker: Watch what you wish for because he is coming. Friends, we will win on November 8.” Bailey, a farmer from rural Xenia, jumped into the country in the summer of 2020, during the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, when he filed a lawsuit against Pritzker for a house arrest warrant issued by the governor for his slow transmission. virus. Bailey was seen by his supporters as insane when he was escorted from the legislature because he refused to wear a mask in defiance of Democratic leaders. His supporters like that he often talks about his faith. Bailey, who talks in a meadow, ends his almost daily webcasts with prayer. “He is a God-fearing man. He is not afraid to leave his faith out there,” said Ruth Bast, a 63-year-old Springfield supporter. The three billionaires – Pritzker, Griffin and Uihlein – have a long history of political conflict in Illinois and elsewhere. Griffin, founder and CEO of the hedge fund company Citadel, has been a vocal critic of the Pritzker administration, particularly over the Chicago crime scene. In addition to the $ 50 million he gave Irwin this round, he also spent millions to help oust former Gov. Bruce Rauner in 2014 and Rooner’s defeat by Pritzker in 2018. He funded a successful campaign to stop Pritzker and other Democrats to change the Illinois tax structure to put more of the higher income people. In 2020, Griffin donated $ 37 million to the GOP Senate campaign, making him the PAC’s second-largest individual donor, according to OpenSecrets, which monitors campaign spending. Asked at a forum last year if he would support Trump if he ran for president in 2024, Griffin replied: “I think it’s time for America to move on,” adding that Trump was “unnecessarily divisive.”
Some worry Darren Bailey is too conservative to beat Pritzker
Polls suggest 56-year-old Darren Bailey is ahead of a Republican nominee seeking to run for JB Pritzker in the general election this fall – and Bailey received a big boost this weekend when former President Donald Trump . . In a statement to the Associated Press, Griffin criticized Pritzker for “interfering” in the GOP primaries, saying that “spending tens of millions of dollars with his friends attacking the most successful black political leader in Illinois is disgusting.” Pritzker defended his actions, saying that an ad attacking Irvin “tells the truth”. Uihlein, founder of the office procurement company Uline Inc., is a key supporter of Trump, who has a long history of donating to far-right candidates and groups. This includes the PAC and the people who strongly oppose abortion, and the House Freedom Fund, which supports Trump’s most conservative candidates and strongest supporters. The other candidates running for the GOP are businessman Gary Rabine, venture capital Jesse Sullivan, former Senator Paul Schimpf and lawyer Max Solomon. Pritzker’s only opponent in the Democratic primary is Beverly Miles. Sullivan hosts Election Night in St. Petersburg, Illinois at the Hand of Fate Brewing Company.t begins at 7 p.m. Polls suggest he is in second place after Tuesday night.
