Darren Bailey

American politician (born 1966)

Governor — ILRepublicanRunning nowVugol ID VM-78W-E8B1 FEC H4IL12078

Running for Governor, IL, 2026

Link: vugol.me/p/darren-bailey

Roster source: Wikipedia (secondary source) (2026-09-19)

Headshot · commons.wikimedia.org

Darren Bailey — Photo — Photo · Cobiblair · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Darren Bailey — Illustration · Vugol.me — Illustration · Vugol.me
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Races

2026 · Governor, IL · General · Republican · on the ballot
2024 · U.S. House, IL-12 · Primary · Republican · result not on file · source
2020 · State Senate, IL District 55 · General · Republican · won · 78,010 votes (76.7%) · source
2018 · State House / Assembly, IL District 109 · General · Republican · won · 30,048 votes (76.1%) · source

Background

Darren Bailey is an American politician who was a Republican member of the Illinois Senate for the 55th District and previously a member of the Illinois House of Representatives for the 109th District in Southern Illinois.

Widely described by news outlets as a far-right politician, he was the Republican nominee for the 2022 Illinois gubernatorial election, losing to Democrat JB Pritzker. Bailey is once again the Republican nominee in the 2026 election.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 2026-09-26 · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darren_Bailey

Website and social

Campaign site

Campaign contact: schedule@baileyforillinois.com · source

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Sources

Portrait — Cobiblair · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons (file page)
Background — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-09-26 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darren_Bailey
Website and social links — Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q59781882
Roster — Wikipedia (secondary source) — https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2026_Illinois_gubernatorial_election&oldid=1375125202
photo_headshot — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Darren_Bailey_at_a_2022_Campaign_Event_(cropped2).jpg
photo_gallery — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Darren_Bailey_at_a_2022_Campaign_Event.jpg

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