Bailey camp ‘cautiously optimistic’ in final Illinois primary week

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March 9th, 2026

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Saturday, at a gun owners’ event at GAT Guns in East Dundee, Darren Bailey running mate Aaron Del Mar talks about the final week of the Illinois primary. Bailey is among three others, DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick, analyst Ted Dabrowski, and businessman Rick Heidner, who are vying fort the Republican nomination March 17. Friday, Gov. J.B. Pritzker discussed the minimum wage.

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