The former Illinois state senator turned Republican gubernatorial candidate who lost the 2022 election to incumbent Democrat J.D. Pritzker in a landslide, somehow along the way garnering the endorsement of indicted cult leader Donald Trump, has decided he’s going to take on another Trump-endorsed Republican for a House seat in a Deep Red district, Politico reports.
Darren Bailey filed paperwork to pursue the GOP nomination for 12th Congressional District, currently represented by NARAL-, NRA- and Trump-endorsed five-term Republican Congressman Mike Bost, who won reelection in 2022 with 74% of the vote in the general election. Apparently, this race is going to come down to who can out brownnose Trump to get the endorsement in the Deep Red district.