Thu Jun 30, 2022 – 8:34 am EDT
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ILLINOIS (LifeSiteNews) — Illinois Republican voters across the state picked opponents of COVID lockdowns and vaccine mandates to run as their nominees in November.
Darren Bailey, a state senator who challenged Governor J.B. Pritzker’s lockdown orders, will now take on Pritzker in November. He previously sued to stop emergency orders in the state Pritzker issued. Pro-life groups backed Bailey in the primary, and President Donald Trump endorsed his candidacy as well.
Bailey also defeated a pro-vaccine mandate, pro-LGBT mayor backed by the Illinois establishment. Mayor Richard Irvin donated $3,000 of his own money to keep the homosexual “Pride” march in Aurora going in 2019. The city also required employees to take the abortion-tainted COVID-19 jabs.
Bailey’s attorney Thomas Devore will be the Republican’s nominee for attorney general. “DeVore has developed a reputation for taking on Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker in court, suing him over the state’s school mask mandate,” NBC Chicago reported. “He also filed suit against school districts that sought to mandate
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