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(The Center Square) – The six candidates running for the Republican nomination for governor laid out what they would do to help ease the burden on Illinois taxpayers. Illinois has some of the highest taxes in the nation...
Bailey frequently interrupted Irvin and the others as they spoke. At one point, during a question about COVID-19 mandates, Bailey told Irvin he shouldn’t be elected governor because he’s a “corrupt Democrat.” Irvin fired back, “I won’t be lectured by someone like Darren Bailey who had a mask mandate on his own farm.”
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The debate was the first, and likely last, televised broadcast forum featuring all six GOP candidates before the June 28 primary.
The six Republicans running for governor battled to outdo each other's conservative credentials on topics ranging from sex education to reducing violence Thursday in an ABC 7 debate.
Fundraising leader Richard Irvin faces blow after blow from rivals but brushes it all off, saying, ‘I’m hurting their political aspirations.’