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No Docket Found: Bailey Chicago Comment Is Political News, Not Litigation

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This entry does not correspond to any litigation. The source material covers a political news story about Illinois gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey expressing regret for calling Chicago a 'hellhole' during a prior campaign. No lawsuit has been filed, no court is involved, and no docket exists. This case ID should be flagged for removal from the litigation database. There is no legal dispute to summarize.

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Bailey says calling Chicago a hellhole was dumb as he courts more city votes

Media Coverage · April 19, 2026

Darren Bailey, the downstate farmer challenging Gov. JB Pritzker in November, publicly called his 2022 'hellhole' comment about Chicago 'dumb' as he tries to win votes in a city he previously wrote off. His campaign released a video of Bailey and running mate Aaron Del Mar touring Chicago and eating hot dogs and deep dish pizza — a staged attempt to walk back a remark that hurt him badly with urban voters last cycle.

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Darren Bailey, the downstate farmer challenging Gov. JB Pritzker in November, publicly called his 2022 'hellhole' comment about Chicago 'dumb' as he tries to win votes in a city he previously wrote off. His campaign released a video of Bail
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Bailey says calling Chicago a ‘hellhole’ was ‘dumb’ as he courts more city votes CHICAGO - Darren Bailey, the downstate farmer who is again trying to challenge Gov. JB Pritzker in November’s election, expressed regret for calling Chicago a "hellhole" in his previous gubernatorial campaign as he tries to court more urban voters. What they're saying: Bailey’s campaign released a new video on social media on Sunday in which he and his lieutenant governor running mate Aaron Del Mar, of Palatine, app

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Media Coverage April 19, 2026

Bailey says calling Chicago a hellhole was dumb as he courts more city votes

Darren Bailey, the downstate farmer challenging Gov. JB Pritzker in November, publicly called his 2022 'hellhole' comment about Chicago 'dumb' as he tries to win votes in a city he previously wrote off. His campaign released a video of Bailey and running mate Aaron Del Mar touring Chicago and eating hot dogs and deep dish pizza — a staged attempt to walk back a remark that hurt him badly with urban voters last cycle.

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