(10-29-25) In the last Illinois Governor’s race Republican candidate Darren Bailey lost to current Gov. JB Pritzker. But the loss that Bailey suffered last week is far worse than that loss.

Governor candidate Darren Bailey’s son, daughter-in-law, 2 grandchildren killed in Montana helicopter crash

Bailey’s son Zachary, his wife and two of his three children lost their lives in a Montana helicopter crash.

This is a time when politics take a back seat to a tragedy like this.

Earlier this week Aaron Del Mar, Bailey’s running mate, filed the petition paperwork on Bailey’s behalf to run for Governor.

Del Mar said-

“We are incredibly proud that we are submitting over 12,000 signatures that were circulated by 3,000 individual volunteers that went all throughout the state of Illinois to get us on the ballot.”

Del Mar says Bailey is waiting until after the funeral to decide if he plans to stay in the race

Del Mar added-

“Darren and I are going to have some strong conversations, but right now, we’re not talking about anything.”