Rep. Mike Bost (R-IL) survived an intraparty primary challenge from Republican state Sen. Darren Bailey for Illinois's 12th Congressional District GOP primary.
, who feuded with Bost during last year’s ouster of former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Bost had the backing of former President Donald Trump.called the race for Bost at 10:14 a.m. Eastern on Wednesday, a day after voters in Illinois cast their votes. Bost had 51% of the vote to Bailey’s 49%.
The Illinois congressman later allegedly lunged at Gaetz during a closed-door hearing last October after McCarthy had been ousted. “If you don’t sit down, I’ll put you down,” Bost said. Bailey previously lost the 2022 gubernatorial race to Gov. J.B. Pritzker by 13 percentage points before losing to Bost on Wednesday.
In the runup to the primary, Bailey slammed Bost as “Amnesty Mike” for his stance on immigration and building a southern border wall to deter immigrants from illegally entering the U.S.
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