# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/darren-bailey
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:14:04.924Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/darren-bailey"
name: "Darren Bailey"
slug: "darren-bailey"
description: "Darren Bailey is an American politician who was a Republican member of the Illinois Senate for the 55th District and previously a member of the Illinois House of Representatives for the 109th District in Southern Illinois. Widely described by news outlets as a far-right politician, he was the Republican nominee for the 2022 Illinois gubernatorial election, losing to Democrat JB Pritzker. Bailey is once again the Republican nominee in the 2026 election."
tagline: "American farmer and politician (born 1966)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Darren_Bailey_at_a_2022_Campaign_Event.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1966-03-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.3
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.254442666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/DarrenBaileyIL"
    handle:    "DarrenBaileyIL"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/baileyforillinois/"
    handle:    "baileyforillinois"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://baileyforillinois.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darren_Bailey"
    title: "Darren Bailey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C"
    title: "دارن بایلی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darren_Bailey"
    title: "Darren Bailey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikiquote.org/wiki/Darren_Bailey"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darren_Bailey"
    title: "Darren Bailey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Darren_Bailey"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q59781882"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump