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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Tina Sfondeles

Despite differences, police unions endorse Bailey for governor, because he backs officers ‘unlike any of the politicians in this state’

Republican gubernatorial nominee Darren Bailey talks at a news conference announcing the Chicago and Illinois Fraternal Order of Police endorsements of his candidacy at FOP Lodge #7 in the West Town neighborhood on Monday. (Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times)

Chicago Fraternal Order of Police President John Catanzara on Monday endorsed Republican state Sen. Darren Bailey for governor — but later told reporters that no candidate is “going to check every single box that you agree with.”

Catanzara, who in June announced his union’s support for Republican primary candidate Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin, said Bailey, the southern Illinois farmer who carried 57.7% of the GOP vote, “proved us all wrong.”

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