Downstate former lawmaker Darren Bailey announced Monday he would continue his campaign for the Republican nomination for governor, 19 days after his son , daughter-in-law and two grandchildren were killed in a helicopter crash in rural Montana.

Appearing with his wife, Cindy, in a nearly three-minute video that touched frequently on Bailey’s conservative evangelical faith as well as encouragement he received from President Donald Trump, he said, “The last two weeks have been the hardest days of our lives. But your prayers, your messages and your love have carried us and we are so grateful.”

“After a lot of prayer and reflection, Cindy and I have decided we’re staying in this race for governor — not for politics but for every family trying to make it in a state that’s lost its way,

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