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Bailey’s largest donors during the three-month period included $200,000 from Alex Melvin, the CEO of Mattoon-based Rural King, a chain of farm and home stores, $100,000 from Gerald Forsythe, the chairman and CEO of the Wheeling-based INDECK Cos., and $100,000 from Kaskaskia Organics LLC.