The Republican Party of East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, condemned GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy for his vote affirming that the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump is constitutional.
Tracy and his family members own Dot Foods based in Mt. Sterling, Ill.
Tracy becomes the first downstate GOP chair since Don Doc Adams in 1988.
SPRINGFIELD Springfield attorney and businessman Don Tracy, the former head of the Illinois Gaming Board, was elected chairman of the Illinois Republican Party on Saturday.
Tracy, 70, will fill out the remaining two years of Tim Schneider’s four-year term. The 65-year-old Schneider of Bartlett had been chairman since 2014, taking over for Jack Dorgan.
Tracy beat out Mark Shaw, the Lake County Republican Party chairman and president of the Republican County Chairmen s Association of Illinois, and Kendall County Board Chairman Scott Gryder.
SPRINGFIELD â Springfield attorney and businessman Don Tracy, the former head of the Illinois Gaming Board, was elected chairman of the Illinois Republican Party on Saturday.
Tracy, 70, will fill out the remaining two years of Tim Schneider s four-year term. The 65-year-old Schneider of Bartlett had been chairman since 2014, taking over for Jack Dorgan.
Tracy beat out Mark Shaw, the Lake County Republican Party chairman and president of the Republican County Chairmen s Association of Illinois, and Kendall County Board Chairman Scott Gryder.
Tracy becomes the first chairman from downstate since Donald Doc Adams of Springfield. The former chairman of the Illinois Liquor Control Commission who also served on the State Board of Elections, Adams tenure as GOP head lasted from 1973 to 1988.
February 4, 2021
Congressman Adam Kinzinger- Studstill Media Photo
OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Republican Central Committee has voted overwhelmingly to censure Representative Adam Kinzinger. According to a press release, at their regular monthly meeting, two issues echoed repeatedly amongst committeemen, that is Kinzinger not meeting with the Central Committee in over six years and also because he called for the impeachment of former President Trump. The resolution to censure Kizinger passed with 88%. The LaSalle County Central Committee says they’ve received unsolicited support for the censure from over 40 county Republican Central Committees around the state.
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