In the same way that people who only focus on national elections miss out on the value and important role local elections have on their daily lives, so too are
Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Minority Whip Steve Scalise spearheaded the effort to remove Cheney from the House GOP committee chair position
BLOOMINGTON â Four Illinois Republicans representing the partyâs past, present and â perhaps â future sat on a panel in Bloomington on Thursday evening, sharing thoughts about state government, politics and where the party stands in relation to those.
Former Gov. Jim Edgar, state Sen. Jason Barickman, R-Bloomington, former Illinois Republican Party Chairman Pat Brady and state Rep. Dan Brady, R-Bloomington, speaking before a packed room at the Bloomington Country Club, agreed that the party needed to unify ahead of 2022 and tolerate a big tent.
AP Former Gov. Jim Edgar, left, was in Bloomington on Thursday for an event. Here he is in 2014 with the last Republican governor, Bruce Rauner.
The Lincoln Club of McLean County on Thursday evening hosted its inaugural event at the Bloomington Country Club. Billed as an educational forum, the event was entitled Can Illinois Be Fixed?
As debated by a panel of GOP leaders, that question centered largely around another question: Can Republicans unseat Gov. JB Pritzker in the 2022 gubernatorial race?
The answer, according to former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar is … maybe.
He was joined on the panel by state Rep. Dan Brady of Bloomington and former Illinois Republican Party Chairman Pat Brady. The event was moderated by state Sen. Jason Barickman, also of Bloomington.
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