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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.
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Members of the Illinois Republican Party on Saturday picked a former gaming board chief to be the next head of the state party.
Don Tracy, a Springfield attorney who was appointed to lead the Illinois Gaming Board by former Gov. Bruce Rauner, won the backing of members of the state GOP’s central committee.
In a statement after being appointed, Tracy promised “to lead with honesty, integrity, and the vigor we need to turn Illinois around.”
“I ran for this position because I love Illinois it’s my home and I believe the ILGOP can be a tremendous catalyst for change in this state,” Tracy said in a statement. “The upcoming election cycle can be monumental if we seize on the tremendous opportunities before us.”
Former Illinois Gaming Board chair picked to lead Illinois GOP Don Tracy, a Springfield attorney and former gaming board chief, will be the next head of the Illinois Republican Party.
Updated 2/6/2021 6:08 PM
Members of the Illinois Republican Party on Saturday picked a former gaming board chief to be the next head of the state party.
Don Tracy, a Springfield attorney who was appointed in 2015 to lead the Illinois Gaming Board by former Gov. Bruce Rauner, won the backing of members of the state GOP s central committee.
The attorney beat out two other candidates vying to lead the party Lake County Republican Chairman Mark Shaw of Lake Forest, who currently serves as state party co-chair and president of the Republican County Chairmen s Association, and Kendall County Board Chairman Scott Gryder of Oswego.