Posted on 05/10/2023 7:11:17 AM PDT by COSIllinois
Illinois Republican Party Chairman Don Tracy caught some of his fellow state central committee (SSC) members off guard this week when several of them received an email naming them to the new Endorsement Policy Committee, which Tracy will chair – paving the way for the chairman and the state party to officially endorse their preferred candidates in primary elections, in an apparent dig at the grassroots-base of the party.
In January, Tracy floated this idea during an interview with Bishop on Air, and blamed the top of the ticket for the midterm election losses this past November – saying that the IL GOP needs to re-evaluate their primary election neutrality policy moving forward.
“And a lot of these great candidates we had this past time put their heart and soul and their family treasure into these races only to be impacted by the top of the ticket, something they have no control over…So I think we almost have a fiduciary duty to look at our primary and determine whether neutrality is the best policy.”
Illinois Review has obtained an email sent by the IL GOP that included the new Endorsement Policy Committee chaired by chair Don Tracy, in a move that caught the committee members by surprise.
And they have good reason to oppose it – after all, during the last primary election, IL GOP-favored candidate for governor Richard Irvin, the mayor of Aurora, lost by a shocking 43 points, despite $50 million coming in from billionaire Ken Griffin to prop up the mayor’s failed gubernatorial campaign.
Irvin also received the support and endorsements from many senior IL GOP officials, including nearly half of the then-SSC – whose members serve as the governing board of the IL GOP.
(Excerpt) Read more at illinoisreview.com ...
Thx for the post. A new level of insight.
The Combine speaks.
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So in this Tracy guy’s world, an unelected committee decides who gets elected? Committee? No commissariat.
This crap is specifically PROHIBITED in most State and County Bylaws.
The GOP is a private organization. That organization has a structure, and leaders.
HOW MANY TIMES DO THEY NEED TO TELL YOU????
They are not going to allow Donald Trump to be their nominee. NOT…NOT…NOT
“ So in this Tracy guy’s world, an unelected committee decides who gets elected?”
Copy that.
That is exactly how it works.
Tracy has destroyed the remaining Illinois GOP - because of Uni-Party Tracy, the Illinois GOP will NEVER win another State Wide election
The UniParty will not allow disruptions and outsiders, and certainly not those who might "disagree."
Should be Dick Tracy.
The GOP seems to make it a habit of getting caught by surprise. While they all seem to be surprised at the actions of their “colleagues”, conservatives expect such actions and warn GOP leaders to watch out for such. Yet, still they are surprised.
“ Yet, still they are surprised.”
Pro tip: They’re not surprised. They’re just pretending.
and Brian Schimming is following suit destroying State Republican Party in Wisconsin- purging America First people and ignoring mundane tasks like GOTV, communication, outreach,
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