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For Republican voters, these are dark times. But they will get better. In his address to Congress in 1862, just one month before signing the Emancipation Proclamation, Lincoln sought to reassure a broken country and offer hope during challenging times. The path forward here in Illinois is not an easy one, but at least there is a path – and a way forward. Click to read more.

Virginia was critical to forming our more perfect union, and Illinois was critical to keeping a house once divided, standing. If flipping Virginia blue to red can happen, then Illinois also can be flipped. But Illinois only will flip if the IL GOP engages with the grassroots. With the grassroots engaged and focused, the IL GOP will have tens of thousands of volunteers to knock doors and get out the vote. Click to read more.

Embattled IL GOP chair Don Tracy is using the few allies he has left to fight back against the tsunami wave of support from the grassroots, who are calling for his resignation following embarrassing losses during the midterm election and new revelations that his family-owned business, Dot Foods, where he is an owner, donated to Joe Biden in 2020 during the height of the pandemic and lockdowns. Click to read more.

In what may be a real window into embattled IL GOP Chair Don Tracy’s misunderstanding of the GOP, Tracy writes in a section of this past Friday’s Chairman’s Memo that “Republicans are the party of Jefferson, Lincoln, and Martin Luther King Jr.” This flawed understanding of the issues that led to the Republican Party’s founding shines light on Tracy’s lack of appreciation for the role diversity played in the GOP’s founding. Click to read more.

IL GOP State Central Committee members were calling constituents who expressed interest in attending Saturday’s State Central Committee meeting, and asking them to refrain from making public comments and calling for embattled chairman Don Tracy to resign. All of this while promising those constituents that more money would be flowing to the IL GOP from conservative mega donor and billionaire Richard Uihlein if Tracy remained in place as chairman. Click to read more.