(WBBM NEWSRADIO) - The chairman of the Illinois Republican Party, Don Tracy, has announced his resignation after three-and-a-half years.
“When I took on this full-time volunteer job, I thought I would be spending most of my time fighting Democrats, helping elect Republicans, advocating for Party unity. Unfortunately, however, I have had to spend far too much time dealing with intra party power struggles, and local intra party animosities,” Tracy wrote in his resignation letter.
This follows the party’s ouster of Vice Chair Mark Shaw, a Trump advisor.
Shaw had an unauthorized delegate badge at the state convention that allowed him to vote for himself for national committeeman. It’s also alleged he threatened to beat up another central committee member.
Tracy’s letter went on to say, “In better days, Illinois Republicans came together.” Now however, we have Republicans who would rather fight other Republicans than engage in the harder work of defeating incumbent Democrats by convincing swing voters to vote Republican.”
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