Month: July 2022

On Wednesday evening, Republican central committees in all 102 counties held reorganizational meetings to elect new leadership, including members to the State Central Committee = the governing board of the Illinois Republican Party.

Members of the ILGOP State Central Committee are elected by a weighted vote of precinct committeemen within the congressional districts that appear on the November 2022 ballot (new maps). The newly elected State Central Committee members elected in Illinois’ 17 congressional districts are as follows:

Tim Ozinga, 1st District

Judy Diekelman, 2nd District

Jeanne Ives, 3rd District

Jay Reyes, 4th District

Aaron Del Mar, 5th District

Sean Morrison, 6th District

Mark Hosty, 7th District

Vacant, 8th District

Joan LaSonde, 9th District

Mark Shaw, 10th District

Laura Pollastrini, 11th District

Rhonda Belford, 12th District

Tim Butler, 13th District

Larry Smith, 14th District

Jason Plummer, 15th District

Jan Weber, 16th District

Chad Weaver, 17th District

ILGOP Chairman Don Tracy released the following statement in response:

“I congratulate all of this week’s winners and look forward to working with each and every one of them to elect Republicans statewide and up and down the ballot in November. Our party is strong, it’s united, and it will be successful in the upcoming election as more and more people wake up to the realities of failed Democrat leadership in Washington DC and Springfield. The working families of Illinois simply want safe communities, a lower cost of living, and a government that works for them, not corrupt politicians. That’s what Illinois Republicans will deliver!” 

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A normal person following Governor JB Pritzker’s extensive travel schedule in recent months would be racking up the frequent flier miles. Luckily for our trust-fund billionaire governor, Pritzker has private jets to whisk him around the country – and even overseas – as he continues to give a wink and a knowing nod to the idea he may be just what national Democrats need in order to keep the White House in 2024 as Biden stumbles mightily.

After a recent trip to Europe to stump for Green New Deal policies, and political stops in New Hampshire (wink, wink) and Maine, Pritzker is headlining an annual Democratic gala in Florida this week. His spokeswoman said, “Florida is in dire need of a pro-choice, Democratic governor, and Governor Pritzker is proud to support the Florida Democratic Party in their efforts to flip the state blue.”

“Illinoisans don’t care what Florida needs and neither should Governor Pritzker at a time when working families are drowning under historic levels of inflation and high gas prices,” said ILGOP spokesman Joe Hackler. “Illinois has the highest taxes in the nation, highest gas prices in the midwest, an economy lagging far behind our midwest neighbors, and the imminent threat of power outages across almost all of the central and southern parts of the state. If Pritzker wants to run for President, he should start by doing his current job as Governor of Illinois – and doing it better.”

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