Don Tracy
What this job does: One of Illinois' two votes in the U.S. Senate. Senators write and vote on federal laws, taxes and spending, and approve or reject the president's picks for federal judges, the Supreme Court and the Cabinet. A term is six years.
- Occupation
- Attorney and businessman
- Lives in
- Springfield
Background
- Born and raised in Mount Sterling in western Illinois. source: news.wttw.com
- Springfield attorney at the firm Brown, Hay & Stephens; former secretary of the Illinois Bar Foundation. source: news.wttw.com
- Chairman of the Illinois Gaming Board, appointed in 2015. source: wbez.org
- Chair of the Illinois Republican Party from 2021 until resigning in July 2024. source: wbez.org
- Ran for lieutenant governor in the 2010 Republican primary; won a 2002 Democratic primary for state Senate and lost the general election. source: wbez.org
- Won the March 17, 2026 Republican primary with 40.0% of the vote. source: en.wikipedia.org
In their own words
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- Lowering the cost of living: "life is simply unaffordable for working families" source: news.wttw.com
- "I will represent all of Illinois, not just Chicago" source: news.wttw.com
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