Tracy resigns as IL Republican Party Chairman, cites power struggles within party

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — On Wednesday Don Tracy, the Chairman of the Illinois Republican Party, announced his resignation.

In a resignation letter Tracy said that while he enjoyed the three and a half years he spent in the role, he would have preferred to have spent less time on "intra party power struggles."

"I thought I would be spending most of my time fighting Democrats, helping elect Republicans, raising money to pay for more Party infrastructure, and advocating for Party unity," Tracy stated in his letter. "Unfortunately, however, I have had to spend far too much time dealing with intra party power struggles, and local intra party animosities that continued after primaries and County Chair elections."

Tracy plans on resigning upon the election of his successor.

You can read his full letter below.

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