Republican National Convention 2024
Donald Trump holds up a fist in salute during a speech at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee last week.
DeKalb and Kendall County Republicans walk in parades
DeKalb and Kendall County Republicans walk in one of several recent parades including Yorkville, Sandwich, Newark, Sheridan, and Plano.
State Republicans urged to look beyond usual base
By Peter Hancock, Hannah Meisel, & Andrew AdamsCapitol News Illinoisnews@capitolnewsillinois.com MILWAUKEE – A former Republican congressman from New York told Illinois Republicans Tuesday, July 16 that to win more elections in their deeply blue state, they need to reach beyond the traditional conservative voting base. “We need to challenge ourselves
Republican Party started as reform in 1854 Aurora
As we look at what is happening to the Republican Party, it may seem difficult to believe that it was originally formed as a reform party. In the 1850s political landscape, the major parties – the Whigs and the Democrats – struggled for dominance, and neither party was above anti-democratic
Reader’s Voice: Thought: Republicans must mail in votes
June 11, 2023Dear editor; To wrap up the week, please check out my colleagues’ new pieces on Voter ID (Noel Wilkins) and the main subject of this post, mail-in voting (John Pudner’s latest piece in NewsMax, which has overtaken CNN in viewership many time slots). In May 2020, Pudner sounded
Reader’s Voice: State Republican Party: Moderate
November 14, 2022Dear editor; Well, it’s official. The Illinois Republican Party is now irrelevant at the State level. They have worked mightily to get here. The GOP has lost every Illinois House and Senate election since 2002 and the governorship for all but four years during the same time period,
Darren Bailey, Republican candidate for Illinois governor, visits Kendall County Fair
Darren Bailey, Republican Party candidate for Illinois governor, visits the Kendall County Fair in early August.
The Kendall County Republican Central Committee planning meeting
The Kendall County Republican Central Committee planning meeting and drawing at the Friendly Tap in Plano July 24 includes chairman, Jim Marter, who led the meeting and shared upcoming events.
A rebuilding year for State Republican Party in 2022
To borrow a popular sports metaphor, 2022 is likely a rebuilding year for an Illinois Republican Party that is on the ropes (can’t get away from sports lingo). To be honest, chances of the GOP winning statewide offices next year are slim, but not impossible. And unless overturned by the
Republican Party State leadership without a rudder
Written in quill pen, not literally; it was 1965, my master’s thesis was about “Leaderless Politics: The Illinois Republican Party.” Not much has changed. That was an era when party organization mattered. My thesis was that when Republicans lost control of the governorship, the party became leaderless. Not much has