Hey, a local guy (lives in Glenview, works in Morton Grove) is the new chairman of the Illinois Republican party.
Jan 15, 2005 3:06 pm US/CentralSPRINGFIELD (CBS/AP) Illinois' new Republican Party chairman pledged Saturday to win back GOP power by raising money but also energizing the party on the streets. The state central committee elected Andy McKenna Saturday as the party works to stop a downward spiral that has sapped the GOP's power statewide.
McKenna will serve until April 2006, completing the term of Judy Baar Topinka, the state treasurer who agreed to take the job temporarily. Despite landslide Democratic victories in Illinois for national offices last fall, McKenna pointed to Republican gains in the General Assembly and Supreme Court as momentum builders for 2006. Still, he acknowledged, change will be slow and must start at the grass roots.
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