Don Tracy

{{short description|American lawyer}}{{BLP sources|date=April 2015}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Don Tracy

|office = Chair of the Illinois Republican Party

|term_start = February 6, 2021

|term_end = July 18, 2024

|predecessor = Tim Schneider

|successor = Kathy Salvi

|birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date|54|2015|1|30}}

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|party = Republican

|education = Arizona State University {{small|(BS)}}
University of Memphis {{small|(JD)}}

}}

Don Tracy (born 1960/1961){{cite web |last=Miller |first=Rich |title=Long list of Appointments by Gov. Rauner |date=January 30, 2015 |work=Capitol Fax |accessdate=September 9, 2022 |url=https://capitolfax.com/2015/01/30/long-list-of-appointments-by-gov-rauner}} is an American lawyer and Republican Party (United States) politician who serves as the chairman of the Illinois Republican Party. He was elected to succeed Tim Schneider as party chairman in February 2021. He was a candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Illinois in 2010. He finished in third place out of six candidates.{{Cite web|title=Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2010|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election,_2010|access-date=2021-06-22|website=Ballotpedia|language=en}}

He attended Arizona State University and the University of Memphis Law School.{{Cite web|title=Don Tracy at Republican National Lawyers Association|url=https://www.rnla.org/1288|access-date=2021-06-22|website=Republican National Lawyers Association|language=en}} He formerly served as the state's Gaming Board chairman, an appointee of then Governor Bruce Rauner.{{Cite web|last=Olsen|first=Dean|title=Springfield's Don Tracy, ex-Illinois Gaming Board chairman, a finalist for state GOP chair|url=https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/2021/02/05/springfield-lawyer-don-tracy-illinois-gop-chairman-finalist-politics/4401087001/|access-date=2021-06-22|website=The State Journal-Register|language=en-US}}

In 2015, Governor Bruce Rauner appointed Tracy to the Illinois Gaming Board. Upon the election of J. B. Pritzker to the governorship, Tracy offered to resign his role as chairman of the Illinois Gaming Board. Tracy was asked to stay on for the remainder of his term.{{cite news|first=Bernard|last=Schoenburg|title=Tracy resigns as gaming board chairman|date=June 20, 2019|newspaper=The State Journal-Register|url=https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/state/2019/06/20/tracy-resigns-as-gaming-board/4858392007/|archive-date=September 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220909192315/https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/state/2019/06/20/tracy-resigns-as-gaming-board/4858392007/}} On, Pritzker appointed Charles Schmadeke to serve as the chairman for a term beginning July 29, 2019 and ending July 1, 2022. The Illinois Senate confirmed Schmadeke on May 26, 2019.{{cite letter|last=Pritzker|first=J. B.|recipient=Illinois Senate|subject=Appointment of Don Tracy|date=February 4, 2022|url=https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=&SessionId=110&GA=102&DocTypeId=AM&DocNum=1010286&GAID=16&LegID=128830&SpecSess=&Session=|access-date=September 9, 2022|author-mask=|language=English}}