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“We need to be talking about the issues that matter to Illinois
voters. We’ve gotten so far outside of what we are against and
what we’re not for. We need to re-explain to people and tell
them, ‘This is what the Illinois Republican Party is for,” Del
Mar told The Center Square.
Del Mar called for a convention to be held next March, saying
the party needs a new platform and bylaws.
“And how do we elect our Republican leadership in Illinois and
the dysfunction that’s there,” Del Mar said.
The Illinois Republican Party did not immediately respond to The
Center Square’s request for comment.
The former Cook County Republican chair said the party must
rebuild.
“We are rubble,” Del Mar said.
Ted Dabrowski ran against Del Mar’s running mate, Darren Bailey,
in the gubernatorial primary.
Dabrowski noted Republicans got beat by 61 points in Cook
County.
“When I went to vote the other day, I couldn't find any
Republican candidates on the ballot. So that's another thing, is
that we have to improve what we do in Cook County to get people
running,” Dabrowski told The Center Square.
Dabrowski said sales tax referendums failed across the state,
including in Lake County, which Gov. J.B. Pritzker won by 36
points.
“It's our policy, lower taxes. It's their failed policy, the
higher taxes, and yet they still won, so there's an opportunity
for us to really hammer that difference,” Dabrowski said.
Dabrowski agreed with Del Mar that Republicans need to fight for
what they are for and not just what they are against.
“We've got to be persuasive with the centrists, with the
independents, and find our way into getting people to understand
and connect the dots between the failed policies of those in
charge versus the reforms we need,” Dabrowski said about his
newest effort, Fight for Illinois.
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