Don Tracy

Don Tracy is listed by the FEC as a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate from Illinois in the 2026 election cycle.

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[Wikipedia: Personal life] Tracy is married, with 4 children and 8 grandchildren, and resides in Springfield, Illinois. Tracy's sister-in-law is state senator Jil Tracy.

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[Wikipedia: Career] Tracy has served as a partner at the Springfield firm Brown, Hay & Stephens (since 1995[better source needed]), and as general outside counsel to Dot Foods, Inc. of his native Mount Sterling, Illinois.[when?] Tracy was a candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Illinois in 2010, fin…

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[Wikipedia: Early life and education] Donald Tracy was born in Urbana in 1949 or 1950,[when?] and is the son of the late founder of Dot Foods Robert F. Tracy and his wife Dorothy Agnes Tracy (née Curtin). He is the eldest of 12 children. His family moved to Mount Sterling, Illinois in 1958. He attended Western Illin…

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FEC totals for the 2026 cycle report that Don Tracy raised $2,327,334, spent $783,936, reported $1,543,398 cash on hand.

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[Wikipedia: Contributions controversy] During the period of Tracy's extended service with the IGB at the request of incoming Governor J. B. Pritzker on May 31, 2019, Katherine Fischer, Assistant IG of the Executive Inspector General (EIG), issued a final report alleging that Tracy "engaged in a prohibited political a…

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