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Jil Tracy is a Republican member of the Illinois State Senate, representing District 47. Tracy was first elected to the chamber in 2016. Tracy is running for re-election in 2018. The primary election took place on March 20, 2018. The general election is being held on November 6, 2018.
Tracy is a former member of the Illinois House of Representatives, representing District 94 from July 2006 to 2015.
Tracy ran for Lieutenant Governor of Illinois in the 2014 elections. As of 2014, candidates for governor and lieutenant governor in Illinois run on a single ticket starting in the primary election. Tracy lost in the Republican primary election with her gubernatorial running-mate, Sen. Kirk Dillard, on March 18.
Tracy's professional experience includes serving as Attorney/Regional Director of the West Central Illinois Regional Office of the Illinois Attorney General, and working as a lawyer with Tracy & Lagoski, Tracy & Tracy, the Law Offices of Ron Kanoski, and the Inland Steel Coal Company.
Former Member, Criminal Law Committee, Illinois State Senate
Former Member, Criminal Law Subcommittee on CLEAR Compliance, Illinois State Senate
Former Member, Environmental Health Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives
Former Member, Financial Institutions Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives
Member, Governor's Juvenile Corrections Board
Former Member, Investigative Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives
Former Member, Judiciary II on Criminal Law Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives
Member, Legislative Ethics Commission
Former Member, Redistricting Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives
Former Member, State Government Subcommittee on Special Issues, Illinois State Senate
Former Member, Subcommittee on Unemployment Insurance, Illinois State House of Representatives
Former Member, Tourism and Conventions Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives
Member, Agriculture
Member, Committee of the Whole
Member, Executive Appointments
Member, Judiciary
Member, Labor
Member, Special Committee on Pension Investments
Member, Special Committee on Supplier Diversity
Member, State Government
Member, Subcommittee on Business Entities
Member, Subcommittee on Tort Reform
Member, Telecommunications and Information Technology
1. Do you consider yourself pro-choice or pro-life?
- Pro-life
2. Should abortion be legal only within the first trimester of pregnancy?
- No
3. Should abortion be legal when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape?
- No
4. Should abortion be legal when the life of the woman is endangered?
- Yes
5. Do you support requiring parental notification before an abortion is performed on a minor?
- Yes
6. Do you support requiring parental consent before an abortion is performed on a minor?
- Yes
7. Do you support sexual education programs that include information on abstinence, contraceptives, and HIV/STD prevention methods?
- Yes
8. Do you support abstinence-only sexual education programs?
- Yes
9. Other or expanded principles
- g) for high school age
1. Education (higher)
- Maintain Status
2. Education (K-12)
- Maintain Status
3. Environment
- Greatly Decrease
4. Health care
- Greatly Decrease
5. Law enforcement
- Maintain Status
6. Transportation and highway infrastructure
- Slightly Increase
7. Welfare
- Greatly Decrease
8. Other or expanded categories
- No Answer
1. Alcohol taxes
- Maintain Status
2. Cigarette taxes
- Maintain Status
3. Corporate taxes
- Slightly Decrease
4. Gasoline taxes
- Slightly Decrease
5. Property taxes
- Slightly Decrease
6. Sales taxes
- Maintain Status
7. Income taxes (low-income families)
- Maintain Status
8. Income taxes (middle-income families)
- Maintain Status
9. Income taxes (high-income families)
- Maintain Status
10. Other or expanded categories
- No Answer
1. Tapping into Illinois' "rainy day" fund
- No
2. Issuing the early release of certain non-violent offenders
- No
3. Increasing tuition rates at public universities
- No
4. Instituting mandatory furloughs and layoffs for state employees
- No
5. Reducing benefits for Medicaid recipients
- Yes
6. Privatizing certain government services
- Yes
7. Other or expanded principles
- I am not aware of Ill. rainy day fund (a)
1. Individual
- No
2. Political Action Committee
- Yes
3. Corporate
- Yes
4. Political Party
- Yes
5. Legislative Leader
- Yes
6. Should candidates for state office be encouraged to meet voluntary spending limits?
- Yes
7. Do you support requiring full and timely disclosure of campaign finance information?
- Yes
8. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes?
- Yes
2. Do you support alternatives to incarceration for certain non-violent offenders, such as mandatory counseling or substance abuse treatment?
- Yes
3. Should the possession of small amounts of marijuana be decriminalized?
- No
4. Should a minor accused of a violent crime be prosecuted as an adult?
- Yes
5. Should a minor who sends sexually-explicit or nude photos by cell phone face criminal charges?
- No
6. Do you support requiring all motorcyclists to wear helmets?
- No
7. Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration laws by state and local police?
- Yes
8. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Do you support reducing government regulations on the private sector?
- Yes
2. Should video gambling be legal in Illinois?
- Yes
3. Do you support increased state funding for job-training programs that re-train displaced workers?
- Yes
4. Do you support expanding access to unemployment benefits?
- No
5. Do you support providing financial incentives to the private sector for the purpose of job creation?
- Yes
6. Do you support increased spending on infrastructure projects for the purpose of job creation?
- Yes
7. Do you support providing direct financial assistance to homeowners facing foreclosure?
- No
8. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Do you support national education standards?
- Yes
2. Do you support requiring public schools to administer high school exit exams?
- Yes
3. Do you support using a merit pay system for teachers?
- Yes
4. Do you support state funding for charter schools?
- Yes
5. Do you support the state government providing college students with financial aid?
- Yes
6. Should illegal immigrants who graduate from Illinois high schools be eligible for in-state tuition at public universities?
- No
7. Other or expanded principles
- In limited circumstances (d)
Financial aid needs to be greatly reformed at state and federal level (e)
1. Do you support state funding for the development of alternative energy?
- Yes
2. Do you support state funding for the development of traditional domestic energy sources (e.g. coal, natural gas, oil)?
- Yes
3. Do you support providing financial incentives to farms that produce biofuel crops?
- Yes
4. Do you support state funding for improvements to Illinois' energy infrastructure?
- Yes
5. Do you support state funding for open space preservation?
- Yes
6. Do you support enacting environmental regulations aimed at reducing the effects of climate change?
- No
7. Other or expanded principles
- e) Dependant on Funding resources
State is broke right now and doesn't have resources to buy open space. It needs to pay outstanding obligations first. (e)
1. Do you support restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns?
- No
2. Do you support requiring background checks on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows?
- No
3. Do you support allowing individuals to carry concealed guns?
- Yes
4. Do you support requiring a license for gun possession?
- No
5. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Do you support a universally-accessible, publicly-administered health insurance option?
- No
2. Do you support expanding access to health care through commercial health insurance reform?
- Yes
3. Do you support interstate health insurance compacts?
- Yes
4. Should individuals be required to purchase health care insurance?
- No
5. Do you support monetary limits on damages that can be collected in malpractice lawsuits?
- Yes
6. Do you support legalizing physician-assisted suicide in Illinois?
- No
7. Do you support allowing doctors to prescribe marijuana to their patients for medicinal purposes?
- No
8. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Should marriage only be between one man and one woman?
- Yes
2. Should Illinois allow same-sex couples to form civil unions?
- No
3. Do you support state funding for stem cell research?
- No
4. Do you support state funding for embryonic stem cell research?
- No
5. Do you support the state's use of affirmative action?
- No
6. Do you support the inclusion of sexual orientation in Illinois' anti-discrimination laws?
- Yes
7. Do you support the inclusion of gender identity in Illinois' anti-discrimination laws?
- Yes
8. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
Please explain in a total of 100 words or less, your top two or three priorities if elected. If they require additional funding for implementation, please explain how you would obtain this funding.
- No Answer
Type: resolution Chamber: upper
Type: resolution Chamber: upper
Type: constitutional amendment Chamber: upper
By Jared DuBach Republican political figures recently weighed in on the Thursday passage of stopgap funding. The funding allows road construction projects to continue and provides funding for K-12 and higher education institutions. U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood (R-Dunlap, State representatives Norin Hammond (R-Macomb) and Randy Frese (R-Quincy), along with Republican Senate candidate Jil Tracy attended a McDonough County Republican Leadership/Republican Women event on Thursday. Following the meeting, they spoke with area media. Remarks from Hammond and Frese were published on the front page of Saturday's weekend edition of the Voice with regard to the recent stopgap measure. U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood For LaHood, getting the stopgap measure passed on Thursday was a good thing, even though his level of action takes place on the federal arena in Washington, D.C. "Kudos to Randy (Frese) and Norine (Hammond) on getting it done," he said. LaHood also recognized Hammond's activities on the Budget Working Group and working with higher education entities to recognize the critical nature of the lack of funding and figuring out what it would take to get funding. "Today is a good day for Illinois. But this is obviously not the final solution. We have a long way to go on that," he said. "There's been a lot of criticism over the past couple of months about not being able to compromise. This was a compromise. And I want to recognize Rep. Hammond and Rep. Frese for compromising in that. There's also the governor. I want to recognize the governor. People said the governor was not going to compromise." Still, LaHood recognized bigger issues with the state. "We need to get Illinois back on track," he said. "We need to get more jobs in this state. We can do that on the business side." When asked if Gov. Bruce Rauner's Turnaround Agenda needs to be addressed, LaHood said there were aspects of his agenda the state needs. "When the foundation of your house is crumbling, you don't put on a third floor; a fourth floor. You fix the foundation." LaHood cited Rauner's points on worker's compensation reform, tax reform, regulation and the reining in of public pensions as main areas of concern. "You know, Illinois has wonderful assets to be a great business climate. But we need change on those things to happen in the Legislature, and those are things that Governor Rauner has pushed." "We're only going to grow the economy here in Illinois with more jobs...whether that's jobs at Pella here in Macomb, Caterpillar or ADM in our ag sector." According to LaHood, U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan and House Republicans introduced legislation that would reform the federal tax code. "We haven't had comprehensive tax reform in the country in 26 years. So we are long overdue. The tax code has become cumbersome, complicated, and there are way too many loopholes. The policy he has laid out affects everybody." "Then, how do we keep companies like John Deere, Caterpillar or even State Farm in this country as opposed to going offshore. It incentivizes smaller businesses to invest in research development through the tax code. We have to be competitive with other countries around the world. We can do that with tax code reform." LaHood also said Ryan's plan is a good template moving forward, and he is confident whoever the next President of the United States is will recognize that. Senate Candidate Jil Tracy According to Tracy, she looks forward to the opportunity to "get back into the trenches." She previously served in the Statehouse alongside Norine Hammond. Tracy said it's important the stopgap was passed without the need to raise taxes. As such, the stopgap was critical to ensure prisons stayed open and public utility bills were paid to ensure utlities were not shut off to state facilities. As agriculture is important to the region, Tracy applauded the inclusion of agriculture education funding as part of the stopgap. "It's so important all over the state. FFA and ag education help create leadership skills," she said. She also said Thursday's action sends a message to the rest of the country about Illinois' future course. "It tells the rest of the country that Illinois is putting its problems behind it and moving forward. There is still a lot of work to do."
