Illinois Republican Party chair Bob Grogan aims to shake off 'Stockholm syndrome' of struggling state GOP
<p>It doesn’t take a professional auditor to conclude the Illinois Republican Party is stuck in a rut, but the state GOP is hoping one can get them back on the path to relevance.</p><p>Nearly 12 years removed from their last statewide election victory and long relegated to super-minority status in Springfield, Republicans have tapped former DuPage County Auditor Bob Grogan to chair the state party, aiming to revitalize the suburban base that has largely abandoned the GOP under President Donald Trump.</p><p>Grogan spent 12 years as an elected watchdog keeping tabs on various arms of the county government, and he has no misconceptions about his new volunteer post recruiting candidates, fundraising and, most importantly, attempting to unite a fractured party.</p><p>“You get blamed for everything and credit for nothing,” Grogan told the Sun-Times. “I'm not in it for the glory.
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<p>It doesn’t take a professional auditor to conclude the Illinois Republican Party is stuck in a rut, but the state GOP is hoping one can get them back on the path to relevance.</p><p>Nearly 12 years removed from their last statewide election victory and long relegated to super-minority status in Springfield, Republicans have tapped former DuPage County Auditor Bob Grogan to chair the state party, aiming to revitalize the suburban base that has largely abandoned the GOP under President Donald Trump.</p><p>Grogan spent 12 years as an elected watchdog keeping tabs on various arms of the county government, and he has no misconceptions about his new volunteer post recruiting candidates, fundraising and, most importantly, attempting to unite a fractured party.</p><p>“You get blamed for everything and credit for nothing,” Grogan told the Sun-Times. “I'm not in it for the glory. I like to say professionally, what I do is I fix broken things. And that's my audit background, where you find problems, and you don't play ‘gotcha.’ You just say, ‘Here’s a list of solutions.
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- <p>It doesn’t take a professional auditor to conclude the Illinois Republican Party is stuck in a rut, but the state GOP is hoping one can get them back on the path to relevance.</p><p>Nearly 12 years removed from their last statewide election victory and long relegated to super-minority status in Springfield, Republicans have tapped former DuPage County Auditor Bob Grogan to chair the state party, aiming to revitalize the suburban base that has largely abandoned the GOP under President Donald Trump.</p><p>Grogan spent 12 years as an elected watchdog keeping tabs on various arms of the county government, and he has no misconceptions about his new volunteer post recruiting candidates, fundraising and, most importantly, attempting to unite a fractured party.</p><p>“You get blamed for everything and credit for nothing,” Grogan told the Sun-Times. “I'm not in it for the glory.
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Illinois Republican Party chair Bob Grogan aims to shake off 'Stockholm syndrome' of struggling state GOP
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