On Wednesday, Illinois GOP Chairman Don Tracy resigned. He said he resigned because of his frustration in dealing with divisions in the state party. His resignation does come after a tumultuous period for the Illinois GOP, where interpersonal rivalries have taken precedence over responsible politics. This is just a sign of the general trend in the Republican Party, a movement toward chaos and mismanagement that harms the party’s electoral chances.

Tracy explained his resignation in a letter to the state party, saying, “Unfortunately, however, I have had to spend far too much time dealing with intra party power struggles, and local intra party animosities that continued after primaries and County Chair elections. … We have Republicans who would rather fight other Republicans than engage in the harder work of defeating incumbent Democrats.”