Pritzker and Stratton’s Spending Leaves Illinois Families Paying the Price
SPRINGFIELD – Governor Pritzker has announced that he is directing state agencies to limit spending and reserve 4 percent of the state’s fiscal year 2026 general fund. This underscores how deep the fiscal crisis is in Springfield. U.S Senate candidate Don Tracy issued the following statement in response:
"Illinois families have been reducing their own household budgets year after year as the cost of gas, groceries and government in this state have skyrocketed. They’ve had to cut everything from vacations to the food on their tables. JB Pritzker and Juliana Stratton have made Illinois unaffordable for working families, and it's time they take responsibility for their failed tax-and-spend agenda. We need leaders who will lower the cost-of-living for working families, and that's what I'll do in Washington."
About Don Tracy:
Don is Senior Counsel at Brown, Hay & Stephens, the oldest law firm in Illinois, where Abraham Lincoln famously practiced law for four years. Public service is important to Don, with a lifetime spent in community service, most often in volunteer positions. He has served as Chairman of the Illinois Republican Party, Chairman of the Illinois Gaming Board, Secretary of the Illinois Bar Foundation, President of the Sangamon County Bar Association, Chairman of the Illinois Corporate Acts Advisory Committee, and President of the Abraham Lincoln Association, President of the Oak Ridge Cemetery Board, among other community leadership positions. Born in Urbana, raised in Mt. Sterling in Western Illinois, and having raised his own family in Springfield in Central Illinois, Don has deep ties to "downstate Illinois." As the oldest of 12 children, family has always been important to Don.