Jil Tracy is a

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member of the

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, representing the 47th District since January 11, 2017. The district covers a large swath of west-central Illinois, including all of Adams,

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and Knox counties. She was a former member of the

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, who represented the 93rd district from her appointment in July 2006 until 2015.

Legal career

Tracy graduated from

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in 1979. Tracy practiced law in the Mount Sterling area from 1980 to 1997. While in private practice, she served as the attorney for the City of Mt. Sterling, the Mt. Sterling Fire Protection District, and the villages of Ripley and Mounds Station. Tracy was appointed by

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Jim Ryan in 1997 to serve as Illinois Assistant Attorney General and Director of the West Central Regional Office. She continued in that office under Attorney General

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until 2004.

Political career

As Illinois State Representative, Tracy's committee assignments were Consumer Protection, Local Government, Aging, Rural Economic Development, Higher Education, Juvenile Justice Reform, and Transportation & Motor Vehicles. On September 3, 2013, Illinois gubernatorial candidate

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announced Tracy as his running mate. In 2015, Tracy announced she was running for the 47th District State Senate seat being vacated by 14-year incumbent

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John M. Sullivan. Her House district covered the western portion of the Senate district. With Sullivan retiring, Tracy was a heavy favorite, given the 47th's strong Republican bent. She was unopposed in both the Republican primary and the general election. She was unopposed for a second term in 2018. On December 3, 2015, she was named as an Illinois state co-chair of

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. She currently serves on the following committees: Environment and Conservation (Minority Spokesperson); Judiciary (Minority Spokesperson); Agriculture; Criminal Law; Education; Ethics; Executive; Revenue; Judiciary- Property Law; Redistricting- West Central IL; Criminal Law- Special Issues; Sealing and Expungement; Executive- Liquor; Executive- Firearms.

Personal life

Tracy's husband, Jim, is the Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary of the Board of Directors of Dot Foods. Dot Foods was founded in 1960 by Jim Tracy's parents, Robert and Dorothy Tracy. Dot Foods is headquartered in Mt. Sterling, Illinois and is one of the largest food distribution companies in the nation. Tracy lives in Quincy with her husband, Jim, and their four children.

References

External links

Representative Jil Tracy (R) 93rd District
at the Illinois General Assembly **By session
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constituency site *
Rep. Jil Tracy
at Illinois House Republican Caucus
Dot Foods
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tracy, Jil Republican Party Illinois state senators Republican Party members of the Illinois House of Representatives Women state legislators in Illinois 1973 births Living people Southern Illinois University School of Law alumni People from Mount Sterling, Illinois 21st-century American politicians 21st-century American women politicians