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Ottawa Republican Beth Findley Smith elected to state central committee · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Ottawa Republican Beth Finally Smith elected to State Central Committee.
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  Written by Tom Collins, this article is being read by
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  an automated voice brought to you by Everlett. Beth Finally Smith,
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  an Ottawa Republican, was elected April fifteenth as the fourteenth
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  Congressional District State Central commit Tee person sec for the
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  Illinois Republican Party, securing a four year term on the
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  party's governing board. I am honored and grateful for the
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  support of our precinct commit tee persons across the district.
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  Finally Smith said in a Thursday statement, my focus will
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  be on empowering our grassroots leaders, strengthening our party infrastructure,
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  and ensuring we are fully mobilized to get out the
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  vote this November. When we invest in our local teams,
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  we build a stronger, more effective Republican Party from the
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  ground up. Finally Smith defeated incumbent Larry Smith by a
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  sixty four percent to thirty six percent margin. Finally Smith
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  is a former member of the LaSalle County Board and
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  former second vice chair of the LaSalle County Republican Party.
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  She is also a graduate of the Lincoln Series, a
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  premier training program focused on developing the next generation of
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  female Republican leaders in Illinois. Unlike Democrats, who elect their
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  state Central Committee persons through direct vote in the primary election,
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  Republicans select their SEC members through a vote of elected
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  precinct Committee persons. The fourteenth Congressional District includes portions of
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  seven counties, LaSalle, will decalb, Kendall Bureau, and Putnam