Illinois Republican Scandals | Updated List of GOP Scandals in IL

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Illinois Republican U.S. Congress Member & Candidate Scandals
Illinois Republican State Legislator Scandals
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Sam McCannFmr. State Senator [R-IL]

2/03/21
Spent over $600,000 in campaign funds on personal expenses including his mortgage, paying off personal loans, multiple vehicles, a motor home, family vacations and a host of other things that had nothing to do with his campaign


According to charging documents filed by federal prosecutors
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Sandra PihosFmr. State Representative

6/05/18
Stole nearly $600 worth of clothes from a local department store and went back later that same day to try and return the stolen items for cash or store credit


According to charging documents filed by local officials
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Ron StephensFmr. State Representative

3/16/10
Crossed over the center line and ran into the curb and smelled of alcohol, slurred his speech and had glassy eyes when police pulled him over


According to charging documents filed by local police
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Nick SauerFmr. State Representative

11/28/23
Shared nude images of his ex-girlfriend to eight men using a fake Instagram account under her name so that he could creepily "catfish" them by pretending to be her and sharing intimate details of her life


According to charging documents filed by local officials
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Randy RameyFmr. State Representative

9/26/11
Swerved in and out of his lane on a dark country road around 2am before getting pulled over and then submitted to a breathalyzer test that found he had a BAC over twice the legal limit


According to charging documents filed by local police
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Steve ReickState Representative

8/30/19
Drove 20 mph over the speed limit, ran his truck into a curb, failed a field sobriety test during which he told an officer "I have had too much to drink tonight" and failed a breathalyzer test with a BAC of .146


According to charging documents filed by local police
Illinois Republican Mayor Scandals
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Casey UrlacherMayor [R-IL]

2/20/20
Helped rake in millions of dollars for an illegal offshore sports gambling ring run by the Chicago mob as a debt collector and recruiter


According to charging documents filed by federal officials
Other Illinois Republican Scandals
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Marion ThornberryCounty Commissioner [R-IL]

3/13/25
Stole money from a donation envelope at a local church


According to charging documents filed by local officials
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Robert CzernekFmr. County Commissioner

2/14/23
Accepted over $280k in kickbacks from a local excavation company in exchange for approving over $700k in invoices for purported road work they never performed over an eight-year period


According to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Matthew MelvinSheriff [R-IL]

12/19/24
Swerved in and out of his lane multiple times, sat at a green light for 10 seconds around 1:15am, had vomit on his driver’s side door, reeked of alcohol and refused to do field sobriety and breathalyzer tests


According to charging documents filed by local officials