Doris Purcell, Chairman
515 W. Allmon St.
Salem, IL 62881
(618) 548-0214
[email protected]
Website: www.marioncountyrepublicans.com
SB35 (formerly SB600). Chairman Purcell’s position on Senate Bill 35 is unknown.
Precinct Committeemen 2012. Marion County has 48 precincts. In 2012, only 14 precincts had a candidate for Republican Precinct Committeeman. No Republican ran in 34 precincts.
Precinct Committeemen 2010. In 2010, only 21 precincts had a candidate for Republican Precinct Committeeman. No Republican ran in 27 precincts.
2012 Presidential Race. In the 2012 Presidential election, the county supported Republican Mitt Romney 59-40% over Democrat Barack Obama.
2008 Presidential Race. In the 2008 Presidential election, the county supported Republican John McCain 50-48% over Democrat Barack Obama.
2004 Presidential Race. In the 2004 Presidential election, the county supported Republican George W. Bush 55-45% over Democrat John Kerry.
About Marion County. Marion County was organized in 1823, out of pieces of Jefferson and Fayette Counties. Its county seat is Salem, Illinois.
Marion County was named for Francis Marion, a military officer who served in the American Revolutionary War. Acting with Continental Army and South Carolina militia commissions, he was a persistent adversary of the British in their occupation of South Carolina in 1780 and 1781, even after the Continental Army was driven out of the state in the Battle of Camden.
Due to his irregular methods of warfare, Marion is considered one of the fathers of modern guerrilla warfare, and is credited in the lineage of the United States Army Rangers. Learn More
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