Census data from 2007 shows that about 35 percent of Illinois' population identified themselves as non-white.  But as ABC 7's Charles Thomas noted last week, the makeup of the Illinois Republican Central Committee "suggests the members were assembled from some other place."  That's because the 19-member committee includes no African-Americans and a single Latino (elected this year). 

If you happen to remember the degree of minority representation at the 2008 Republican National Convention, this shouldn't come as a surprise.