Republican National Committee

Republican National Committee
Founded 1856
Headquarters Washington, D.C., U.S.
Key people
Reince Priebus, Chairman
Sharon Day, Co-Chairman
Tony Parker, Treasurer
Demetra DeMonte, Secretary
Website www.gop.com

The Republican National Committee (RNC) is a U.S. political committee that provides national leadership for the Republican Party of the United States. It is responsible for developing and promoting the Republican political platform, as well as coordinating fundraising and election strategy. It is also responsible for organizing and running the Republican National Convention. Similar committees exist in every U.S. state and most U.S. counties, although in some states party organization is structured by congressional district, allied campaign organizations being governed by a national committee. Reince Priebus is the current RNC Chairman.

The RNC's main counterpart is the Democratic National Committee.

History

The 1856 Republican National Convention appointed the first RNC. It consisted of one member from each state and territory to serve for four years. Each national convention since then has followed the precedent of equal representation for each state or territory, regardless of population. From 1924 to 1952, there was a national committeeman and national committeewoman from each state and U.S. possession, and from Washington, D.C.. In 1952, committee membership was expanded to include the state party chairs of states that voted Republican in the preceding presidential election, have a Republican majority in their congressional delegation (U.S. representatives and senators), or have Republican governors. By 1968, membership reached 145. As of 2011, the RNC has 168 members.[1]

The only person to have chaired the RNC and later become U.S. president is George H.W. Bush. A number of the chairs of the RNC have been state governors.

In 2013 the RNC began an outreach campaign toward American youth and minority voters, after studies showed these groups generally perceived that the Republican Party did not care about their concerns.[2]

Chairs of the Republican National Committee

# Chairman Term State[3] Notes[4]
1Edwin Denison Morgan 1856–1864New York
2Henry Jarvis Raymond1864–1866New York
3Marcus Lawrence Ward1866–1868New Jersey
4William Claflin1868–1872Massachusetts
5Edwin Denison Morgan1872–1876New YorkSecond term
6Zachariah Chandler1876–1879Michigan
7James Donald Cameron1879–1880Pennsylvania
8Marshall Jewell1880–1883Connecticut
9Dwight M. Sabin1883–1884Minnesota
10Benjamin Franklin Jones1884–1888New Jersey
11Matthew Stanley Quay1888–1891Pennsylvania
12James S. Clarkson1891–1892Iowa
13William J. Campbell1892IllinoisElected in June 1892, he declined the position and resigned in July 1892[5][6][7]
14Thomas H. Carter1892–1896MontanaElected in place of Campbell in July 1892
15Marcus A. Hanna1896–1904Ohio
16Henry Clay Payne1904Wisconsin
17George Bruce Cortelyou1904–1907New York
18Harry S. New1907–1908Indiana
19Frank Harris Hitchcock1908–1909Ohio
20John Fremont Hill1909–1912Maine
21Victor Rosewater1912Nebraska
22Charles D. Hilles1912–1916New York
23William R. Wilcox1916–1918New York
24Will H. Hays1918–1921Indiana
25John T. Adams1921–1924Iowa
26William M. Butler1924–1928Massachusetts Mary Booze of Mississippi became the first African-American woman member of the RNC.
27Hubert Work1928–1929Colorado
28Claudius H. Huston1929–1930TennesseeFirst Southerner to be elected chairman
29Simeon Davison Fess1930-1932Ohio
30Everett Sanders1932–1934Indiana
31Henry P. Fletcher1934–1936Pennsylvania
32John D. M. Hamilton1936–1940Kansas
33Joseph W. Martin, Jr.1940–1942MassachusettsSpeaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1947–49 & 1953–55
34Harrison E. Spangler1942–1944Iowa
35Herbert Brownell, Jr.1944–1946New York
36Carroll Reece1946–1948Tennessee
37Hugh D. Scott, Jr.1948–1949Pennsylvania
38Guy G. Gabrielson1949–1952New Jersey
39Arthur E. Summerfield1952–1953Michigan
40Wesley Roberts1953Kansas
41Leonard W. Hall1953–1957New York
42Meade Alcorn1957–1959Connecticut
43Thruston B. Morton1959–1961Kentucky
44William E. Miller1961–1964New YorkParty's 1964 candidate for Vice President
45Dean Burch1964–1965Arizona
46Ray C. Bliss1965–1969Ohio
47Rogers C. B. Morton1969–1971Maryland
48Robert Dole1971–1973KansasParty's candidate for Vice President (1976) and President (1996)
49George H. W. Bush1973–1974Texas41st President of the United States (1989–1993)
50Mary Louise Smith1974–1977IowaFirst woman to serve as Chair; others have co-chaired since
51William E. Brock III and Mary Dent Crisp1977–1981Tennessee and Arizona
52Richard Richards1981–1983Utah
53Frank J. Fahrenkopf, Jr.1983–1989NevadaPaul Laxalt served as general chairman from 1983 to 1987.
Betty Heitman served as co-chair from 1983 to 1987
Maureen Reagan served as co-chair from 1987 to 1989.
54Lee Atwater1989–1991South Carolina
55Clayton Keith Yeutter1991–1992Nebraska
56Richard Bond1992–1993Missouri
57Haley Barbour1993–1997Mississippi
58Jim Nicholson1997–2001Colorado
59Jim Gilmore2001–2002Virginia
60Marc Racicot2002–2003Montana
61Ed Gillespie2003–2005Virginia
62Ken Mehlman2005–2007Washington, D.C.Stepped down at end of 2006
63Mel Martinez2007FloridaServed with Mike Duncan as general chairman.
63Mike Duncan2007–2009KentuckySenator Mel Martinez served with Duncan as general chairman before stepping down in October 2007.
64Michael Steele2009–2011MarylandFirst African-American chairman.
Jan Larimer served as co-chair.
65Reince Priebus2011–presentWisconsinSharon Day serves as co-chair.

Chairman elections

1993 RNC Chairman election

Candidate Round 1 Round 2 Round 3
Haley Barbour 60 66 90
Spence Abraham 47 52 57
Bo Callaway 22 19 18
John Ashcroft 26 20 Withdrew
Craig Berkman 10 8 Withdrew
     Candidate won majority of votes in the round
     Candidate secured a plurality of votes in the round
     Candidate withdrew

1997 RNC Chairman election

Candidate Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6
Jim Nicholson 23 30 38 65 74 *
David Norcross 41 46 47 50 47 Withdrew
Steve Merrill 42 42 43 46 43 Withdrew
John S. Herrington 4 4 3 3 Withdrew
Tom Pauken 22 24 21 Withdrew
Chuck Yob 17 18 12 Withdrew
Bob Bennett 15 Withdrew
     Candidate won majority of votes in the round
     Candidate secured a plurality of votes in the round
     Candidate withdrew

2009 RNC Chairman election

On November 24, 2008 Steele launched his campaign for the RNC chairmanship with the launching of his website.[8] On January 30, 2009, Steele won the chairmanship of the RNC in the sixth round, with 91 votes to Dawson's 77.[9]

Source: CQPolitics,[10] and Poll Pundit.[11]

Candidate Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6
Michael Steele 46 48 51 60 79 91
Katon Dawson 28 29 34 62 69 77
Saul Anuzis 22 24 24 31 20 Withdrew
Ken Blackwell 20 19 15 15 Withdrew
Mike Duncan 52 48 44 Withdrew
     Candidate won majority of votes in the round
     Candidate secured a plurality of votes in the round
     Candidate withdrew

On announcing his candidacy to succeed RNC Chairman Duncan, former Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele described the party as being at a crossroads and not knowing what to do. "I think I may have some keys to open the door, some juice to turn on the lights," he said.[12]

Six people ran for the 2009 RNC Chairmanship: Steele, Ken Blackwell, Mike Duncan, Saul Anuzis, Katon Dawson and Chip Saltsman. After Saltsman's withdrawal, there were only five candidates during the hotly contested balloting January 30, 2009.

After the third round of balloting that day, Steele held a small lead over incumbent Mike Duncan of Kentucky, with 51 votes to Duncan's 44. Shortly after the announcement of the standings, Duncan dropped out of contention without endorsing a candidate.[13] Ken Blackwell, the only other African-American candidate, dropped out after the fourth ballot and endorsed Steele, though Blackwell had been the most socially conservative of the candidates and Steele had been accused of not being "sufficiently conservative." Steele picked up Blackwell's votes.[14] After the fifth round, Steele held a ten-vote lead over Katon Dawson, with 79 votes, and Saul Anuzis dropped out.[15] After the sixth vote, he won the chairmanship of the RNC over Dawson by a vote of 91 to 77.[16]

Mississippi Governor and former RNC chair Haley Barbour has suggested the party will focus its efforts on congressional and gubernatorial elections in the coming years rather than the next presidential election. "When I was chairman of the Republican National Committee the last time we lost the White House in 1992 we focused exclusively on 1993 and 1994. And at the end of that time, we had both houses of Congress with Republican majorities, and we'd gone from 17 Republican governors to 31. So anyone talking about 2012 today doesn't have their eye on the ball. What we ought to worry about is rebuilding our party over the next year and particularly in 2010," Barbour said at the November 2008 Republican Governors conference.[17]

2011 RNC Chairman election

Chairman of the Republican National Committee Reince Priebus at the Western Republican Leadership Conference in October 2011 in Las Vegas

Michael Steele ran for re-election at the 2011 RNC winter meeting.[18] Other candidates were Reince Priebus, Republican Party of Wisconsin Chairman, Ann Wagner, former Ambassador to Luxembourg, Saul Anuzis, former Republican Party Chairman of Michigan, and Maria Cino, former acting Secretary of Transportation under George W. Bush. Steele's critics increasingly called on him to step down as RNC Chair when his term ended in 2011. A debate for Chairman hosted by Americans for Tax Reform took place on January 3 at the National Press Club.[19][20] The election for Chairman took place January 14 at the RNC's winter meeting with Reince Priebus winning on the seventh ballot after Steele and Wagner withdrew.

Candidate Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7
Reince Priebus 45 52 54 58 67 80 97
Saul Anuzis 24 22 21 24 32 37 43
Maria Cino 32 30 28 29 40 34 28
Ann Wagner 23 27 32 28 28 17 Withdrew
Michael Steele 44 37 33 28 Withdrew
     Candidate won majority of votes in the round
     Candidate secured a plurality of votes in the round
     Candidate withdrew

Leadership and staff

Co-Chairman: Sharon Day[21]

Finance Director: Cara Mason[22]

Director of Coalitions: Angela Sailor[23]

Communications: Sean Spicer, Director; Allison Moore,[24] Press Secretary; Tyler Brown, Deputy Communications Director[25]

Research Director: Raj Shah[26]

Congressional Chairs of the 2012 Republican Party Platform are Tennessee Representative Marsha Blackburn and North Dakota Senator John Hoeven

Current Republican National Committee members

This is a list of the voting members of the Republican National Committee as of April 2016. The state chair, national committeeman and national committeewoman each receive one vote at RNC meetings and votes for RNC Chairmanship.

State Chairperson Committeeman Committeewoman
Alabama[27]Terry Lathan Paul Reynolds Vicki Drummond
Alaska[28] Peter Goldberg Ralph Seekins Cynthia Henry
American Samoa[29] Utu Abe Malae Su'a Schuster Amata C. Radewagen
Arizona[30] Robert Graham Bruce Ash Sharon Giese
Arkansas[31] Doyle Webb Jonathan Barnett Jonelle Fulmer
California[32] Jim Brulte Shawn Steel Linda Ackerman
Colorado[33] Steve HouseGeorge Leing Lilly Y. Nuñez
Connecticut[34] J. R. Romano John H. Frey Pat Longo
Delaware[35] Charlie Copeland W. Laird Stabler, III Ellen Barrosse
District of Columbia[36] Jose Cunningham Robert Kabel Jill Homan
Florida[37] Blaise Ingoglia Peter Feaman Sharon Day
Georgia[38] John Padgett Randy Evans Linda D. Herren
Guam[39] Mike Benito David Sablan Margaret Metcalfe
Hawaii[40] Fritz Rohlfing Theodore Liu Miriam Hellreich
Idaho[41] Stephen Yates Damond Watkins Cindy Siddoway
Illinois[42] Tim Schneider Richard Porter Demetra DeMonte
Indiana[43] Jeff Cardwell John Hammond Marsha Coats
Iowa[44] Jeff Kaufmann Steve Scheffler Tamara Scott
Kansas[45] Kelly Arnold Todd Tiahrt Helen Van Etten
Kentucky[46] J. Brown Mike Duncan KC Crosbie
Louisiana[47] Roger F. Villere, Jr. Ross Little, Jr. Lenar Whitney
Maine[48] Rick Bennett Alex Willette Ashley Ryan
Maryland[49] Diana Waterman Louis M. Pope Nicolee Ambrose
Massachusetts[50] Kirsten Hughes Ron Kaufman Chanel Prunier
Michigan[51] Ronna R. McDaniel David Agema Kathy Berden
Minnesota[52] Keith Downey Chris Tiedeman Janet Beihoffer
Mississippi[53] Joe Nosef Henry Barbour Jeanne C. Luckey
Missouri[54] John Hancock Lance Beshore Susie Eckelkamp
Montana[55] Jeff Essmann Errol Galt Betti C. Hill
Nebraska[56] Dan WelchJ. L. Spray Joyce Simmons
Nevada[57] Michael J. McDonald Lee Hoffman Diana Orrock
New Hampshire[58] Jennifer Horn Steve Duprey Juliana Bergeron
New Jersey[59] Sam Raia Bill Palatucci Virginia Haines
New Mexico[60] Debbie Maestas Pat Rogers Rosalind F. Tripp
New York[61] Edward F. Cox Charles P. Joyce Jennifer Saul Rich
North Carolina[62] Hasan Harnett David R. Lewis Ada Fisher
North Dakota[63] Kelly Armstrong Curly Haugland Sandy Boehler
Northern Mariana Islands[64] James A. Ada Bo Palacios Vicky Villagomez
Ohio[65] Matt Borges Jim Dicke Jo Ann Davidson
Oklahoma[66] Pam Pollard Steve Fair Carolyn McLarty
Oregon[67] Bill Currier Solomon Yue, Jr. Donna Cain
Pennsylvania[68] Robert Gleason Robert B. Asher Christine Jack Toretti
Puerto Rico[69] Jennifer G. Colon Luis Fortuño Zoraida "Zori" Fonalledas
Rhode Island[70] Brandon Bell Steve Frias Lee Ann Sennick
South Carolina[71] Matt Moore Glenn McCall Cindy Costa
South Dakota[72] Pam Roberts Dana Randall Sandye Kading
Tennessee[73] Ryan Haynes John Ryder Peggy Lambert
Texas[74] Tom Mechler Robin Armstrong Toni Anne Dashiell
Utah[75] James Evans Bruce Hough Enid Mickelsen
Vermont[76] David Sunderland Jay Shepard Susie Hudson
Virginia[77] John C. Whitbeck Morton Blackwell Kathy Terry
Washington[78] Susan Hutchison Jeff Kent Fredi Simpson
West Virginia[79] Conrad Lucas Kris Warner Melody Potter
Wisconsin[80] Brad Courtney Steve King Mary F. Buestrin
Wyoming[81] Matt Micheli Greg Schaefer Marti Halverson

Para Bellum Labs

In February 2014, during the chairmanship of Reince Priebus, the RNC launched an in-house technology incubator called Para Bellum Labs.[82] This new unit of the RNC was first headed by Azarias Reda, an engineer with a PhD in computer science from the University of Michigan. The effort is designed to help the party and its candidates bridge the technology gap. Para Bellum, translated from Latin, means "prepare for war."[83]

See also

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