Editing Republican National Committee (section)

{{short description|Top institution of the U.S. Republican Party}}
{{distinguish|text = the [[Republican National Convention]]}}
{{Infobox organization
| name                     = Republican National Committee
| logo                     = File:Republican Party Disc (alternate).svg
| image                    = Republican National Committee (53832137970).jpg
| caption                  = Headquarters (2024)
| coordinates              = {{coord|38.88538|N|77.00552|W||display=inline,title}}
| key_people               = '''[[List of chairs of the Republican National Committee|Chair]]:'''<br>[[Michael Whatley]]<br>'''Co-Chair:'''<br>[[KC Crosbie]]<ref name="klbrief"/><br>'''Finance Chair:'''<br>[[JD Vance]]<ref>{{cite news |last=Singman |first=Brooke |date=March 18, 2025 |url=https://www.fox8tv.com/vice-president-jd-vance-to-play-key-role-with-rnc-to-fully-enact-maga-mandate-grow-gop-majority-in-2026/ |title=Vice President JD Vance to play key role with RNC to 'fully enact MAGA mandate,' grow GOP majority in 2026 |website=Fox News |access-date=March 18, 2025 |via=[[WWCP-TV]]}}</ref><br>'''Secretary:'''<br>Vicki Drummond<br>'''Treasurer:'''<br>[[Joe Gruters]]
| affiliations             = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]
| website                  = {{URL|https://www.gop.com}}
| founded                  = June 1856; {{years ago|1856|6}} years ago
| location_city            = 310 First Street SE,<br />[[Washington, D.C.]]
| location_country         = U.S.
| homepage                 = 
}}

The '''Republican National Committee''' ('''RNC''') is the primary committee of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party of the United States]]. Its members are chosen by the state delegations at the national convention every four years.<ref>"At the national convention, each of the parties formally chooses a national committee, elected by the individual state parties." Steffen W. Schmidt, Mack C. Shelley, Barbara A. Bardes	'American Government and Politics Today'' (Cengage Learning	2021) p 167.</ref>  It is responsible for developing and promoting the Republican brand and [[political platform]], as well as assisting in [[fundraising]] and election strategy. It does not have direct authority over elected officials.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Heersink|first=Boris|date=2021|title=Examining Democratic and Republican National Committee Party Branding Activity, 1953–2012|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-politics/article/abs/examining-democratic-and-republican-national-committee-party-branding-activity-19532012/802134F756C75CD7492A37072A2E50D6|journal=Perspectives on Politics|volume=21 |language=en|pages=142–159|doi=10.1017/S1537592721000025|s2cid=233646493|issn=1537-5927|access-date=2021-03-23|archive-date=2021-03-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210324143844/https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-politics/article/abs/examining-democratic-and-republican-national-committee-party-branding-activity-19532012/802134F756C75CD7492A37072A2E50D6|url-status=live|url-access=subscription}}</ref> It is also responsible for organizing and running the [[Republican National Convention]].  When a Republican is president, the White House controls the committee. According to Boris Heersink, "political scientists have traditionally described the parties' national committees as inconsequential but impartial service providers."<ref>Boris Heersink, "Trump and the party-in-organization: Presidential control of national party organizations." ''Journal of Politics'' 80.4 (2018): 1474–1482.</ref><ref>Cornelius P. Cotter, and Bernard C. Hennessy, eds. ''Politics without Power: The National Party Committees'' (1964) [https://www.amazon.com/Politics-without-Power-National-Committees/dp/0202363171/ excerpt] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211014093724/https://www.amazon.com/Politics-without-Power-National-Committees/dp/0202363171 |date=2021-10-14 }}.</ref>

Similar committees exist in every U.S. state and most [[County (United States)|U.S. counties]], although in some states party organization is structured by [[List of United States congressional districts|congressional district]], allied campaign organizations being governed by a national committee. [[Michael Whatley]] is the current committee chairman.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://gop.com/leaders/national/ |title=National Leadership |website=GOP.com |access-date=March 24, 2021 |archive-date=May 6, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170506072757/https://gop.com/leaders/national/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The Democratic Party's counterpart to the RNC is the [[Democratic National Committee]].