Editing Republican National Committee (section)

====2013–2023 elections====
Priebus won re-election with near unanimity in the party's 2013 meeting in [[Charlotte, North Carolina]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://time.com/3624743/rnc-reince-priebus-reelection-bid/ |title=RNC Chairman Reince Priebus Set for Re-Election Bid |first=Zeke J |last=Miller |newspaper=Time |date=December 8, 2014 |access-date=June 25, 2016 |quote=Priebus was re-elected to his second term with near unanimity in 2013 at the party's meeting in Charlotte |archive-date=September 13, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160913101214/http://time.com/3624743/rnc-reince-priebus-reelection-bid/ |url-status=live }}</ref>  He was re-elected to a third term in 2015, setting him up to become the longest serving head of the party ever.<ref>{{cite news |last=Preston |first=Mark |date=January 16, 2015 |title=Priebus overwhelmingly elected to third term as RNC chairman |work=CNN |url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/16/politics/priebus-reelected-to-third-term-as-rnc-chairman/ |url-status=live |access-date=June 25, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160628045012/http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/16/politics/priebus-reelected-to-third-term-as-rnc-chairman |archive-date=June 28, 2016 |quote=Priebus was elected Friday in a resounding vote to serve a third term as chairman of the Republican National Committee, putting him on course to become the longest serving head of the national party in history.}}</ref>

After winning in November 2016, President-elect [[Donald Trump]] designated Priebus as his [[White House Chief of Staff]], to begin upon his taking office in January 2017; [[David Bossie]] of Maryland was seen as a potential next RNC chairman.<ref name="cos">{{Cite web |url=http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/donald-trump-names-rnc-chair-reince-priebus-chief-staff-sources-n683276 |title=Donald Trump Names RNC Chair Reince Priebus Chief of Staff |last1=Jackson |first1=Hallie |last2=Tur |first2=Katy |last3=Jaffe |first3=Alexandra |date=November 13, 2016 |work=NBC News |pages=1 |access-date=November 13, 2016 |archive-date=November 22, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161122210630/http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/donald-trump-names-rnc-chair-reince-priebus-chief-staff-sources-n683276 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Trump then recommended [[Ronna Romney McDaniel]] as RNC Chairwoman and she was elected to that role by the RNC in January 2017. McDaniel was re-elected in 2019 and 2021.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/533337-ronna-mcdaniel-reelected-as-rnc-chair/ |title=Ronna McDaniel reelected as RNC chair |date=January 8, 2021 |work=The Hill |first=Max |last=Greenwood |access-date=January 8, 2021 |archive-date=January 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210108165823/https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/533337-ronna-mcdaniel-reelected-as-rnc-chair |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Mike Lindell]] announced that he would challenge McDaniel in 2023. Lindell accused McDaniel of not denying the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election forcefully enough, and criticized her for presiding over the RNC during three disappointing election years.<ref name="Lindell">{{cite web|url= https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/mypillow-ceo-mike-lindell-launches-odd-campaign-rnc-chair-rcna59136|title= MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell launches odd campaign for RNC chair|website=MSNBC|date= 29 November 2022|access-date= 2022-11-30|archive-date= 2022-11-30|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20221130044529/https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/mypillow-ceo-mike-lindell-launches-odd-campaign-rnc-chair-rcna59136|url-status= live}}</ref> McDaniel was re-elected in to a fourth term in January 2023, easily defeating Lindell and California RNC committeewoman [[Harmeet Dhillon]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/republican-national-committee-elects-chair/ |title=Ronna McDaniel reelected Republican National Committee chaiinr |date=January 27, 2023 |work=CBS News |first1=Musadiq |last1=Bidar |first2=Fin |last2=Gómez |access-date=January 28, 2023 |archive-date=January 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127211926/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/republican-national-committee-elects-chair/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
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!Candidate
!Round 1
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|'''[[Ronna McDaniel]]'''
| style="background:limegreen;" |111
|-
|[[Harmeet Dhillon]]
|51
|-
|[[Mike Lindell]]
|4
|-
|[[Lee Zeldin]]
|1
|}
{{Color box|limegreen|border=darkgray}} Candidate won majority of votes in the round