Editing Republican National Committee (section)

===Elections===
====1993 election====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Candidate
!Round 1
!Round 2
!Round 3
|-
|'''[[Haley Barbour]]'''
|style="background:cornflowerblue;"|60
|style="background:cornflowerblue;"|66
|style="background:limegreen;"|90
|-
|[[Spencer Abraham]]
|47
|52
|57
|-
|[[Bo Callaway]]
|22
|19
|18
|-
|[[John Ashcroft]]
|26
|20
|style="background:lightgrey;"|''Withdrew''
|-
|[[Craig Berkman]]
|10
|8
|style="background:lightgrey;"|''Withdrew''
|}

:{{Color box|limegreen|border=darkgray}} Candidate won majority of votes in the round
:{{Color box|cornflowerblue|border=darkgray}} Candidate secured a plurality of votes in the round
:{{Color box|lightgrey|border=darkgray}} Candidate withdrew

====1997 election====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Candidate
!Round 1
!Round 2
!Round 3
!Round 4
!Round 5
!Round 6
|-
|'''[[Jim Nicholson (American politician)|Jim Nicholson]]'''
|23
|30
|38
|style="background:cornflowerblue;"|65
|style="background:cornflowerblue;"|74
|style="background:limegreen;"|*
|-
|[[David Norcross]]
|41
|style="background:cornflowerblue;"|46
|style="background:cornflowerblue;"|47
|50
|47
|style="background:lightgrey;"|''Withdrew''
|-
|[[Steve Merrill]]
|style="background:cornflowerblue;"|42
|42
|43
|46
|43
|style="background:lightgrey;"|''Withdrew''
|-
|[[John S. Herrington]]
|4
|4
|3
|3
|style="background:lightgrey;"|''Withdrew''
|style="background:lightgrey;"|-
|-
|[[Tom Pauken]]
|22
|24
|21
|style="background:lightgrey;"|''Withdrew''
|style="background:lightgrey;"|
|style="background:lightgrey;"|-
|-
|[[Chuck Yob]]
|17
|18
|12
|style="background:lightgrey;"|''Withdrew''
|style="background:lightgrey;"|
|style="background:lightgrey;"|-
|-
|[[Robert T. Bennett]]
|15
|style="background:lightgrey;"|''Withdrew''
|style="background:lightgrey;"|
|style="background:lightgrey;"|
|style="background:lightgrey;"|
|style="background:lightgrey;"|
|}

:{{Color box|limegreen|border=darkgray}} Candidate won majority of votes in the round
:{{Color box|cornflowerblue|border=darkgray}} Candidate secured a plurality of votes in the round
:{{Color box|lightgrey|border=darkgray}} Candidate withdrew
* Merrill and Norcross both dropped out after the fifth round, giving the chairmanship to Nicholson by acclamation.

====2009 election====
{{Main|2009 Republican National Committee chairmanship election}}
On November 24, 2008, Steele launched his campaign for the RNC chairmanship with the launching of his website.<ref name=PolitickerMD_Reiter>{{cite web|url=http://www.politickermd.com/danielreiter/4232/steele-website-goes-live#comment-9959 |title=Steele Website Goes Live |first=Daniel |last=Reiter |publisher=Politicker.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090126051147/http://www.politickermd.com/danielreiter/4232/steele-website-goes-live |archive-date=January 26, 2009}}</ref> On January 30, 2009, Steele won the chairmanship of the RNC in the sixth round, with 91 votes to Dawson's 77.<ref name=BURNS>{{cite news|last=Burns|first=Alexander|title=It's Steele!|publisher=Politico|date=2009-01-30|url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0109/18216.html|access-date=2009-01-30|archive-date=2009-02-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090201061324/http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0109/18216.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

''Source: CQPolitics'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=news-000003021842&cpage=1 |title=Republican Choose Michael Steele as Party Chairman |publisher=CQ Politics |date=January 30, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090203003925/http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=news-000003021842&cpage=1 |archive-date=February 3, 2009}}</ref> and Poll Pundit.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://polipundit.com/index.php?p=20632 |title=RNC Chairman Vote: Live Coverage |work=PollPundit.com |date=January 30, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202073843/http://polipundit.com/index.php?p=20632 |archive-date=February 2, 2009}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Candidate
!Round 1
!Round 2
!Round 3
!Round 4
!Round 5
!Round 6
|-
|'''[[Michael Steele]]'''
|46
|style="background:cornflowerblue;"|48
|style="background:cornflowerblue;"|51
|60
|style="background:cornflowerblue;"|79
|style="background:limegreen;"|91
|-
|[[Katon Dawson]]
|28
|29
|34
|style="background:cornflowerblue;"|62
|69
|77
|-
|[[Saul Anuzis]]
|22
|24
|24
|31
|20
|style="background:lightgrey;"|''Withdrew''
|-
|[[Ken Blackwell]]
|20
|19
|15
|15
|style="background:lightgrey;"|''Withdrew''
|style="background:lightgrey;"|-
|-
|[[Mike Duncan (politician)|Mike Duncan]]
|style="background:cornflowerblue;"|52
|style="background:cornflowerblue;"|48
|44
|style="background:lightgrey;"|''Withdrew''
|style="background:lightgrey;"|
|style="background:lightgrey;"|
|}

:{{Color box|limegreen|border=darkgray}} Candidate won majority of votes in the round
:{{Color box|cornflowerblue|border=darkgray}} Candidate secured a plurality of votes in the round
:{{Color box|lightgrey|border=darkgray}} 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/11/michael_steele_to_run_for_rnc.html?nav=rss_blog |title=Michael Steele to Run For RNC Chair |access-date=February 12, 2009 |last=Cillizza |first=Chris |date=November 13, 2008 |work=[[The Fix (blog)|The Fix]] |publisher=The Washington Post |archive-date=November 2, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111102050734/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/11/michael_steele_to_run_for_rnc.html?nav=rss_blog |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Six people ran for the 2009 RNC Chairmanship: Steele, [[Ken Blackwell]], [[Mike Duncan (politician)|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.<ref>Armbinder, Mark. [http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2009/01/rnc_chairman_duncan_drops_reel.php RNC Chairman Duncan Drops Re-Election Bid] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090201020537/http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2009/01/rnc_chairman_duncan_drops_reel.php |date=2009-02-01 }}, January 30, 2009, ''[[The Atlantic]]''.</ref> 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.<ref>Cillizza, Chris. [http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2009/01/steele_elected_rnc_chair.html Steele Elected RNC Chair] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090801012636/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2009/01/steele_elected_rnc_chair.html |date=2009-08-01 }}, January 30, 2009, ''The Washington Post''.</ref> After the fifth round, Steele held a ten-vote lead over Katon Dawson, with 79 votes, and Saul Anuzis dropped out.<ref>Hamby, Peter. [https://web.archive.org/web/20090202104239/http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/category/rnc-race/ BREAKING: Steele picked to lead RNC], January 30, 2009, [[CNN]] Political Ticker. </ref>  After the sixth vote, he won the chairmanship of the RNC over Dawson by a vote of 91 to 77.<ref>{{cite news|last=Burns|first=Alexander|title=It's Steele!|publisher=Politico|date=January 30, 2009|url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0109/18216.html|access-date=January 30, 2009|archive-date=February 1, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090201061324/http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0109/18216.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=OTgxMDMyNTU4NTE2MjM5MDQyNDlkMzU0YTlkNmNiMjQ= |title=Palin, the Governors, and the New Power in the Republican Party |access-date=February 12, 2009 |last=York |first=Byron |author-link=Byron York |date=November 13, 2008 |publisher=National Review Online |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090109203529/http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=OTgxMDMyNTU4NTE2MjM5MDQyNDlkMzU0YTlkNmNiMjQ= |archive-date=January 9, 2009}}</ref>

====2011 election====
{{Main|2011 Republican National Committee chairmanship election}}
[[File:Reince Priebus by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg|thumb|Chairman of the Republican National Committee [[Reince Priebus]] at the Western Republican Leadership Conference in October 2011 in [[Las Vegas Valley|Las Vegas]]]]
[[Michael Steele]] ran for re-election at the 2011 RNC winter meeting.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://politics.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/12/13/sources-say-steele-will-seek-second-term-rnc-chair |title=Steele Seeks Second Term As RNC Chair |first=Doug |last=McKelway |date=December 13, 2010 |access-date=March 12, 2014 |newspaper=Fox News |archive-date=December 14, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101214235650/http://politics.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/12/13/sources-say-steele-will-seek-second-term-rnc-chair |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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 (USA)|National Press Club]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/76074-steele-faces-opposition-dissent-among-rnc-members/ |title=Steele faces opposition, dissent among RNC members |date=November 27, 2010 |access-date=March 11, 2014 |newspaper=The Hill |first=Elise |last=Viebeck |archive-date=March 12, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140312224959/http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/130791-steele-faces-opposition-dissent-among-rnc-members |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rncdebate.org/ |publisher=Americans for Tax Reform and The Daily Caller |access-date=March 11, 2014 |title=The RNC Chairman's Debate |date=January 3, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140312224431/http://www.rncdebate.org/ |archive-date=March 12, 2014}}</ref> 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.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Candidate
!Round 1
!Round 2
!Round 3
!Round 4
!Round 5
!Round 6
!Round 7
|-
|'''[[Reince Priebus]]'''
|style="background:cornflowerblue;"|45
|style="background:cornflowerblue;"|52
|style="background:cornflowerblue;"|54
|style="background:cornflowerblue;"|58
|style="background:cornflowerblue;"|67
|style="background:cornflowerblue;"|80
|style="background:limegreen;"|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
|style="background:lightgrey;"|''Withdrew''
|-
|[[Michael Steele]]
|44
|37
|33
|28
|style="background:lightgrey; text-align:center"|''Withdrew''
|style="background:lightgrey;"|
|style="background:lightgrey;"|
|}

:{{Color box|limegreen|border=darkgray}} Candidate won majority of votes in the round
:{{Color box|cornflowerblue|border=darkgray}} Candidate secured a plurality of votes in the round
:{{Color box|lightgrey|border=darkgray}} Candidate withdrew

====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"
|-
!Candidate
!Round 1
|-
|'''[[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

==== 2024 election ====
On February 6, 2024, ''[[The New York Times]]'' reported that [[Ronna McDaniel|McDaniel]] intended to resign after the [[2024 South Carolina Republican presidential primary|South Carolina Republican presidential primary]] held on February 24, 2024, following dissatisfaction from former president [[Donald Trump]], who publicly supported [[North Carolina Republican Party]] chair [[Michael Whatley]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-02-07 |title=Ronna McDaniel, R.N.C. Chairwoman, Plans to Step Down |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/06/us/politics/ronna-mcdaniel-rnc-trump.html |access-date=2024-03-13 |language=en |last1=Haberman |first1=Maggie |last2=Goldmacher |first2=Shane |last3=Swan |first3=Jonathan |last4=Karni |first4=Annie }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hagstrom |first=Anders |date=2024-02-26 |title=RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel to resign after Super Tuesday |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/rnc-chair-ronna-mcdaniel-resign-super-tuesday-reports |access-date=2024-03-13 |website=Fox News |language=en-US}}</ref>

McDaniel confirmed these reports when, on February 26, 2024, she and [[Drew McKissick]] announced their resignations as chair and co-chair of the RNC effective on March 8, 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-02-26 |title=RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel announces resignation after Trump criticism |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/rnc-chair-ronna-mcdaniel-resignation-rcna137347 |access-date=2024-03-13 |website=NBC News |language=en}}</ref> Later that same day, Michael Whatley, chair of the [[North Carolina Republican Party]], announced that he would seek the position of RNC chair. 

[[Lara Trump]], daughter-in-law of former president [[Donald Trump]], also announced on February 28 that she would seek to succeed McKissick as co-chair of the RNC.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hagstrom |first=Anders |date=2024-02-28 |title=Lara Trump officially announces campaign for RNC co-chair as Trump loyalists move in |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/lara-trump-officially-announces-campaign-rnc-co-chair-trump-loyalists-move |access-date=2024-03-13 |website=Fox News |language=en-US}}</ref> Both Whatley and Trump gained the endorsement of former President Trump.

Whatley and Trump were both elected via acclamation as chair and co-chair of the Republican National Committee on March 8, 2024.

==== 2025 election ====
Whatley was reelected as RNC chair on January 17, 2025, and [[KC Crosbie]], whom Donald Trump endorsed, was elected as co-chair, after Lara Trump chose not to continue in the role.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/17/michael-whatley-reelected-rnc-chair-00198968 |title=Michael Whatley reelected RNC chair |date=2025-01-17 |website=Politico |first=Natalie |last=Allison |access-date=2025-02-07}}</ref>