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{{short description|Michigan affiliate of the Republican Party}}
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{{Infobox political party
| name             = Michigan Republican Party
| logo             = Michigan Republican Party logo.svg
| colorcode        = {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}
| foundation       = {{Start date and age|1854|7|6}}, in [[Jackson, Michigan]]
| ideology         = [[Conservatism in the United States|Conservatism]] <!-- Do not add "subideologies" such as "right-wing populism" or "social conservatism" per consensus on main Republican Party page-->
| headquarters     = [[Lansing, Michigan]]
| national         = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]
| country          = United States
| state            = Michigan
| chairperson      = [[Jim Runestad]]
| leader1_title    = Senate Leader
| leader1_name     = [[Aric Nesbitt]]
| leader3_title    = House Leader
| leader3_name     = [[Matt Hall (politician)|Matt Hall]]
| womens_wing      = Republican Women's Federation of Michigan
| student_wing     = Michigan Federation of [[College Republicans]]
| youth_wing       = Michigan [[Young Republicans]]<br />Michigan [[Teen Age Republicans]]
| seats1_title     = [[Michigan House of Representatives]]
| seats1           = {{Composition bar|58|110|hex={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}}}
| seats2_title     = [[Michigan Senate]]
| seats2           = {{Composition bar|18|38|hex={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}}}
| seats3_title     = [[Government of Michigan#Executive branch|Statewide Executive Offices]]
| seats3           = {{Composition bar|0|4|hex={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}}}
| seats4_title     = [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]]
| seats4           = {{Composition bar|7|13|hex={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}}}
| seats5_title     = [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]]
| seats5           = {{Composition bar|0|2|hex={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}}}
| colors           = {{Color box|{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}|border=darkgray}} [[Red states and blue states|Red]]
| website          = [https://michiganrepublicanparty.com Official website]
| symbol           = [[File:Republican Party Disc (alternate).svg|100px]]
}}

The '''Michigan Republican Party''' is the [[U.S. state|state]] affiliate of the national [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] in [[Michigan]], United States, sometimes referred to as '''MIGOP'''.

[[Ronna Romney McDaniel]] was the chairwoman of the party, having been elected in 2015 by delegates to the Republican State Convention, in 2017, McDaniel became [[Republican National Committee]] Chairwoman, serving until 2024.<ref name="POLITICO">{{Cite news |last=Nelson |first=Louis |date=January 19, 2017 |title=Ronna Romney McDaniel tapped to be new RNC chair |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/ronna-romney-mcdaniel-rnc-chair-233848 |access-date=September 2, 2017 |work=Politico}}</ref> The Michigan Republican Party hosts a biennial political conference at the [[Grand Hotel (Mackinac Island)|Mackinac Island Grand Hotel]] called the [[Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference]]. The event features notable national Republicans, senators, governors, and presidential candidates.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mackinacgop.com/about/|title=About {{!}} Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference|website=Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference|language=en-US|access-date=September 2, 2017}}</ref>

Even though the Michigan Republican Party has historically been characterized by conservatism, the party took a hard-right turn after [[Donald Trump]] won the presidency in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 20, 2021 |title=Once the mainstream model, Michigan GOP embraces right wing |url=https://apnews.com/article/michigan-gop-embraces-right-wing-d5e0b7626e0adaf07e6edf088e25e043 |access-date=July 14, 2021 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=February 26, 2021 |title=Michigan GOP embraces right wing, moving away from its once mainstream model |url=https://www.theoaklandpress.com/2021/02/26/michigan-gop-embraces-right-wing-moving-away-from-its-once-mainstream-model/ |access-date=September 7, 2023 |website=The Oakland Press |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Layne |first=Nathan |date=February 17, 2023 |title=Insight: Far-right Republican groups surge in swing state Michigan |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/far-right-republican-groups-surge-swing-state-michigan-2023-02-17/ |access-date=September 7, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=February 26, 2021 |title=Once the mainstream model, Michigan GOP embraces right wing |url=https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/once-the-mainstream-model-michigan-gop-embraces-right-wing-gop-michigan-donald-trump-party-wing-b1807814.html |access-date=September 7, 2023 |work=The Independent |language=en-GB}}</ref> After the [[2020 United States elections]], the Michigan Republican Party pushed [[False claims of fraud in the 2020 presidential election|false claims of fraud]] and sought to [[Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election|overturn the election results]].<ref name=":1"/><ref name=":2"/><ref name=":3"/> A months-long Republican investigation found there was no evidence of widespread fraud and recommended for the attorney general to investigate some who had made such allegations for personal gain.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Oosting |first=Jonathan |date=June 23, 2021 |title=GOP investigation finds no Michigan vote fraud, deems many claims 'ludicrous' &#124; Bridge Michigan |url=https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/gop-investigation-finds-no-michigan-vote-fraud-deems-many-claims-ludicrous |access-date=February 2, 2024 |work=[[Bridge Michigan]]}}</ref>

==History==
Republicans have been elected to the [[List of governors of Michigan|governorship of Michigan]] in 27 of 48 gubernatorial elections. The first was [[Kingsley S. Bingham]] in 1855, and the most recent is [[Rick Snyder]], who was elected in [[2010 Michigan gubernatorial election|2010]], and then re-elected in [[2014 Michigan gubernatorial election|2014]].{{Citation needed|date=May 2020}}

After President [[Richard Nixon]] resigned due to the [[Watergate scandal]], Vice President [[Gerald Ford]] became the 38th President of the United States. Ford grew up in [[Grand Rapids, Michigan|Grand Rapids]] and served as a U.S. Representative from Michigan from 1949 to 1973.{{Citation needed|date=May 2020}}

Following the 2016 election and [[Reince Priebus]]' selection to be [[White House Chief of Staff]], Michigan Republican Party Chairman [[Ronna Romney McDaniel]] became Chairwoman of the [[Republican National Committee]]. Then-President-elect Trump recommended McDaniel in December 2016 to replace Priebus.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Spangler |first=Todd |date=December 14, 2016 |title=Trump names Michigan's Ronna Romney McDaniel RNC chair |url=https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2016/12/14/donald-trump-ronna-romney-mcdaniel/95441190 |access-date=February 2, 2024 |work=Detroit Free Press |language=en}}</ref> She was officially elected as RNC chair on January 19, 2017, becoming the second woman to hold the post in RNC history, after [[Mary Louise Smith (politician)|Mary Louise Smith]].<ref name="POLITICO"/>

After [[Joe Biden]] won the [[2020 United States presidential election in Michigan|2020 presidential election in Michigan]] and [[Donald Trump]] refused to concede, the Michigan Republican Party pushed false claims of fraud and sought to overturn the election results.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Mack |first=Julie |date=November 22, 2020 |title=6 reasons that allegations of Michigan election fraud defy common sense |url=https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2020/11/5-reasons-that-allegations-of-michigan-election-fraud-defy-common-sense.html |access-date=January 18, 2021 |website=mlive |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Oosting |first=Jonathan |date=December 9, 2020 |title='I am certainly not dead!' Living voters contradict Michigan GOP fraud claims |url=https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/i-am-certainly-not-dead-living-voters-contradict-michigan-gop-fraud-claims |access-date=January 18, 2021 |website=bridgemi.com}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|last=Boucher|first=Dave|title=McDaniel claims election misconduct in Michigan, elsewhere, but doesn't present proof|url=https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/11/06/mcdaniel-claims-election-misconduct-michigan-without-presenting-proof/6185731002/|access-date=January 18, 2021|website=Detroit Free Press|language=en-US}}</ref> In January 2021, the Michigan Republican Party sought to replace GOP member Aaron Van Langevelde on the Michigan Board of Canvassers; he had previously voted to certify the Michigan election results in favor of Biden.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last1=Mauger|first1=Craig|last2=LeBlanc|first2=Beth|title=Michigan Republicans seek to replace GOP canvasser who certified election|url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2021/01/18/michigan-republicans-seek-replace-canvasser-who-certified-election/4202195001/|access-date=January 18, 2021|website=The Detroit News|language=en-US}}</ref> One of the candidates that the Michigan Republican Party sought to nominate to that position was Linda Lee Tarver, who had been involved in efforts to overturn the election results.<ref name=":0"/>

According to the [[Associated Press]], since Trump's defeat in the 2020 presidential election and Michigan swinging back to the Democrats, the Michigan GOP have taken a hard right-wing turn. The shift has altered the once moderate character of the state GOP and has instead embraced more right-wing elements.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Beaumont |first1=Thomas |last2=Eggert |first2=David |name-list-style=and |date=April 20, 2021 |title=Once the mainstream model, Michigan GOP embraces right wing |url=https://apnews.com/article/michigan-gop-embraces-right-wing-d5e0b7626e0adaf07e6edf088e25e043 |access-date=May 26, 2021 |website=AP News}}</ref> In 2021, the executive director of the Michigan GOP resigned after he declined to say that the 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump; delegates in the Michigan GOP had called for him to be fired for his remarks.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Boucher |first1=Dave |last2=Hendrickson |first2=Clara |name-list-style=and |date=July 14, 2021 |title=Michigan GOP executive who blamed Trump for election loss resigns leadership post |url=https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2021/07/14/michigan-gop-executive-jason-roe-resigns/7966882002/ |access-date=July 14, 2021 |website=Detroit Free Press |language=en-US}}</ref> Increasing internal divisions within the Michigan Republican Party led to a violent physical brawl at a state committee meeting in 2023, during which one party activist allegedly kicked a committee member in the groin and broke his rib.<ref name="brawl">{{cite magazine |last=Wade |first=Peter |date=July 9, 2023 |title='He Kicked Me in My Balls.' Fight at Michigan GOP Meeting Turns Physical: Report |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/kicked-in-balls-fight-michigan-gop-1234785273/ |access-date=February 2, 2024 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]}}</ref>

==Current elected Republicans in Michigan==
[[File:President Gerald R. Ford poses for an official White House photo in Washington, D.C. Exact date shot unknown 131030-N-ZZ999-004.jpg|thumb|right|President [[Gerald Ford]] (1974–1977)]]

===Members of Congress===
====U.S. Senate====
* None

Both of Michigan's [[U.S. Senate]] seats have been held by [[Michigan Democratic Party|Democrats]] since [[2000 United States Senate elections|2001]]. [[Spencer Abraham]] was the last Republican to represent Michigan in the U.S. Senate. First elected in [[1994 United States Senate election in Michigan|1994]], Abraham lost re-election in [[2000 United States Senate election in Michigan|2000]] to Democrat [[Debbie Stabenow]].

====U.S. House of Representatives====
Out of the 13 seats Michigan is apportioned in the [[U.S. House of Representatives]], 7 are held by Republicans:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!District
!Member
!Photo
|-
|[[Michigan's 1st congressional district|1st]]
|{{Sortname|first=Jack|last=Bergman}}
|[[File:Jack Bergman (cropped).jpg|center|frameless|130px]]
|-
|[[Michigan's 2nd congressional district|2nd]]
|{{Sortname|first=John|last=Moolenaar}}
|[[File:John Moolenaar (cropped).jpg|center|frameless|130px]]
|-
|[[Michigan's 4th congressional district|4th]]
|{{Sortname|first=Bill|last=Huizenga}}
|[[File:Rep. Bill Huizenga - 118th Congress (cropped).jpg|center|frameless|130px]]
|-
|[[Michigan's 5th congressional district|5th]]
|{{Sortname|first=Tim|last=Walberg}}
|[[File:TimWalbergHeadshot (cropped).jpg |center|frameless|130px]]
|-
|[[Michigan's 7th congressional district|7th]]
|{{Sortname|first=Tom|last=Barrett|dab=Michigan politician}}
|[[File:Rep._Tom_Barrett_official_photo,_119th_Congress_(cropped).jpg|center|frameless|130px]]
|-
|[[Michigan's 9th congressional district|9th]]
|{{Sortname|first=Lisa|last=McClain}}
|[[File:Lisa McClain 117th U.S Congress (cropped).jpg|center|frameless|130px]]
|-
|[[Michigan's 10th congressional district|10th]]
|{{Sortname|first=John|last=James|dab=Michigan politician}}
|[[File:Rep. John James official photo, 118th Congress (cropped).jpg|center|frameless|130px]]
|}

===Statewide===
* None

Michigan has not elected any GOP candidates to statewide office since 2014, when [[Rick Snyder]], [[Brian Calley]], [[Bill Schuette]], and [[Ruth Johnson]] were re-elected as governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, and secretary of state, respectively. In 2018, term limits prevented all four politicians from seeking third terms. Schuette ran as the Republican nominee in the [[2018 Michigan gubernatorial election|2018 gubernatorial election]] with [[Lisa Posthumus Lyons]] as his running mate and was subsequently defeated by Democratic challenger [[Gretchen Whitmer]] and running mate [[Garlin Gilchrist]] while [[Tom Leonard (Michigan politician)|Tom Leonard]] and Mary Treder Lang ran as the Republican nominees for Attorney General and Secretary of State and were subsequently defeated by Democratic challengers [[Dana Nessel]] and [[Jocelyn Benson]].

===Michigan Legislature===
*[[Michigan Senate|Senate Minority Leader]]: '''[[Aric Nesbitt]]'''
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*Majority Leader of the [[Michigan House of Representatives]]: '''[[Bryan Posthumus]]'''
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*[[Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives]]: '''[[Matt Hall (politician)|Matt Hall]]'''
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==United States cabinet members from Michigan who served under a Republican president==
The following are in order of presidential succession.
[[File:Charles Wilson official DoD photo.jpg|thumb|Charles Wilson, nicknamed "Engine Charlie", was formerly CEO of [[General Motors|GM]].]]
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Name
! Cabinet position
! Years served
! President(s) served under
|-
| {{sortname|Charles Erwin|Wilson}}
| [[United States Secretary of Defense|Secretary of Defense]]
| 1953–1957
| {{sortname|Dwight D.|Eisenhower}}
|-
| {{sortname|Zachariah|Chandler}}
| [[United States Secretary of the Interior|Secretary of the Interior]]
| 1875–1877
| {{sortname|Ulysses S.|Grant}}
|-
| {{sortname|Roy D.|Chapin}}
| [[Secretary of Commerce]]
| 1932–1933
| {{sortname|Herbert|Hoover}}
|-
| {{sortname|Frederick H.|Mueller}}
| [[Secretary of Commerce]]
| 1959–1961
| {{sortname|Dwight D.|Eisenhower}}
|-
| {{sortname|George W.|Romney}}
| [[Secretary of Housing and Urban Development]]
| 1969–1973
| {{sortname|Richard|Nixon}}
|-
| {{sortname|David|Stockman}}
| [[Office of Management and Budget|Director of Office of Management and Budget]]
| 1981–1985
| {{sortname|Ronald|Reagan}}
|-
| {{sortname|Spencer|Abraham}}
| [[Secretary of Energy]]
| 2001–2005
| {{sortname|George W.|Bush}}
|-
| {{sortname|Betsy|DeVos}}
| [[United States Secretary of Education|Secretary of Education]]
| 2017–2021
| {{sortname|Donald|Trump}}
|-
| {{sortname|Russell A.|Alger}}
| [[United States Secretary of War|Secretary of War]] (obsolete)
| 1897–1899
| {{sortname|William|McKinley}}
|-
| {{sortname|Truman Handy|Newberry}}
| [[Secretary of the Navy]] (obsolete)
| 1908–1909
| {{sortname|Theodore|Roosevelt}}
|-
| rowspan=2 | {{sortname|Edwin|Denby|Edwin Denby (politician)}}
| rowspan=2 | [[Secretary of the Navy]] (obsolete)
| rowspan=2 | 1921–1924
| {{sortname|Warren G.|Harding}}
|-
| {{sortname|Calvin|Coolidge}}
|-
| {{sortname|Arthur|Summerfield}}
| [[United States Postmaster General|Postmaster General]] (obsolete)
| 1953–1961
| {{sortname|Dwight D.|Eisenhower}}
|-
| {{sortname|Ben|Carson}}
| [[United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development|Secretary of Housing & Urban Development]]
| 2017–2021
| {{sortname|Donald|Trump}}
|}

==Michigan Republican State Committee==
The '''Michigan Republican State Committee''' is the state central committee of the Michigan Republican Party. It is composed of seven members from each of Michigan's Congressional district Republican committees, the Chairman, Co-Chairman, the various Vice Chairmen of the Party, and the Secretary, Treasurer and General and Financial Counsels. It selects Michigan's two representatives to the [[Republican National Committee]]. Additionally, the Chairperson of each County Republican Party organization is a non-voting ex officio member of the State Committee.

===Current leadership===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Position
!Name
|-
|Chair
|[[Jim Runestad]]
|-
|Co-Chair
|Bernadette Smith
|-
|Grassroots Vice-Chair
|Chris Long
|-
|Administrative Vice-Chair
|Cheryl Constantino
|-
|Coalitions Vice-Chair
|Susan Kokinda
|-
|Outreach Vice-Chair
|Rola Makki
|-
|Ethnic Vice-Chair
|Michael Farage
|-
|Youth Vice-Chair
|Krish Mathrani
|-
|National Committeewoman
|Hima Kolanagireddy
|-
|National Committeeman
|Dr. Rob Steele
|}

===Chairmen of the Michigan Republican State Committee===
[[File:SenatorHenryBaldwinofMichigan.JPG|right|thumb|[[Henry P. Baldwin]] is the only former governor to become party chairman; [[John J. Bagley|Bagley]] and [[Alex J. Groesbeck|Groesbeck]] had not yet been governor.]]
{| class="wikitable"
! Name
! Residence
! Years served
|-
| [[Joseph Warren (Michigan politician)|Joseph Warren]]
| [[Detroit]]
| 1854–1855
|-
| [[James M. Edmunds]]
| [[Detroit]]
| 1855–1861
|-
| [[E. C. Walker]]
| [[Detroit]]
| 1861–1862
|-
| [[William Alanson Howard]]<ref>[[William Alanson Howard]] later became [[United States Representative|U. S. Representative]] for the [[Michigan's 1st congressional district]] (1855–59), (1860–61) and [[Governor of Dakota Territory]] (1878–1880)</ref>
| [[Detroit]]
| 1862–1868
|-
| [[Governor of Michigan|Governor]] [[John J. Bagley]]<ref>[[John J. Bagley]] later served as [[Governor of Michigan]] (1873–1877)</ref>
| [[Detroit]]
| 1868–1870
|-
| [[Stephen D. Bingham]]
| [[Lansing, Michigan|Lansing]]
| 1870–1878
|-
| [[George H. Hopkins]]
| [[Detroit]]
| 1878
|-
| [[Zachariah Chandler]]<ref>[[Zachariah Chandler]] had previously been [[Mayor of Detroit]] (1851–1852), [[United States Congressional Delegations from Michigan|U. S. Senator (Class 1) from Michigan]] (1857–1875, 1879) [[United States Secretary of the Interior|U. S. Secretary of the Interior]] (1875–77)  and simultaneously Chairman of the [[Republican National Committee]] (1876–79)</ref>
| [[Detroit]]
| 1878–1879
|-
| [[James McMillan (politician)|James McMillan]]<ref>[[James McMillan (politician)|James McMillan]] was also a [[United States Congressional Delegations from Michigan|U. S. Senator (Class 2) from Michigan]] (1889–1902)</ref>
| [[Detroit]]
| 1879–1880
|-
| Governor [[Henry P. Baldwin]]<ref>[[Henry P. Baldwin]] had previously served as [[Governor of Michigan]] (1869–1873) and [[United States Congressional Delegations from Michigan|United States Senator (Class 1) from Michigan]] (1879–1881)</ref>
| [[Detroit]]
| 1880–1882
|-
| [[Edward S. Lacey]]
| [[Charlotte, Michigan|Charlotte]]
| 1882–1884
|-
| [[Philip T. Van Zile]]
| [[Charlotte, Michigan|Charlotte]]
| 1884–1886
|-
| [[James McMillan (politician)|James McMillan]]
| [[Detroit]]
| 1886–1888
|-
| [[George H. Hopkins]]
| [[Detroit]]
| 1888–1890
|-
| [[James McMillan (politician)|James McMillan]]
| [[Detroit]]
| 1890–1896
|-
| [[Dexter M. Ferry]]
| [[Detroit]]
| 1896–1898
|-
| [[Arthur Marsh (politician)|Arthur Marsh]]
| [[Allegan, Michigan|Allegan]]
| 1898–1900
|-
| [[Gerrit J. Diekema]]<ref>[[Gerrit J. Diekema]] had also been [[United States Representative|U. S. Representative]] for the [[Michigan's 5th congressional district]] (1907–1911)</ref>
| [[Holland, Michigan|Holland]]
| 1900–1910
|-
| [[Frank Knox]]
| [[Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan|Sault Ste. Marie]]
| 1910–1912
|-
| Governor [[Alex J. Groesbeck]]<ref>[[Alex J. Groesbeck]] was later [[Michigan Attorney General]] (1917–1920) and [[Governor of Michigan]] (1921–1927)</ref>
| [[Detroit]]
| 1912–1914
|-
| [[Gilman M. Dame]]
| [[Northport, Michigan|Northport]]
| 1914–1916
|-
| [[John D. Mangum]]
| [[Marquette, Michigan|Marquette]]
| 1916–1918
|-
| [[Burt D. Cady]]
| [[Port Huron, Michigan|Port Huron]]
| 1919–1925
|-
| Kennedy L. Potter
| [[Jackson, Michigan|Jackson]]
| 1925–1927
|-
| [[Gerrit J. Diekema]]
| [[Holland, Michigan|Holland]]
| 1927–1929
|-
| [[Howard C. Lawrence]]
| [[Ionia, Michigan|Ionia]] and [[Saginaw, Michigan|Saginaw]]
| 1929–1937
|-
| [[James Francis Thomson]]
| [[Jackson, Michigan|Jackson]]
| 1937–1940
|-
| [[Leslie B. Butler]]
| [[Lansing, Michigan|Lansing]]
| 1940–1942
|-
| [[John R. Dethmers]]<ref>[[John R. Dethmers]] was later [[Michigan Attorney General]] (1945–1946)</ref>
| [[Holland, Michigan|Holland]]
| 1942–1945
|-
| [[John A. Wagner]]
| [[Battle Creek, Michigan|Battle Creek]]
| 1945–1949
|-Michigan Secretary of State 1953–1954
| [[Owen Cleary]]<ref>[[Owen Cleary]] was later [[Michigan Secretary of State]] (1953–1954)</ref>
| [[Ypsilanti, Michigan|Ypsilanti]]
| 1949–1953
|-
| [[John Feikens]]<ref>[[John Feikens]] is currently Senior Judge, [[United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan|U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan]] (since 1986)</ref>
| [[Detroit]]
| 1953–1957
|-
| [[Lawrence Lindemer]]
| [[Stockbridge, Michigan|Stockbridge]]
| 1957–1961
|-
| [[George Van Peursem]]
| [[Zeeland, Michigan|Zeeland]]
| 1961–1963
|-
| [[Arthur G. Elliott Jr.]]
| [[Birmingham, Michigan|Birmingham]]
| 1963–1965
|-
| [[Elly M. Peterson]]<ref>[[Elly M. Peterson]] was the first woman to serve as chairman of any official state party.</ref>
| [[Charlotte, Michigan|Charlotte]]
| 1965–1969
|-
| [[William F. McLaughlin]]
| [[Northville, Michigan|Northville]]
| 1969–1979
|-
| [[Melvin L. Larson]]
| [[Oxford, Michigan|Oxford]]
| 1979–1983
|-
| [[Spencer Abraham]]<ref>[[Spencer Abraham]] later became [[United States Congressional Delegations from Michigan|U. S. Senator from Michigan]] (1995–2001) and [[United States Secretary of Energy|U. S. Secretary of Energy]] (2001–2005)</ref>
| [[East Lansing, Michigan|East Lansing]]
| 1983–1991
|-
| [[David J. Doyle]]
| [[Okemos, Michigan|Okemos]]
| 1991–1995
|-
| [[Susy Avery|Susy Heintz (Avery)]]
| [[Clinton Township, Macomb County, Michigan|Clinton Township]]
| 1995–1996
|-
| [[Betsy DeVos]]<ref>[[Betsy DeVos]] is married to 2006 Republican gubernatorial candidate [[Dick DeVos]]</ref>
| [[Grand Rapids, Michigan|Grand Rapids]]
| 1996–2000
|-
| [[Gerald Hills]]<ref>[[Gerald Hills]] is currently the spokesman for [[Michigan Attorney General]] candidate [[Bill Schuette]].</ref>
| [[East Lansing, Michigan|East Lansing]]
| 2000–2003
|-
| [[Betsy DeVos]]
| [[Grand Rapids, Michigan|Grand Rapids]]
| 2003–2005
|-
| [[Saul Anuzis]]
| [[Lansing, Michigan|Lansing]]
| 2005–2009
|-
| [[Ronald Weiser]]<ref name="Weiser">[[Ronald Weiser]] is a former [[United States Ambassador to Slovakia]], appointed by [[George W. Bush]] in November 2001 and served until December 2004.</ref>
| [[Ann Arbor, Michigan|Ann Arbor]]
| 2009–2011
|-
| [[Bobby Schostak]]
| [[Oakland County, Michigan|Oakland County]]
| 2011–2015
|-
| [[Ronna Romney McDaniel]] 
| [[Northville, Michigan|Northville]]
|2015–2017
|-
| [[Ronald Weiser]]<ref name="Weiser"/>
| [[Ann Arbor, Michigan|Ann Arbor]]
| 2017–2019
|-
|[[Laura Cox (politician)|Laura Cox]]
|[[Livonia, Michigan|Livonia]]
|2019–2021
|-
| [[Ronald Weiser]]<ref name="Weiser"/>
| [[Ann Arbor, Michigan|Ann Arbor]]
| 2021–2023
|-
| [[Kristina Karamo]]
| [[Detroit, Michigan|Detroit]]
| 2023–2024
|-
| Malinda Pego (acting)
|  [[Muskegon, Michigan|Muskegon]]
| 2024
|-
| [[Pete Hoekstra]]
| [[Holland, Michigan|Holland]]
| 2024–2025
|-
|[[Jim Runestad]]
|[[White Lake Township, Michigan|White Lake]]
|2025–present
|}

==References==
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==External links==
{{Portal|Politics|Conservatism|United States}}
*[https://michiganrepublicanparty.com Michigan Republican Party]
*[http://www.michiganyr.com/ Michigan Young Republicans]
*[http://www.mackinacgop.com/ Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference]
*[https://www.12cdrc.org/post/area-conservative-republican-organizations Michigan Republican Wayne County organizations]

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