Editing Republican National Committee

{{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]].

==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 committee 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.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/despite-priebus-lead-rnc-election-still-highly-contested |title=Despite Priebus Lead, RNC Election Still Highly Contested |work=Fox News |date=January 14, 2011 |first=Jake |last=Gibson |access-date=March 24, 2021 |archive-date=October 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018080239/http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/01/14/despite-priebus-lead-rnc-election-highly-contested/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

While a number of the chairs of the RNC have been state governors, the only person to have chaired the RNC and later become U.S. president is [[George H. W. Bush]]. During Bush's time as RNC chair, [[Spiro Agnew]] was being investigated for corruption, which would later lead to Agnew's resignation as vice president. Bush assisted, at the request of Nixon and Agnew, in getting [[John Glenn Beall Jr.]], the [[U.S. Senator from Maryland]], to pressure his brother, [[George Beall (attorney)|George Beall]] the [[U.S. Attorney]] in Maryland, to shut down the investigation into Agnew. Attorney Beall ignored the pressure.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Transcript – Episode 4: Turn It Off |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/msnbc/maddow-bag-man-podcast/transcript-episode-4-turn-it-n935286 |access-date=2023-05-14 |work=NBC News |date=13 November 2018 }}</ref>

In 2013, the RNC began an outreach campaign towards the American youth and minority voters, after studies showed these groups generally perceived that the Republican Party did not care about their concerns.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://thehill.com/video/campaign/288661-rnc-drastic-changes-needed-if-gop-hopes-to-remain-competitive/ |title=RNC: 'Drastic changes' needed if party hopes to remain competitive |first1=Cameron |last1=Joseph |first2=Jonathan |last2=Easley |work=The Hill |date=March 18, 2013 |access-date=March 18, 2013 |archive-date=September 26, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170926235849/http://thehill.com/video/campaign/288661-rnc-drastic-changes-needed-if-gop-hopes-to-remain-competitive |url-status=live }}</ref>

During the presidency of Donald Trump, the RNC showed staunch loyalty to President Trump, even at times when prominent Republicans did not. Under [[Ronna McDaniel]]'s leadership, the RNC ran ads for [[Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign|Trump's 2020 campaign]] as early as 2018, put numerous Trump campaign workers and affiliates on the RNC payroll, spent considerable funds at Trump-owned properties, covered his legal fees in the Russian interference investigation, hosted Trump's [[Fake News Awards]], and criticized Trump critics within the Republican Party.<ref name="Heersink">{{Cite journal|last=Heersink|first=Boris|date=July 25, 2018|title=Trump and the Party-in-Organization: Presidential Control of National Party Organizations|journal=[[The Journal of Politics]]|volume=80|issue=4|pages=1474–1482|doi=10.1086/699336|issn=0022-3816|s2cid=158762949}}</ref> Two days after the [[January 6 United States Capitol attack|January 6th riot at the Capitol]] following the controversial 2020 presidential election results, the RNC held an event where members expressed loyalty to the President.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Martin|first=Jonathan|date=January 9, 2021|title=In Capital, a G.O.P. Crisis. At the R.N.C. Meeting, a Trump Celebration.|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/08/us/politics/trump-republican-national-committee.html|access-date=January 13, 2021|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=January 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210113004801/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/08/us/politics/trump-republican-national-committee.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In February 2022, the RNC censured two Republican representatives, [[Liz Cheney]] of Wyoming and [[Adam Kinzinger]] of Illinois, for their participation in the [[United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack|United States House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the US Capitol]]; the censure statement described the committee as a "Democrat-led persecution of ordinary citizens who engaged in legitimate political discourse."<ref>{{Cite web|title=RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel says January 6 committee is a 'Democrat-led persecution of ordinary citizens who engaged in legitimate political discourse'|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/rnc-chairwoman-ronna-mcdaniel-says-january-6-committee-is-a-democrat-led-persecution-of-ordinary-citizens-who-engaged-in-legitimate-political-discourse/ar-AATtwkN|access-date=February 8, 2022|work=Business Insider|via=MSN|first=Bryan|last=Metzger|date=February 4, 2022|archive-date=February 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220208121000/https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/rnc-chairwoman-ronna-mcdaniel-says-january-6-committee-is-a-democrat-led-persecution-of-ordinary-citizens-who-engaged-in-legitimate-political-discourse/ar-AATtwkN|url-status=live}}</ref> The censure of sitting congressmembers, and particularly the description of the January 6 events as "legitimate political discourse", received bipartisan criticism from politicians and media.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/several-republicans-criticize-rnc-censure-cheney-kinzinger-n1288710|title=Republican criticism of RNC resolution to censure Cheney, Kinzinger grows|last=Finn|first=Teagann|date=February 6, 2022|work=NBC News|access-date=15 February 2022|archive-date=14 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214195525/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/several-republicans-criticize-rnc-censure-cheney-kinzinger-n1288710|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=February 5, 2022|title=RNC Should Take a Lesson from Mike Pence|url=https://www.nationalreview.com/2022/02/rnc-should-take-a-lesson-from-mike-pence/|access-date=February 8, 2022|website=National Review|archive-date=February 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220208125342/https://www.nationalreview.com/2022/02/rnc-should-take-a-lesson-from-mike-pence/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In May 2024, ''The [[Associated Press]]'' reported that under [[Lara Trump]], the RNC had "sought alliances with election deniers, conspiracy theorists and alt-right advocates the party had previously kept at arm's length."<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Linderman |first1=Juliet |last2=Mendoza |first2=Martha |date=May 22, 2024 |title=Lara Trump is taking the reins and reshaping the RNC in her father-in-law's image|work=Associated Press |url=https://apnews.com/article/lara-trump-rnc-leadership-election-reshaping-gop-a407d7edbfb37739abc590540b2f206d|access-date=May 23, 2024|archive-date=May 23, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240523120259/https://apnews.com/article/lara-trump-rnc-leadership-election-reshaping-gop-a407d7edbfb37739abc590540b2f206d|url-status=live}}</ref> It also noted the prevalence of election deniers had increased among top Republican officeholders and RNC officials as part of a larger [[election denial movement in the United States]].<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Riccardi |first1=Nicholas |last2=Mascaro |first2=Lisa |date=May 21, 2024 |title=Election deniers moving closer to GOP mainstream, report shows, as Trump allies fill Congress|work=Associated Press |url=https://apnews.com/article/congress-election-lies-2024-certification-president-460cde281d48e62e09e24c7573d6a9ff|access-date=May 23, 2024|archive-date=May 21, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240521145524/https://apnews.com/article/congress-election-lies-2024-certification-president-460cde281d48e62e09e24c7573d6a9ff|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Role==
The Republican National Committee's main function is to assist the Republican Party of the United States. It helps to promote the Republican political platform and the "party brand" or image. It is more focused on campaign and organizational strategy than [[public policy]]. 

It helps coordinate fundraising and election strategy, as well as organizing and running the [[Republican National Convention]].

According to Jim Nicholson, a former chairman of the Republican National Committee:<blockquote> “The party can’t coordinate with these Super PACs and neither can the campaigns so there’s a lot more chaos . . .  .And the party structure clearly has a diminished role because they don’t have the resources they used to have.”<ref>Quoted in Barbara A. Bardes, Mack C Shelley, Steffen W. Schmidt, ''American Government and Politics Today'' (18th Edition, Cengage Learning	2020) p. 330.</ref>	</blockquote>

==Organization==
{{expand section|is the committee itself the entire organization or is their paid staff and volunteers, what is the internal structure and subcommittees if any, how is the election of committee members and its leadership and other officers structured, what are the relationships to state and county committees |small = no | date = January 2021}}

{{As of|since=y|2025|01|17|post=,|df=US}} the Republican National Committee has been chaired by [[Michael Whatley]] and co-chaired by [[KC Crosbie]].<ref name="klbrief">{{cite news |url=https://kentuckylantern.com/briefs/kentuckian-kc-crosbie-elected-republican-national-committee-co-chair/ |title=Kentuckian KC Crosbie elected Republican National Committee co-chair |date=January 17, 2025 |website=[[Kentucky Lantern]] |first=McKenna |last=Horsley |access-date=January 19, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://apnews.com/general-news-096b7838036548d29afaea7a84cba7d2|title=North Carolina Republicans pick Whatley as state party head|date=June 9, 2019|work=AP News|access-date=March 8, 2024}}</ref>

The previous chair of the Republican National Committee was [[Ronna McDaniel]], serving from 2017 to 2024. McDaniel was chair of the [[Michigan Republican Party]] from 2015 to 2017.<ref name="RNC National Leaders">{{Cite web | url = https://www.gop.com/leaders/national/ | access-date = 14 January 2020 | title = National Leadership | website = Republican National Committee | archive-date = 12 January 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200112071859/https://www.gop.com/leaders/national/ | url-status = live }}</ref>

In January 2019, [[Thomas O. Hicks Jr.]] was elected co-chairman of the RNC. Hicks has a strong connection to former President Trump's campaigns and policy initiatives, having served as chairman of the [[America First Policies#America First Action Super PAC|America First Action PAC]] and [[America First Policies]], and as national finance co-chairman for [[Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign|Donald J. Trump for President]].<ref name="RNC National Leaders"/>

Similar committees to the RNC exist in each U.S. state and most U.S. counties. The RNC also organizes volunteer groups for specific interests, such as the Black Republican Activists, GOP Hispanics, RNC Women (not to be confused with [[National Federation of Republican Women]]), GOP Faith, Asian Pacific Americans, Young Leaders, and Veterans & Military Families.<ref name="RNC National Leaders"/>

==Chairs of the Republican National Committee==
{{main|List of chairs of the Republican National Committee}}

===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>

==Current Republican National Committee members==<!-- Anchor from redirect of [Republican National Committee members]; caution. -->
A collapsible list of the voting members of the Republican National Committee follows, {{as of|2025|4|10|df=us|lc=y}}.<ref name="rncmem">{{cite web |title=RNC Members |url=https://www.gop.com/about-our-party/rnc-members/ |access-date=August 28, 2023 |website=Republican National Committee}}</ref> The state chair, national committeeman and national committeewoman each receive one vote at RNC meetings and vote for RNC chairmanship.

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{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-datatable"
|-
! State
! Chairperson
! Committeeman
! Committeewoman
|-
| [[Alabama Republican Party|Alabama]] || [[John Wahl]] || Bill Harris || Vicki Drummond
|-
| [[Alaska Republican Party|Alaska]] || Carmela Warfield || Brian Hove || Cynthia Henry
|-
| [[Republican Party of American Samoa|American Samoa]] || Will Sword || Frank Barron || [[Amata Coleman Radewagen|Amata Radewagen]]
|-
| [[Arizona Republican Party|Arizona]] || [[Gina Swoboda]]|| Jake Hoffman || Liz Harris
|-
| [[Republican Party of Arkansas|Arkansas]] || Joseph Wood || Eddie Arnold || Mindy McAlindon
|-
| [[California Republican Party|California]] || Corrin Rankin || [[Shawn Steel]] || ''Vacant''
|-
| [[Colorado Republican Party|Colorado]] || Brita Horn|| Randy Corporon || Christy Fidura
|-
| [[Connecticut Republican Party|Connecticut]] || Ben Proto || [[John H. Frey]] || Annalisa Stravato
|-
| [[Republican State Committee of Delaware|Delaware]] || Julianne Murray || Hank McCann || Mary McCrossan
|-
| [[District of Columbia Republican Party|District of Columbia]] || [[Patrick Mara]] || Tim Costa || Joanne Young
|-
| [[Republican Party of Florida|Florida]] || [[Evan Power]]|| [[Joe Gruters]] || Kathleen King
|-
| [[Georgia Republican Party|Georgia]] || [[Joshua McKoon|Josh McKoon]]|| Jason Thompson || [[Amy Kremer]]
|-
| [[Republican Party of Guam|Guam]] || Shaun Gumataotao || Juan Carlos Benitez || Sam Mabini-Young
|-
| [[Hawaii Republican Party|Hawaii]] || Tamara McKay|| Nolan Chang || Laura Nakanelua
|-
| [[Idaho Republican Party|Idaho]] ||[[Dorothy Moon]]|| Bryan Smith || Vicki Keen
|-
| [[Illinois Republican Party|Illinois]] || [[Kathy Salvi]] || Dean White || Rhonda Belford
|-
| [[Indiana Republican Party|Indiana]] ||Lana Keesling|| Victor Smith || Anne Hathaway
|-
| [[Republican Party of Iowa|Iowa]] ||[[Jeff Kaufmann]]|| Steve Scheffler || Tamara Scott
|-
| [[Kansas Republican Party|Kansas]] || Danedri Herbert|| Mark Kahrs || Wendy Bingesser
|-
| [[Republican Party of Kentucky|Kentucky]] || Robert Benvenuti || John McCarthy || [[KC Crosbie]]
|-
| [[Republican Party of Louisiana|Louisiana]] || Derek Babcock || Roger Villere || Gena Gore
|-
| [[Maine Republican Party|Maine]] || James Deyermond || David Whitney || Lauren LePage
|-
| [[Maryland Republican Party|Maryland]] || Nicole Harris || [[David Bossie]] || Nicolee Ambrose
|-
| [[Massachusetts Republican Party|Massachusetts]] || Amy Carnevale || Brad Wyatt || Janet Fogarty
|-
| [[Michigan Republican Party|Michigan]] || [[Jim Runestad]] || Robert Steele ||Hima Kolanagireddy
|-
| [[Republican Party of Minnesota|Minnesota]] || Alex Plechash || AK Kamara || Emily Novtony-Chance
|-
| [[Mississippi Republican Party|Mississippi]] || Mike Hurst || Frank Bordeaux || Lesley Davis
|-
| [[Missouri Republican Party|Missouri]] || Peter Kinder || David Lightner || Maryam Mohammadkhani
|-
| [[Montana Republican Party|Montana]] || Don Kaltschmidt || Tanner Smith || [[Debra Lamm]]
|-
| [[Nebraska Republican Party|Nebraska]] || Mary Jane Truemper || William Feely || Fanchon Blythe
|-
| [[Nevada Republican Party|Nevada]] || Michael McDonald || James DeGraffenreid || [[Sigal Chattah]]
|-
| [[New Hampshire Republican State Committee|New Hampshire]] || Jim MacEachern ||[[William L. O'Brien|Bill O'Brien]] || Mary Jane Beauregard
|-
| [[New Jersey Republican Party|New Jersey]] || [[Bob Hugin]] || [[Bill Palatucci]] || Janice Fields<ref>{{cite news |last=Perry |first=W. Jacob |date=July 12, 2024 |url=https://www.newjerseyhills.com/bernardsville_news/news/fields-to-take-seat-on-gop-national-committee/article_4d857390-3e36-11ef-8225-efc9dc3e5226.html |title=Fields to take seat on GOP National Committee |newspaper=Bernardsville News |access-date=March 16, 2025}}</ref>
|-
| [[Republican Party of New Mexico|New Mexico]] || Amy Barela || [[James G. Townsend|Jim Townsend]] || Tina Dziuk
|-
| [[New York Republican State Committee|New York]] || [[Edward F. Cox|Ed Cox]]||Joseph G. Cairo Jr.|| Jennifer Rich
|-
| [[North Carolina Republican Party|North Carolina]] || Jason Simmons || Ed Broyhill || Kyshia Brassington
|-
| [[North Dakota Republican Party|North Dakota]] || Sandra Sanford || Steve Nagel || Lori Hinz
|-
| [[Republican Party (Northern Mariana Islands)|Northern Mariana Islands]] || Ramon Tebuteb || Edward Deleon Guerrero || Irene Holl
|-
| [[Ohio Republican Party|Ohio]] || [[Alex Triantafilou]]|| Jim Dicke || [[Jane Timken]]
|-
| [[Oklahoma Republican Party|Oklahoma]] || Charity Linch||Larry Murray|| ''Vacant''
|-
| [[Oregon Republican Party|Oregon]] || Connie Whelchel|| Dan Mason || Tracy Honl
|-
| [[Pennsylvania Republican Party|Pennsylvania]] || [[Greg Rothman]]|| Andy Reilly || [[Christine Toretti]]
|-
| [[Republican Party of Puerto Rico|Puerto Rico]] || Angel Cintrón || [[Luis Fortuño]] || Zoraida "Zori" Fonalledas
|-
| [[Rhode Island Republican Party|Rhode Island]] || Joe Powers || Thomas Carroll || Sue Cienki
|-
| [[South Carolina Republican Party|South Carolina]] || [[Drew McKissick]] || Glenn McCall || Cindy Costa
|-
| [[South Dakota Republican Party|South Dakota]] ||Jim Eschenbaum|| [[Ried Holien]] || Heidi Engelhart
|-
| [[Tennessee Republican Party|Tennessee]] || Scott Golden || Oscar Brock || Beth Campbell
|-
| [[Republican Party of Texas|Texas]] || [[Abraham George]] || Robin Armstrong|| Debbie Georgatos
|-
| [[Republican Party of the Virgin Islands|US Virgin Islands]] || John Yob || ''Vacant'' || April Newland
|-
| [[Utah Republican Party|Utah]] || Robert Axson || Brad Bonham || Kim Coleman
|-
| [[Vermont Republican Party|Vermont]] || Paul Dame || Josh Bechhoefer || Deb Billado
|-
| [[Republican Party of Virginia|Virginia]] || [[Mark Peake]] || [[Morton Blackwell]] || Patti Lyman
|-
| [[Washington State Republican Party|Washington]] || [[Jim Walsh (Washington politician)|Jim Walsh]]|| Mathew Patrick Thomas || Marlene Pfiefer
|-
| [[West Virginia Republican Party|West Virginia]] || Matt Herridge || Larry Pack || Beth Bloch
|-
| [[Republican Party of Wisconsin|Wisconsin]] || Brian Schimming || Terry Dittrich || Pam Travis
|-
| [[Wyoming Republican Party|Wyoming]] || Frank Eathorne || Corey Steinmetz || Nina Webber
|}

==Para Bellum Labs==
In February 2014, during the chairmanship of [[Reince Priebus]], the RNC launched an in-house technology incubator called Para Bellum Labs.<ref>{{cite news|title=RNC Tries to Lure Tech Talent|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2014/02/04/rnc-tries-to-lure-tech-talent-for-digital-incubator/|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|date=4 February 2014|quote=The RNC Tuesday is announcing the formation of Para Bellum Labs, an in-house technology incubator that combines the committee's data-analytics arm with its digital-marketing unit.|last1=O'Connor|first1=Patrick|access-date=4 August 2017|archive-date=14 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414041950/http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2014/02/04/rnc-tries-to-lure-tech-talent-for-digital-incubator/|url-status=live}}</ref> 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. "[[Si vis pacem, para bellum|Para bellum]]", translated from Latin, means "prepare for war."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nationalreview.com/article/370962/rncs-data-push-greeted-skepticism-eliana-johnson |title=RNC's Data Push Greeted with Skepticism |publisher=National Review |date=February 12, 2014 |access-date=November 6, 2015 |first=Eliana |last=Johnson |quote=the RNC last week unveiled Para Bellum Labs&nbsp;— para bellum is Latin for 'prepare for war'&nbsp;— an initiative designed to help the party and its candidates bridge the technology gap |archive-date=January 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170102172043/http://www.nationalreview.com/article/370962/rncs-data-push-greeted-skepticism-eliana-johnson |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Federal "pay-to-play" investigation==
In September 2019, McDaniel emailed [[Doug Manchester]], whose nomination to become Ambassador to the Bahamas was stalled in the Senate, asking for $500,000 in donations to the Republican Party. Manchester responded, noting that his wife had given $100,000 and that his family would "respond" once he was confirmed by the Republican-led Senate to the ambassadorship. Manchester copied the email to aides of two U.S. senators whose support he needed to win confirmation. CBS News described McDaniel's action as a "possible pay-for-play scheme" for the ambassadorship.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/doug-manchester-possible-pay-to-play-scheme-for-ambassador-role-in-trump-administration-uncovered/ |title=Possible pay-to-play scheme for ambassador role in Trump administration uncovered by CBS News |date=November 18, 2019 |work=CBS News |language=en |access-date=2019-11-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191119012713/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/doug-manchester-possible-pay-to-play-scheme-for-ambassador-role-in-trump-administration-uncovered/ |archive-date=November 19, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vox.com/2019/11/18/20970842/ronna-mcdaniel-rnc-doug-manchester-ambassador-bahamas-trump|title=New investigation suggests Republicans took ambassadorial pay-to-play to new levels|last=Rupar|first=Aaron|date=2019-11-18|website=Vox|language=en|access-date=2019-11-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191119012644/https://www.vox.com/2019/11/18/20970842/ronna-mcdaniel-rnc-doug-manchester-ambassador-bahamas-trump|archive-date=November 19, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> ''The San Diego Union-Tribune'' reported in May 2021 that a federal grand jury had issued a subpoena in a criminal investigation into Manchester's nomination, apparently focused on the RNC, McDaniel and RNC co-chair [[Thomas O. Hicks Jr.|Tommy Hicks]], "and possibly members of Congress". ''The'' ''Union-Tribune'' reported the investigation began in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/watchdog/story/2021-05-15/manchester-contributions-probe|title=Manchester's political contributions, ambassador nod are subject of criminal probe|date=May 15, 2021|website=San Diego Union-Tribune|access-date=2021-05-16|archive-date=2021-05-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516191530/https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/watchdog/story/2021-05-15/manchester-contributions-probe|url-status=live}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|United States|Conservatism|Politics}}
* [[Democratic National Committee]]
* [[Green National Committee]]
* [[Libertarian National Committee]]
* [[Republicans Overseas]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Further reading==
* Cotter, Cornelius P., 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]
* Galvin, Daniel J. "The Transformation of Political Institutions: Investments in Institutional Resources and Gradual Change in the National Party Committees," ''Studies in American Political Development'' 26 (April 2012) 50–70; [https://sites.northwestern.edu/danieljgalvin/files/2020/06/Galvin-SAPD-Transformation-of-Political-Institutions.pdf online]
* Galvin, Daniel J. ''Presidential Party Building: Dwight D. Eisenhower to George W. Bush'' (Princeton UP, 2010).
* Goldman, Ralph M. ''The National party Chairmen and Committees: Factionalism at the Top'' (M.E. Sharpe, 1990)
* Heersink, Boris (2023). ''[https://academic.oup.com/book/46556 National Party Organizations and Party Brands in American Politics: The Democratic and Republican National Committees, 1912-2016]''. Oxford University Press. {{doi|10.1093/oso/9780197695104.001.0001}}. {{ISBN|978-0-19-769514-2}}.
* Heersink, Boris. "Examining Democratic and Republican National Committee Party Branding Activity, 1953–2012." ''Perspectives on Politics'' (2021): 1–18.
* Heersink, Boris. "Trump and the party-in-organization: Presidential control of national party organizations." ''Journal of Politics'' 80.4 (2018): 1474–1482. [https://www.borisheersink.com/s/Heersink-Trump-and-the-Party-in-Organization.pdf online]
* Heersink, Boris. "Party Brands and the Democratic and Republican National Committees, 1952–1976." ''Studies in American Political Development'' 32.1 (2018): 79–102. [https://www.borisheersink.com/s/Heersink-Party-Brands-and-National-Committees.pdf online]
* Hejny, Jessica, and Adam Hilton. "Bringing contention in: a critical perspective on political parties as institutions." ''Studies in Political Economy'' 102.2 (2021): 161–181.
* Hennessy, Bernard C. "The Republican National Committee and Party Policy, 1920-1963." in ''Politics Without Power'' (Routledge, 2017) pp.&nbsp;191–210.
* Herrnson, Paul S. "The Evolution of National Party Organizations," in ''The Oxford Handbook of American Political Parties and Interest Groups'', edited by [[L. Sandy Maisel]] and Jeffrey M. Berry. (Oxford University Press, 2010) pp.&nbsp;245–264.
* Klinkner, Philip A. ''The Losing Parties: Out-Party National Committees, 1956-1993'' (Yale University Press, 1994)
* Pavlov, Eugene, and Natalie Mizik. "Brand Political Positioning: Implications of the 2016 US Presidential Election." Available at SSRN 3696652 (2020). [https://www.msi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/MSI_Report_21-122-5.pdf online]

==External links==
* [http://www.gop.com/ Official website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090227180356/http://www.eisenhower.archives.gov/Research/Finding_Aids/PDFs/Republican_National_Committee_Newsclippings.pdf Republican National Committee: News clippings and publications, 1932-65, Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library]
* [http://www.parabellumlabs.com/ Para Bellum Labs] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215210241/http://www.parabellumlabs.com/ |date=2017-02-15 }}

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