Republican National Committee members
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This is a list of the voting members of the Republican National Committee
as of August, 2009. The state chair, national committeeman and national committeewoman each receive one vote at RNC meetings and votes for RNC Chairmanship.
Republican National Committee
The Republican National Committee is an American political committee that provides national leadership for the Republican Party of the United States. It is responsible for developing and promoting the Republican political platform, as well as coordinating fundraising and election strategy. It is...
as of August, 2009. The state chair, national committeeman and national committeewoman each receive one vote at RNC meetings and votes for RNC Chairmanship.
Table
| State | Chairperson | Committeeman | Committeewoman |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama Alabama Republican Party The Alabama Republican Party is the state affiliate of the national Republican Party in Alabama. It is the dominant political party in Alabama. The state party is governed by the Alabama Republican Executive Committee. Most of the committee's more than 200 members are elected in district... |
Mike Hubbard Mike Hubbard (politician) Mike Hubbard is a Republican member of the Alabama House of Representatives, representing the 79th district in Lee County. He was first elected in 1998 and currently serves as Speaker of the Alabama House of Representatives... |
Paul Reynolds | Bettye Fine Collins |
| Alaska Republican Party of Alaska The Republican Party of Alaska is the affiliate of the United States Republican Party in Alaska, headquartered in Anchorage.It is the dominant or majority party in Alaska. Following the elections of 2008, Republicans hold the following statewide executive offices:*Governor*Lt... |
Randy Ruedrich | Ralph Seekins | Debbie Joslin |
| American Samoa Republican Party of American Samoa Republican Party of American Samoa is the affiliate of the U.S. Republican Party in American Samoa. The party was founded by Peter Tali Coleman. The current party chair Su'a Carl Schuster, holding the position since February 23, 2008, Te'o J. Fuavai and Amata C. Radewagen are Republican National... |
Su'a Carl Schuster | Te'o J. Fuavai | Amata C. Radewagen |
| Arizona Arizona Republican Party The Arizona Republican Party is the affiliate of the Republican Party in Arizona. Its headquarters is in Phoenix.- Elected officers of the State Committee:- State Executive Committee :- State Committee :* The 15 county Republican chairmen... |
Randy Pullen Randy Pullen Randy Pullen is a Republican Party activist. Randy Pullen is the Chairman of the Arizona Republican Party. - External links :*... |
Bruce Ash | Sharon Giese |
| Arkansas Republican Party of Arkansas The Republican Party of Arkansas is the affiliate of the United States Republican Party in Arkansas.The party is led by state chairman Doyle Webb, who was re-elected to serve a second term in December 2010. Webb, an attorney, was once chief of staff for the late Lieutenant Governor Winthrop Paul... |
Doyle Webb | Jim Burnett | Reta J. Hamilton |
| California California Republican Party The California Republican Party is the California affiliate of the United States Republican Party. The party chairman is Tom Del Beccaro and is based in Burbank, California, a suburb of Los Angeles. The RPC also has a headquarters in Sacramento.... |
Tom Del Beccaro | Shawn Steel Shawn Steel Shawn Steel is the Republican National Committeeman from California. Elected in 2008, he will serve a four year term. Steel challenged the Treasurer of the RNC and won at the California Republican Party state convention with a 61 to 39% vote with over 1200 ballots cast... |
Linda Ackerman |
| Colorado Colorado Republican Party The Colorado Republican Party is the state affiliate of the United States Republican Party in the U.S. state of Colorado. Since March 2011, the state party chair is Denver attorney and former legal counsel to the Colorado Republican Party, Ryan Call.... |
Dick Wadhams Dick Wadhams Dick Wadhams is a Republican political consultant, known for his role in guiding John Thune to an upset victory over then United States Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle... |
Mark Hillman Mark Hillman Mark Hillman was elected to the Colorado State Senate in 1998. He served as Majority Leader from 2003 to 2004 and Minority Leader in 2005 before serving as State Treasurer from 2005 to 2006... |
Lilly Y. Nunez |
| Connecticut Connecticut Republican Party The Connecticut Republican Party is the Connecticut affiliate of the U.S. Republican Party. Jerry Labriola Jr., a Wallingford attorney and 2010 candidate for Congress, is the party chairman, elected on June 28, 2011. Prior to his election as chairman, Labriola served as the party's... |
Chris Healy | John H. Frey John H. Frey John H. Frey is an American businessman and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he is the State Representative from the 111th District , first elected in 1998. In the 2004 election, Frey won with 68.7% of the vote and was the highest vote-getter in the 151-member Connecticut House of... |
Pat Longo |
| Delaware Republican State Committee of Delaware The Republican State Committee of Delaware is the affiliate of the United States Republican Party in Delaware. Its headquarters are in the Cannery Shopping Center in unincorporated New Castle County, Delaware... |
Tom Ross | W. Laird Stabler, III | Priscilla B. Rakestraw |
| District of Columbia District of Columbia Republican Committee The District of Columbia Republican Committee is the Republican Party organization of Washington, District of Columbia, the rough equivalent to the fifty state-level parties... |
Robert Kabel | Anthony W. Parker | Betsy Werronen |
| Florida Republican Party of Florida The Republican Party of Florida is the official organization for Republicans in the state of Florida.-History:Florida politics was largely dominated by the Democrats until Richard Nixon's Southern Strategy, which took advantage of white objections to the advances of the American Civil Rights... |
Vacant | Paul Senft, Jr. | Sharon Day |
| Georgia Georgia Republican Party The Georgia Republican Party is one of the two major political parties in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is affiliated with the United States Republican Party .-Current structure:... |
Sue Everhart | Alec Poitevint Alec Poitevint Alec L. Poitevint II is a Georgia businessman and longtime official of the U.S. Republican Party . In February 2011, he was named by GOP Chairman Reince Priebus to manage the 2012 Republican National Convention, to be held in Tampa beginning on August 27, 2012... |
Linda D. Herren |
| Guam Republican Party (Guam) The Republican Party is a political party in Guam affiliated with the United States Republican Party.At the election of November 2006, the party won 8 out of 15 seats in the legislature and its gubernatorial candidate Felix Perez Camacho was re-elected governor.However, after the death of a... |
Jesus Torres | Peter Ada | Mary Torres |
| Hawaii Hawaii Republican Party The Hawaii Republican Party is the state affiliate of the Republican Party of the United States. Based in Honolulu, the party is a central organization established for the promotion of the party platform as it is drafted in convention every other year... |
Willes K. Lee | Brennon Morioka | Miriam Hellreich |
| Idaho Idaho Republican Party The Idaho Republican Party, the Idaho state affiliate of the United States Republican Party, is the dominant political party in the state of Idaho. Republicans control the all constitutional offices, with C.L. "Butch" Otter as Governor. They also control by large margins the state Senate and House... |
Norm Semanko | Blake Hall | Cindy Moyle |
| Illinois Illinois Republican Party The Illinois Republican Party is the state-level affiliate of the Republican Party in Illinois. Since August 20, 2009, it has been chaired by Pat Brady... |
Andrew McKenna Andrew McKenna Andrew McKenna Jr is the immediate past chairman for the Illinois Republican Party. McKenna became the chairman in 2005, and stepped down in August 2009. He was succeeded by Pat Brady. He was preceded by Judy Baar Topinka.... |
Patrick Brady | Demetra DeMonte |
| Indiana Indiana Republican Party The Indiana Republican Party is the affiliate of the United States Republican Party in the state of Indiana. The chairman of the Indiana Republican State Committee is Eric Holcomb, a former aide of Indiana's sitting Governor Mitch Daniels.-Platform:... |
Murray Clark Murray Clark Stuart Murray Clark was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Harrow, Ontario and became a manager by career.... |
James Bopp Jr. | Dee Dee Benkie |
| Iowa Republican Party of Iowa The Republican Party of Iowa is the affiliate of the United States Republican Party in Iowa. The State Central Committee is led by Chairman Matt Strawn and Co-Chairman Bill Schickel... |
Matt Strawn Matt Strawn Matthew "Matt" Strawn is a businessman from Ankeny, Iowa who in 2009 was elected state chairman of the Iowa Republican Party. Under the direction of Republican Governor Terry Branstad, Strawn ran for reelection unopposed in 2011, for another two year term.-References:... |
Steve Scheffler | Kim Lehman |
| Kansas Kansas Republican Party The Kansas Republican Party is the state affiliate political party in Kansas of the United States Republican Party. The Chair of the Kansas Republican Party is Amanda Adkins.- Political history :... |
Amanda Adkins | Mike Pompeo Mike Pompeo Michael Richard Pompeo is the U.S. Representative for . He is a member of the Republican Party. He has also served as a Kansas representative on the Republican National Committee.-Early life, education, and early career:... |
Helen Van Etten |
| Kentucky Republican Party of Kentucky The Republican Party of Kentucky is the affiliate of the Republican Party in Kentucky and follows its nationally established platform. Headquarters for the party have been established in Frankfort, Kentucky.-Emergence and relevancy:... |
Steve Robertson | Mike Duncan Mike Duncan Robert M. "Mike" Duncan was the 60th Chairman of the Republican National Committee. He was elected in January 2007, replacing Ken Mehlman, and served until January 30, 2009, when he withdrew from renomination to the chairmanship... |
Gail Russell |
| Louisiana Republican Party of Louisiana The Republican Party of Louisiana is the U.S. state of Louisiana's organization of the national Republican Party. The state chairman is Roger F. Villere, Jr., a businessman from Metairie in Jefferson Parish.... |
Roger F. Villere, Jr. Roger F. Villere, Jr. Roger Francis Villere, Jr. is a businessman from Metairie in Jefferson Parish in suburban New Orleans who on March 26, 2004, was elected state chairman of the Louisiana Republican Party by the 144-member GOP State Central Committee. He succeeded Pat Brister of St... |
Ross Little, Jr. | Ruth Ulrich |
| Maine Maine Republican Party The Maine Republican Party is the affiliate of the United States Republican Party in Maine. It was founded in Strong, Maine on August 7, 1854. The state Chairman is Charles M. Webster.... |
Charlie Webster | Richard A. Bennett Richard A. Bennett Richard Bennett is an American politician from the state of Maine. Currently, Bennett serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of The Corporate Library, LLC, a Maine based independent research firm which focuses on corporate governance and director/executive compensation.An Oxford resident,... |
Jan Staples |
| Maryland Maryland Republican Party The Maryland Republican Party is the branch of the United States Republican Party located in the state of Maryland, headquartered in Annapolis. It is historically the underdog party in state politics.-U.S. House of Representatives:... |
Jim Pelura | Louis M. Pope | Joyce L. Terhes |
| Massachusetts Massachusetts Republican Party The Massachusetts Republican Party is the Massachusetts branch of the United States Republican Party. Governance of the party takes the form of a State Committee which, in accordance with Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 52, consists of one man and one woman from each of the 40 Senate Districts... |
Peter G. Torkildsen Peter G. Torkildsen Peter Gerard Torkildsen is the former Massachusetts Republican State Committee Chairman. He is also a former member of the United States House of Representatives. He is a Republican from Massachusetts. He currently works in the private sector.... |
Ron Kaufman | Jody Dow |
| Michigan Michigan Republican Party The Michigan Republican Party is the state affiliate of the national Republican Party in Michigan. It is sometimes referred to as MIGOP, which simply means Michigan Grand Old Party.... |
Saul Anuzis Saul Anuzis Saulius "Saul" Anuzis is a Republican Party leader from the U.S. State of Michigan, he is currently serving as national chairman for the Save American Jobs Project on the American Solutions team... |
Keith Butler | Holly Hughes |
| Minnesota Republican Party of Minnesota The Republican Party of Minnesota is the Minnesota branch of the United States Republican Party. Elected by the party’s state central committee in June 2009, its chairman is Tony Sutton, and its deputy-chairman is Michael Brodkorb.-Early history:... |
Ron Carey | Brian Sullivan | Evie Axdahl |
| Mississippi Mississippi Republican Party The Mississippi Republican Party is the state affiliate of the United States Republican Party. The party chairman is Arnie Hederman and is based in Jackson, Mississippi. The party is the majority in the state.-History:... |
Brad White | Henry Barbour | Cindy S. Phillips |
| Missouri Missouri Republican Party The Missouri Republican Party is the affiliate of the United States Republican Party in Missouri. The party Chairman is David Cole, an attorney from Cassville, Missouri who was elected in January 2009.-Current Republican officeholders:... |
David Cole | Lance Beshore | Ann Dickinson |
| Montana Montana Republican Party The Montana Republican Party is the affiliate of the United States Republican Party in Montana. The party is led by Chairman William Deschamps and Vice Chair Christy Clark . The National Committeeman is Errol Galt and the National Committeewoman is Betti Hill... |
Liane Johnson | Errol Galt | Betti C. Hill |
| Nebraska Nebraska Republican Party The Nebraska Republican Party is the affiliate of the Republican Party in Nebraska. The party is headed by Chairman Mark Fahleson. Its headquarters are in Lincoln.- Political plans :... |
Mark Fahleson Mark Fahleson Mark Allan Fahleson is a Nebraska attorney and currently serves as Chairman of the Nebraska Republican Party.-Professional Background:... |
Pete Ricketts Pete Ricketts John Peter "Pete" Ricketts is the former Chief Operating Officer of Ameritrade. He was the Republican nominee for the 2006 U.S. Senate race in Nebraska which he lost to incumbent Ben Nelson.-Biography:... |
DeMarus K. Carlson |
| Nevada Nevada Republican Party The Nevada Republican Party is the affiliate of the United States Republican Party in Nevada. The Republican Party promotes the beliefs that individuals, not the government, make the best decisions. -History:... |
Sue Lowden Sue Lowden Suzanne Parkinson "Sue" Pluskoski Lowden is the former Chairwoman of the Nevada Republican Party and a former State Senator in Nevada. Lowden is a former businesswoman, television news anchor and kindergarten teacher... |
Joseph W. Brown | Heidi Smith |
| New Hampshire New Hampshire Republican State Committee The New Hampshire Republican State Committee is the affiliate of the United States Republican Party in New Hampshire. The Republican Executive Committee is headed by Chairman and former New Hampshire gubernatorial primary candidate, Jack Kimball.... |
John H. Sununu John H. Sununu John Henry Sununu is a former Governor of New Hampshire and former White House Chief of Staff under President George H. W. Bush. He is the father of John E. Sununu, a former senator from New Hampshire, and formerly a U.S. Representative... |
Sean Mahoney | Phyllis Woods |
| New Jersey New Jersey Republican State Committee The New Jersey Republican State Committee is the affiliate of the Republican Party in New Jersey. The Committee was founded in 1880. The party is led by Chairman of the New Jersey Republican State Committee Sam Raia of Saddle River, New Jersey.-Membership:... |
Sam Raia Sam Raia Samuel S. "Sam" Raia is a Republican party politician who currently serves as the Mayor of Saddle River, New Jersey and as Chairman of the New Jersey Republican State Committee.... |
Bill Palatucci | Virginia Haines |
| New Mexico Republican Party of New Mexico The Republican Party of New Mexico is the affiliate of the United States Republican Party in New Mexico, headquartered in Albuquerque. The party is led by Chairman Monty Newman.... |
Harvey Yates | Pat Rogers | Rosalind F. Tripp |
| New York New York Republican State Committee The New York Republican State Committee is the affiliate of the United States Republican Party in New York, headquartered in Albany.-History:... |
Joseph Mondello Joseph Mondello Joseph Nestor Mondello is an American politician who served as Chairman of the New York Republican State Committee until September 2009. Mondello continues to serve as the head of the Nassau County Republican Committee, a post he has held since 1983... |
Lawrence Kadish | Jennifer Saul |
| North Carolina North Carolina Republican Party The North Carolina Republican Party is the affiliate of the Republican Party in North Carolina. Robin Hayes was elected Chairman of the party on January 15, 2011, to serve the five months left in the unexpired term of Tom Fetzer.... |
Linda Daves | David R. Lewis David R. Lewis David Lewis is a Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's 53rd House District since 2002. His district includes most of Harnett County... |
Ada Fisher Ada Fisher Ada M. Fisher is a retired physician from Salisbury, North Carolina and a frequent Republican candidate for office. She challenged incumbent Mel Watt in North Carolina's 12th Congressional district in 2004 and 2006... |
| North Dakota North Dakota Republican Party The North Dakota Republican Party is the North Dakota affiliate of the United States Republican Party. The party platform is generally conservative.The North Dakota Republican Party is strongly in control of the state's politics... |
Stan Stein | Curly Haugland | Sandy Boehler |
| Northern Mariana Islands Republican Party (Northern Mariana Islands) The Republican Party is a political party in the Northern Mariana Islands. In the 2001 gubernatorial election Juan Babauta of the Republican Party won with 42.8% of the vote... |
Edward Tenorio | Bo Palacios | Mary Lou S. Ada |
| Ohio Ohio Republican Party The Ohio Republican Party is the Ohio state affiliate of the United States Republican Party. It was founded in Columbus, Ohio on February 13, 1854. Kevin DeWine has been chairman of the Ohio GOP since 2009... |
Kevin DeWine Kevin DeWine Kevin DeWine is Chairman of the Ohio Republican Party, serving since January 2009. Previously, he was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives.... |
Robert T. Bennett Robert T. Bennett Robert T. Bennett was the chairman of the Ohio Republican Party, having served in that post from 1988-2009.He managed Robert Taft, Jr.'s successful U.S. Senate campaign in 1970, in which he defeated Howard Metzenbaum to replace retiring Senator Stephen M. Young. The next year he managed the... |
Jo Ann Davidson Jo Ann Davidson Jo Ann Davidson is the chair of the Ohio Casino Control Commission and was Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1995–2000.... |
| Oklahoma Oklahoma Republican Party The Oklahoma Republican Party is a political party affiliated with the United States Republican Party . Along with the Oklahoma Democratic Party, it is one of the two major parties in Oklahoma politics.-Voter base:... |
Gary Jones | James Dunn | Carolyn McLarty |
| Oregon Oregon Republican Party The Oregon Republican Party is the state affiliate of the United States Republican Party in Oregon, headquartered in Lake Oswego. The first state party convention was held in Salem on April 21, 1859, and its first nominee for Congress, Portland attorney David Logan... |
Bob Tiernan Bob Tiernan Bob Tiernan is an American politician who served in the Oregon House of Representatives, representing Oregon's 24th district, which included most of Lake Oswego and portions of southwestern Portland... |
Solomon Yue, Jr. | Donna Cain |
| Pennsylvania Republican State Committee of Pennsylvania The Republican Party of Pennsylvania is based in Harrisburg in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is affiliated with the Republican Party of the United States.-Founding:... |
Robert Gleason | Robert B. Asher Robert B. Asher Robert B. "Bob" Asher is an American political figure and businessman and convicted felon from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. He is the Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Asher’s Chocolates in Pennsylvania and also serves as Pennsylvania's committeeman on the Republican National Committee... |
Christine Jack Toretti Christine Jack Toretti Christine Jack Toretti is a businesswoman, philanthropist, and GOP National Committee member from Indiana, Pennsylvania.-S.W. Jack Drilling Co.:... |
| Puerto Rico | Carlos Méndez | Luis Fortuño Luis Fortuño Luis Guillermo Fortuño Burset is the governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, a territory of the United States of America. Fortuño is also the president of the New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico , a member of the Republican National Committee, and will be president of the Council of State... |
Zoraida "Zori" Fonalledas |
| Rhode Island | Giovanni Cicione | Joseph Trillo | Carol A. Mumford |
| South Carolina | Karen Floyd Karen Floyd Karen Floyd is an American politician from the state of South Carolina. She currently serves as the chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party.-Political life:... |
Glenn McCall | Cindy Costa |
| South Dakota | Bob Gray | Dana Randall Dana Randall Dana Randall is a professor of theoretical computer science at Georgia Tech. Her primary research interest is analyzing algorithms for counting problems using Markov chains. One of her important contributions to this area is a decomposition theorem for analyzing Markov chains. Randall was born in... |
Mary Jean Jensen |
| Tennessee | Chris Devaney | John Ryder | Peggy Lambert |
| Texas Republican Party of Texas The Republican Party of Texas is one of the two major political parties in the U.S. State of Texas. It is affiliated with the United States Republican Party. The State Chairman is Steve Munisteri, a retired attorney and businessman from Houston, and the Vice-Chair is Melinda Fredricks of Conroe.... |
Cathie Adams Cathie Adams Cathie L. Adams is a homemaker from Dallas, Texas, who is the former chairman of the Republican Party of Texas. She won the post in a special meeting of the Republican State Executive Committee held on October 24, 2009, at party headquarters in Austin... |
Bill Crocker | Cathie Adams Cathie Adams Cathie L. Adams is a homemaker from Dallas, Texas, who is the former chairman of the Republican Party of Texas. She won the post in a special meeting of the Republican State Executive Committee held on October 24, 2009, at party headquarters in Austin... |
| Utah | Dave Hansen Dave Hansen Dave Hansen is a Democratic Party member of the Wisconsin Senate, representing the 30th District since 2001.-Early life and education:... |
Bruce Hough | Enid Mickelsen |
| Vermont | Robert Roper | George Schiavone | Susie Hudson |
| Virginia Republican Party of Virginia The Republican Party of Virginia is the Virginia chapter of the Republican Party. It is based in the Richard D. Obenshain Center in Richmond in the Commonwealth of Virginia.- Organization and candidate selection :The State Party Plan... |
Pat Mullins | Morton Blackwell Morton Blackwell Morton C. Blackwell is an American Republican Party activist. He is president and founder of the Leadership Institute , a 5013 non-profit educational foundation that teaches political technology.... |
Kathy Terry |
| Washington | Luke Esser Luke Esser Luke Esser was the chairman of the Republican Party of Washington from 2007 to 2011. He was elected on January 27, 2007, when he defeated incumbent chairwoman Diane Tebelius, was re-elected in 2009, but lost to Kirby Wilbur in 2011.... |
Jeff Kent Jeff Kent Jeffrey Franklin Kent is a retired Major League Baseball second baseman. Kent won the National League Most Valuable Player award in 2000 with the San Francisco Giants, and is the all-time leader in home runs among second basemen... |
Fredi Simpson |
| West Virginia | Doug McKinney | Jim Reed | Donna Lou Gosney |
| Wisconsin Republican Party of Wisconsin The Republican Party of Wisconsin is the Wisconsin affiliate of the United States Republican Party . The state party chair is Brad Courtney... |
Reince Priebus Reince Priebus Reinhold Reince Priebus is the chairman of the Republican National Committee. He is also a previous chair of the Republican Party of Wisconsin.... |
Steve King Steve King Steven Arnold "Steve" King is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2003. He is a member of the Republican Party.The district is located in the western part of the state and includes Sioux City and Council Bluffs.... |
Mary F. Buestrin |
| Wyoming | Diana Vaughn | Diemer True | Jan Larimer |