Not to be confused with the Republican National Convention.
Republican National Committee
Founded
June 1856; 168 years ago
Location
310 First Street SE, Washington, D.C., U.S.
Key people
Michael Whatley (chair)
Lara Trump (co-chair)[1]
Duke Buchan (finance chair)[2]
Affiliations
Republican Party
Website
www.gop.com
The Republican National Committee (RNC) is the primary committee of the Republican Party of the United States. Its members are chosen by the state delegations at the national convention every four years.[3] It is responsible for developing and promoting the Republican brand and political platform, as well as assisting in fundraising and election strategy.[4] 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."[5][6]
Similar committees exist in every U.S. state and most U.S. counties, although in some states party organization is structured by congressional district, allied campaign organizations being governed by a national committee. Michael Whatley is the current committee chairman.[7]
The Democratic Party's counterpart to the RNC is the Democratic National Committee.
^Kelly, Niki (January 27, 2023). "Hupfer loses RNC co-chair bid". Indiana Capital Chronicle. Archived from the original on January 28, 2023. Retrieved January 28, 2023.
^Isenstadt, Alex (November 5, 2021). "RNC names Duke Buchan new finance chair as Ricketts steps down". Politico. Archived from the original on January 29, 2023. Retrieved January 28, 2023.
^"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.
^Heersink, Boris (2021). "Examining Democratic and Republican National Committee Party Branding Activity, 1953–2012". Perspectives on Politics. 21: 142–159. doi:10.1017/S1537592721000025. ISSN 1537-5927. S2CID 233646493. Archived from the original on 2021-03-24. Retrieved 2021-03-23.
^Boris Heersink, "Trump and the party-in-organization: Presidential control of national party organizations." Journal of Politics 80.4 (2018): 1474–1482.
^Cornelius P. Cotter, and Bernard C. Hennessy, eds. Politics without Power: The National Party Committees (1964) excerpt Archived 2021-10-14 at the Wayback Machine.
^"National Leadership". GOP.com. Archived from the original on May 6, 2017. Retrieved March 24, 2021.
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