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On January 24, 2023, supporters of Harmeet Dhillon's bid to chair the Republican National Committee rallied at the Waldorf Astoria Resort in Dana Point, Calif., where the committee is meeting. Ronna McDaniel, the current chairwoman, is fighting to keep her seat. The committee will make its choice on Friday, January 27.

The Republican Party reiterated Monday that the GOP presidential nominee in the 2024 race will not participate in any debates hosted by the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD). Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said any sites interested in hosting and looking to submit a proposal to the CPD should not 'waste your time' with the 'flawed' organization. In a letter to the group last January, McDaniel alleged that they are not willing to 'meaningfully address' issues raised by the RNC – and therefore would prohibit any future nominees from participating....

While working on combat veteran and Gold Star husband Joe Kent’s campaign for Washington state’s 3rd Congressional District, I knew by early October we were in trouble. We had overcome a $10 million deficit in the primary—owing almost entirely to Republicans backing the incumbent—but that came at a cost. We had exhausted our $3 million war chest and went into the general election broke. Our Democratic opponent emerged from the primary unscathed with about $3 million cash on hand. We had about six weeks before voting began and we were ultimately outspent 6-to-1. While Nancy Pelosi’s super PAC spent a...

A recent Trafalgar and Convention of States Action poll of 1,072 potential Republican voters found that 86 percent of respondents support attorney Harmeet Dhillon as the new Republican National Committee Chairperson.On Twitter Charlie Kirk wrote, "A recent poll of over 1,000 Republican voters found that 86% would support Harmeet Dhillon as the new RNC Chair over Ronna McDaniel. The era of a status quo Republican Party is over whether those clinging onto power realize it yet or not."Current RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel, who was elected in 2017 and is running for her fourth term, received 14 percent support.President of Convention...

Despite the many failures of the GOP as a national party under her watch, particularly in 2022 when bad candidates, bad spending plans, and particularly poor messaging turned what should have been a red wave into a pink puddle, RNC chair Ronna McDaniel is attempting to run again and hold onto her leadership position.Her decision to do so came back in November of 2022, shortly after the midterms disaster, with Politico reporting at the time that:Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel signaled on Monday that she plans to run for reelection as party chair, which would set her up to...

GOP consultant Caroline Wren talks to host Steve Bannon about the battle to unseat Ronna McDaniel as chair of the Republican National Committee. Wren is supporting attorney Harmeet Dhillon for the post. “The race is heating up… We feel really good. I would say again, it’s just 168 people who get to vote, and the grassroots has stepped up so amazingly… Harmeet’s been flying around and meeting … with these members. and picking up votes constantly. I would argue that we’re in the high 50s, low 60s and we’ve dropped Ronna below that 84 vote threshhold” needed to win.

The opinions expressed by contributors are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of RedState.com.With the red trickle behind us and the 2024 general election less than two years away, Republican voters will be faced with three options, like it, or not. The option a majority of GOP voters choose will be pivotal in both congressional elections and the election of the next president of the United States, as well.Those options are:Continue to focus on election day only, which historically determined the outcome of all elections.Continue to whine about “massive fraud” and “stolen” elections as the reason your...

Ronna McDaniel’s path to another two-year term leading the Republican National Committee faces a major obstacle: Some of the loudest voices in the conservative movement are calling for her to go. . . . . Since the midterms, RNC members say their inboxes have been clogged with hundreds of emails each week — and the uproar has now turned to the RNC’s spending on events, private travel, luxury accommodations and other expenses in an election cycle that didn’t deliver strong GOP wins. McDaniel’s top opponent is Harmeet Dhillon, an RNC committeewoman from California and election law attorney who has represented...

Author and attorney Kurt Schlighter joined Steve Bannon on The War Room on Friday morning. Kurt told Steve that the RNC had ONLY ONE attorney on the ground in Nevada the day after the midterm election in 2022. Republicans were leading every Democrat in the state in all of the major races following election day. Democrats came back days later and stole every single race except the governor’s race. The RNC was already long gone. ... This wasn’t the first time we have seen this take place. Back in 2020, Democrats were soundly defeated on Election Day. Then they locked...

Back in 2010, RNC Chair Michael Steele was heavily criticized and eventually lost his position because donors were angry about what they believed was luxurious spending on private jets, floral arrangements, chauffeur services, and member meetings in expensive tropical locales. Donors were used to frugality from the RNC under the George W. Bush administration, when “Karl Rove would bitch if there were flowers on the tables” and staff holiday parties were catered by Chick-fil-A. Despite Joe Biden’s economy and three straight cycles of election losses, the RNC’s big-spending days are back with a vengeance. Perhaps because of these losses both...

Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel's reelection team has announced that she has the votes for a fourth term, but some RNC committeemen argue the election is far from a done deal. "I believe the RNC chairman race is still in play," said Roger Villere, an RNC committeeman from Louisiana and chairman of the Republican National Conservative Caucus (RNCC). "The RNC chairman race is going to be held on January 27, 2023. There are no mail in ballots, no early voting. RNC members are just now making up their minds on the election. Endorsements are not votes, people are still...

$3.1 million on private jet services $1.3 million on limousine/chauffeur services $17.1 million on donor mementos $750,000 on floral arrangements $80,000 in alcohol-related expendituresUnder the current leadership, the RNC has spent more than $150,000 on what could be considered non-essential office expenses, including $25,000 on Commonwealth Joe coffee, $7,000 on cupcakes, nearly $7,000 on candles and diffusers, and $75,000 total at Pottery Barn, West Elm, Restoration Hardware, and Crate & Barrel. In addition, the committee’s FEC reports show expenditures totaling $381,000 classified as “Furniture Expense” during the same time frame.More than $100,000 was spent at high-end clothing stores such as...

Back in 2010, RNC Chair Michael Steele was heavily criticized and eventually lost his position because donors were angry about what they believed was luxurious spending on private jets, floral arrangements, chauffeur services, and member meetings in expensive tropical locales. Donors were used to frugality from the RNC under the George W. Bush administration, when “Karl Rove would bitch if there were flowers on the tables” and staff holiday parties were catered by Chick-fil-A.Despite Joe Biden’s economy and three straight cycles of election losses, the RNC’s big-spending days are back with a vengeance. Perhaps because of these losses both RNC...

Republican voters did their part. When one accumulates the popular vote for House races across the country, Republicans won by three percentage points—a margin that was once just under five points but narrowed as votes from deep-blue districts trickled in over weeks after Election Day. That kind of turnout for Republicans “would normally translate into GOP gains of 20-30 seats,” according to the Cook Political Report. But Republicans have as of early December netted only eight seats, bringing their total in the House to 220. At most, Republicans will hold 222. In races that seemed to be easy flips, Republicans...

There’s a reason we call it the Uniparty — because Democrats and Republican “leadership” are one and the same. By day, Republicans like Ronna McDaniel and Kevin McCarthy stump for conservatism, and rail against corrupted and weaponized federal agencies; by night they dine on Maine lobster at state dinners with Emmanuel Macron and Hunter Biden, and laugh at their exploits. Under Ronna McDaniel’s direction, the Democrats have made tremendous gain — both outside and inside the Republican Party. The “red wave” was nothing more than a “red trickle.” She has accomplished the exact opposite of what she should be accomplishing....

After the 2022 midterm elections and the failure of the "Red Wave" to materialize, there has been a crack-up in party leadership at every level. The conservative base wants RINO scalps, and the establishment wants to blame Trump. The battle for the party's soul is no more apparent than it is in the leadership battle at the Republican National Committee. There have been several interesting and captivating names thrown out there for RNC Chair. Lee Zeldin, the gubernatorial candidate in New York who had a strong showing by going on the offense against far-left Democrats; Mike Lindell, the MyPillow founder...

Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel on Tuesday urged members of her party to stop discouraging early voting and vote by mail. “Our voters need to vote early,” McDaniel told Fox News. “I have said this over and over again. There were many in 2020 saying, ‘Don’t vote by mail, don’t vote early.’ And we have to stop that and understand that if Democrats are getting ballots in for a month, we can’t expect to get it all done in one day.” Former President Trump was among the leading voices that questioned the security and validity of early and...

On Sunday, Politico reported that attorney Harmeet Dhillon is planning on challenging Ronna McDaniel for the chair of the Republican National Committee. According to Politico, "Dhillon has been talking with fellow RNC members about a prospective run, and those close to Dhillon say a formal launch could come within the next few days."

Harmeet Dhillon announces run for RNC chair. Video of announcement on Tucker Carlson in link.

Rep. Lee Zeldin (D-N.Y.) announced on Wednesday that he will not challenge Ronna McDaniel for the Republican National Committee’s (RNC) top spot but urged the three-time chairwoman to step aside. “Change is desperately needed, and there are many leaders, myself included, ready and willing to step up to ensure our party retools and transforms as critical elections fast approach,” Zeldin said in a statement. “However, the issue is Chairwoman McDaniel’s re-election appears to already be pre-baked, as if the disappointing results of every election during her tenure, including yesterday in Georgia, do not and should not even matter,” he added.