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<div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Political party in Virginia</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 125%;"><div style="padding-top:0.3em; padding-bottom:0.3em; border-top:2px solid #B30000; border-bottom:2px solid #B30000; line-height: 1;"><div class="fn org">Republican Party of Virginia</div> </div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image logo" style="padding-top:.4em;padding-bottom:.3em;"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Republican_Party_of_Virginia_logo.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/98/Republican_Party_of_Virginia_logo.png/180px-Republican_Party_of_Virginia_logo.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/98/Republican_Party_of_Virginia_logo.png/270px-Republican_Party_of_Virginia_logo.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/98/Republican_Party_of_Virginia_logo.png 2x" data-file-width="316" data-file-height="316" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Party_chair" title="Party chair">Chairman</a></th><td class="infobox-data agent" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Rich_Anderson_(Virginia_politician)" title="Rich Anderson (Virginia politician)">Rich Anderson</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Virginia" title="Governor of Virginia">Governor of Virginia</a></th><td class="infobox-data agent" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Glenn_Youngkin" title="Glenn Youngkin">Glenn Youngkin</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Virginia" title="Lieutenant Governor of Virginia">Lieutenant Governor of Virginia</a></th><td class="infobox-data agent" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Winsome_Sears" title="Winsome Sears">Winsome Sears</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Senate_of_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="Senate of Virginia">Senate Minority Leader</a></th><td class="infobox-data agent" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Ryan_McDougle" title="Ryan McDougle">Ryan McDougle</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Virginia_House_of_Delegates" title="Virginia House of Delegates">House Minority Leader</a></th><td class="infobox-data agent" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Todd_Gilbert" title="Todd Gilbert">Todd Gilbert</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">1854<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1854</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Obenshain Center<br />115 E. Grace St.<br /><a href="/wiki/Richmond,_Virginia" title="Richmond, Virginia">Richmond, Virginia</a> 23219</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Student_wing" title="Student wing">Student wing</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=High_School_Republican_Federation_of_Virginia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="High School Republican Federation of Virginia (page does not exist)">High School Republican Federation of Virginia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_ideologies" title="List of political ideologies">Ideology</a></th><td class="infobox-data category" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Conservatism_in_the_United_States" title="Conservatism in the United States">Conservatism</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">National affiliation</th><td class="infobox-data category" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican Party</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Colors</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#B30000; color:white;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Red_states_and_blue_states" title="Red states and blue states">Red</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Virginia" title="Government of Virginia">Statewide Executive Offices</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">3 / 3</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #B30000; width: 100%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Senate_of_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="Senate of Virginia">Senate</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">19 / 40</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #B30000; width: 48%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Virginia_House_of_Delegates" title="Virginia House of Delegates">House of Delegates</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">49 / 100</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #B30000; width: 49%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senate</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">0 / 2</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #B30000; width: 0%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">5 / 11</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #B30000; width: 45%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Fairfax_County_Board_of_Supervisors" title="Fairfax County Board of Supervisors">Fairfax County Board of Supervisors</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">1 / 10</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #B30000; width: 10%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 0.8em;">Election symbol</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Republican_Party_Disc_(alternate).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Republican_Party_Disc_%28alternate%29.svg/100px-Republican_Party_Disc_%28alternate%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Republican_Party_Disc_%28alternate%29.svg/150px-Republican_Party_Disc_%28alternate%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Republican_Party_Disc_%28alternate%29.svg/200px-Republican_Party_Disc_%28alternate%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 0.8em;">Website</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://virginia.gop/">virginia.gop</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="padding-top:0;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist" style="line-height:1.3em; padding-top:0.3em; border-top:2px solid #B30000;"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Virginia" title="Politics of Virginia">Politics of Virginia</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Virginia" title="Elections in Virginia">Elections</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Republican Party of Virginia</b> (<b>RPV</b>) is the <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a> chapter of the <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican Party</a>. It is based at the <a href="/wiki/Richard_D._Obenshain" title="Richard D. Obenshain">Richard D. Obenshain</a> Center in <a href="/wiki/Richmond,_Virginia" title="Richmond, Virginia">Richmond</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of May 2024, it controls all three statewide elected offices and 5 out of 11 U.S. House seats. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Republican_Party_of_Virginia&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Antebellum">Antebellum</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Republican_Party_of_Virginia&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Antebellum"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Five Virginians (George Rye, John H. Atkinson, James Farley, Joseph Farley, and Mr. Ashley) attended the first national organizing convention of the <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican Party</a> in <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh" title="Pittsburgh">Pittsburgh</a>. <a href="/wiki/John_Curtiss_Underwood" title="John Curtiss Underwood">John Curtiss Underwood</a>, Rye, and H. Carpenter were the state's delegates to the <a href="/wiki/1856_Republican_National_Convention" title="1856 Republican National Convention">1856 Republican National Convention</a>. They wanted to cast forty-five votes, three per congressional district and six at-large, but the convention only allotted them nine votes. They refused to vote in protest on both ballots. The delegation initially supported <a href="/wiki/David_Wilmot" title="David Wilmot">David Wilmot</a> for the vice-presidential nomination, but later supported <a href="/wiki/William_L._Dayton" title="William L. Dayton">William L. Dayton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELowe1973260-263_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELowe1973260-263-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Underwood formed the party's newspaper in <a href="/wiki/Wheeling,_West_Virginia" title="Wheeling, West Virginia">Wheeling</a>, the first in any of the border states<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAbbott198610_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAbbott198610-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> using financial aid from <a href="/wiki/William_H._Seward" title="William H. Seward">William H. Seward</a>. Underwood also received backing from <a href="/wiki/Horace_Greeley" title="Horace Greeley">Horace Greeley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eli_Thayer" title="Eli Thayer">Eli Thayer</a> to form a colony for northern workers in <a href="/wiki/Ceredo,_West_Virginia" title="Ceredo, West Virginia">Ceredo</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAbbott198612_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAbbott198612-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELowe1973269_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELowe1973269-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first state convention was held on September 18, 1856, while Underwood was in another state due to threats of violence. <a href="/wiki/William_E._Stevenson" title="William E. Stevenson">William E. Stevenson</a>, a future governor of West Virginia, was indicted for distributing an anti-slavery pamphlet. <a href="/wiki/John_C._Fr%C3%A9mont" title="John C. Frémont">John C. Frémont</a> received 291 votes in the state with 280 from the northwest.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELowe1973263-267_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELowe1973263-267-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Republicans, such as <a href="/wiki/Cassius_Marcellus_Clay_(politician)" title="Cassius Marcellus Clay (politician)">Cassius Marcellus Clay</a> and Underwood, viewed <a href="/wiki/John_Brown_(abolitionist)" title="John Brown (abolitionist)">John Brown</a>'s <a href="/wiki/John_Brown%27s_raid_on_Harpers_Ferry" title="John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry">raid on Harpers Ferry</a> as damaging to the party.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAbbott198613_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAbbott198613-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Almost all of <a href="/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln" title="Abraham Lincoln">Abraham Lincoln</a>'s support in the <a href="/wiki/1860_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1860 United States presidential election in Virginia">1860 election</a> came from around Wheeling.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAbbott198617_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAbbott198617-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Republicans supported <a href="/wiki/Francis_Harrison_Pierpont" title="Francis Harrison Pierpont">Francis Harrison Pierpont</a>'s unionist Virginia government during the Civil War.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAbbott198663_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAbbott198663-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1860s">1860s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Republican_Party_of_Virginia&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1860s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In June 1865, the <a href="/wiki/Radical_Republicans" title="Radical Republicans">Radical Republicans</a>, which included many of the party's founders, held a convention in Alexandria which supported black suffrage. A rival Republican convention opposed to Pierpont was held in May 1866, by former Whigs under the leadership of <a href="/wiki/John_Botts" title="John Botts">John Botts</a>, and formed the Union Republican Party. The convention passed resolutions criticizing Pierpont's government, supporting disenfranchising Confederates, and supporting qualified black suffrage.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAbbott198663-64_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAbbott198663-64-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/James_W._Hunnicutt" title="James W. Hunnicutt">James W. Hunnicutt</a>, who found most of his support among black people and the <a href="/wiki/Union_League" title="Union League">Union League</a>, also vied for leadership of the party.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAbbott1986114_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAbbott1986114-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Senator <a href="/wiki/Henry_Wilson" title="Henry Wilson">Henry Wilson</a>, at the request of Botts, had the <a href="/wiki/Reconstruction_Acts" title="Reconstruction Acts">Second Reconstruction Act</a> conduct voting by ballot, which Botts believed would increase white support for Republicans. Wilson unsuccessfully attempted to have the act structured to result in Pierpont administering the constitutional convention election rather than the military commander. Hunnicutt's supporters initially controlled the <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Constitutional_Convention_of_1868" title="Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1868">1868 constitutional convention</a> and called for <a href="/wiki/Forty_acres_and_a_mule" title="Forty acres and a mule">property confiscations</a>. The Pierpont and Botts factions, and <a href="/wiki/Horace_Greeley" title="Horace Greeley">Horace Greeley</a> feared that Hunnicutt's faction would ruin the electoral chances of the party.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAbbott1986114-116_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAbbott1986114-116-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Edward_McPherson" title="Edward McPherson">Edward McPherson</a> granted printing contracts to Hunnicutt's <i>Richmond New Nation</i>, but Hunnicutt complained that a majority of the contracts were given to the <i>Alexandria Virginia State Journal</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAbbott1986135-136_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAbbott1986135-136-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>One-third of the delegates to the constitutional convention were black. Underwood, a Radical who was friends with Greeley, was selected as president. <a href="/wiki/Elihu_B._Washburne" title="Elihu B. Washburne">Elihu B. Washburne</a> and <a href="/wiki/Schuyler_Colfax" title="Schuyler Colfax">Schuyler Colfax</a> advocated for the convention to be generous towards the voting rights of former Confederates while Hunnicutt supported disenfranchisement. The <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Virginia" title="Constitution of Virginia">constitution</a> written by the convention disfranchised a large number of Confederates and required loyalty oaths for local and state officials. <a href="/wiki/John_Schofield" title="John Schofield">John Schofield</a> opposed the loyalty oath as it would not allow for enough men to fill offices.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAbbott1986146-147_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAbbott1986146-147-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Schofield removed Pierpont, who was appealing to the Radicals to aid in his election, from the governorship stating that his term had expired under the current constitution. Schofield sought a moderate and initially offered the position to <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Rives" title="Alexander Rives">Alexander Rives</a>, but he declined and <a href="/wiki/Henry_H._Wells" title="Henry H. Wells">Henry H. Wells</a> was appointed instead. Wells received the Republican gubernatorial nomination against other nominees, including Hunnicutt, but the loyalty oath requirement was maintained despite another attempt by Schofield. Schofield and Congress refused to finance the elections.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAbbott1986162-163_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAbbott1986162-163-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Radicals supported Wells while the conservatives and moderates supported <a href="/wiki/Gilbert_Carlton_Walker" class="mw-redirect" title="Gilbert Carlton Walker">Gilbert Carlton Walker</a>, who won the election.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAbbott1986207_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAbbott1986207-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Later_history">Later history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Republican_Party_of_Virginia&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Later history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Virginia Republicans were active in fighting for the <a href="/wiki/Union_(American_Civil_War)" title="Union (American Civil War)">Union side</a> in the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a> and helped lead the formation of the <a href="/wiki/Restored_Government_of_Virginia" title="Restored Government of Virginia">Restored Government of Virginia</a> as well as the secession of what became the state of <a href="/wiki/West_Virginia" title="West Virginia">West Virginia</a>. Republicans <a href="/wiki/Francis_Harrison_Pierpont" title="Francis Harrison Pierpont">Francis Harrison Pierpont</a> and <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Polsley" title="Daniel Polsley">Daniel Polsley</a> were respectively elected the governor and lieutenant governor of the Restored Government, with Pierpont eventually taking power as the de facto governor of Virginia after the previous Democratic governor <a href="/wiki/William_Smith_(Virginia_governor)" title="William Smith (Virginia governor)">William Smith</a> was removed from office and arrested. Two more Republicans would hold office for governor, <a href="/wiki/Henry_H._Wells" title="Henry H. Wells">Henry H. Wells</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gilbert_Carlton_Walker" class="mw-redirect" title="Gilbert Carlton Walker">Gilbert Carlton Walker</a>. </p><p>Republican fortunes turned downward as the <a href="/wiki/Redeemers" title="Redeemers">Redeemer</a> movement gathered apace and the <a href="/wiki/Reconstruction_era" title="Reconstruction era">Reconstruction era</a> ended. A brief upturn occurred when <a href="/wiki/William_Mahone" title="William Mahone">William Mahone</a> formed the <a href="/wiki/Readjuster_Party" title="Readjuster Party">Readjuster Party</a>, a bi-racial populist coalition of Democrats and Republicans which held its height of power from 1870 to 1883. After the <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Constitutional_Convention_of_1902" class="mw-redirect" title="Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1902">Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1902</a>, which drafted and promulgated a new constitution which disfranchised almost all African Americans in the commonwealth, the Republican Party ceased to be an effective political party in Virginia. </p><p>The party reached its nadir of representation in the General Assembly, reaching handfuls of representation in either chamber and in the U.S. House until after 1964. Historically, from the late 19th into the mid-20th centuries, the <a href="/wiki/Virginia%27s_9th_congressional_district" title="Virginia's 9th congressional district">9th</a> and <a href="/wiki/Virginia%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="Virginia's 2nd congressional district">2nd</a> congressional districts were the friendliest terrain for Republicans in the state (and some of the friendliest in the former Confederacy), encompassing areas which border West Virginia. Virginia Republicans managed to help <a href="/wiki/Herbert_Hoover" title="Herbert Hoover">Herbert Hoover</a> and <a href="/wiki/Charles_Curtis" title="Charles Curtis">Charles Curtis</a> win the 1928 election but would only regain their statewide competitiveness after <a href="/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower" title="Dwight D. Eisenhower">Dwight D. Eisenhower</a> carried the state in 1952. <a href="/wiki/Linwood_Holton" title="Linwood Holton">Linwood Holton</a> would be elected in 1969 as the first Republican governor of Virginia in the 20th century, inaugurating an era of competitive elections between the two major parties. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Current_elected_officials">Current elected officials</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Republican_Party_of_Virginia&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Current elected officials"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Republicans are the minority in both the Virginia House of Delegates and Senate, and five of the state's eleven <a href="/wiki/U.S._House" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. House">U.S. House</a> seats are held by Republicans. As of 2024, they hold the offices of Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Members_of_Congress">Members of Congress</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Republican_Party_of_Virginia&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Members of Congress"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="U.S._Senate">U.S. Senate</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Republican_Party_of_Virginia&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: U.S. Senate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>None</li></ul> <p>Both of Virginia's <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senate</a> seats have been held by <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_of_Virginia" title="Democratic Party of Virginia">Democrats</a> since <a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" title="2008 United States Senate election in Virginia">2009</a>. <a href="/wiki/John_Warner" title="John Warner">John Warner</a> was the last Republican to represent Virginia in the U.S. Senate. First elected in <a href="/wiki/1978_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" title="1978 United States Senate election in Virginia">1978</a>, Warner opted to retire instead of seeking a sixth term. Former Governor <a href="/wiki/Jim_Gilmore" title="Jim Gilmore">Jim Gilmore</a> ran as the Republican nominee in the <a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" title="2008 United States Senate election in Virginia">2008 election</a> and was subsequently defeated by Democratic challenger <a href="/wiki/Mark_Warner" title="Mark Warner">Mark Warner</a> who has held the seat since. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="U.S._House_of_Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Republican_Party_of_Virginia&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: U.S. House of Representatives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Out of the 11 seats Virginia is apportioned in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a>, five are held by Republicans: </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>District </th> <th>Member </th> <th>Photo </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Virginia%27s_1st_congressional_district" title="Virginia's 1st congressional district">1st</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Wittman, Rob"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Rob_Wittman" title="Rob Wittman">Rob Wittman</a></span></span></span> </td> <td><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Rob_Wittman_official_portrait,_118th_Congress_(tight_crop_2).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Rob_Wittman_official_portrait%2C_118th_Congress_%28tight_crop_2%29.jpg/130px-Rob_Wittman_official_portrait%2C_118th_Congress_%28tight_crop_2%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="130" height="173" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Rob_Wittman_official_portrait%2C_118th_Congress_%28tight_crop_2%29.jpg/195px-Rob_Wittman_official_portrait%2C_118th_Congress_%28tight_crop_2%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Rob_Wittman_official_portrait%2C_118th_Congress_%28tight_crop_2%29.jpg/260px-Rob_Wittman_official_portrait%2C_118th_Congress_%28tight_crop_2%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1540" data-file-height="2045" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Virginia%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="Virginia's 2nd congressional district">2nd</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Kiggans, Jen"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jen_Kiggans" title="Jen Kiggans">Jen Kiggans</a></span></span></span> </td> <td><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Rep._Jen_Kiggans_official_photo_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Rep._Jen_Kiggans_official_photo_%28cropped%29.jpg/130px-Rep._Jen_Kiggans_official_photo_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="130" height="179" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Rep._Jen_Kiggans_official_photo_%28cropped%29.jpg/195px-Rep._Jen_Kiggans_official_photo_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Rep._Jen_Kiggans_official_photo_%28cropped%29.jpg/260px-Rep._Jen_Kiggans_official_photo_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1131" data-file-height="1560" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Virginia%27s_5th_congressional_district" title="Virginia's 5th congressional district">5th</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Good, Bob"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Bob_Good" title="Bob Good">Bob Good</a></span></span></span> </td> <td><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Bob_Good_117th_U.S_Congress_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Bob_Good_117th_U.S_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg/130px-Bob_Good_117th_U.S_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="130" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Bob_Good_117th_U.S_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg/195px-Bob_Good_117th_U.S_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Bob_Good_117th_U.S_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg/260px-Bob_Good_117th_U.S_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1122" data-file-height="1354" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Virginia%27s_6th_congressional_district" title="Virginia's 6th congressional district">6th</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Cline, Ben"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ben_Cline" title="Ben Cline">Ben Cline</a></span></span></span> </td> <td><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Ben_Cline,_official_portrait,_116th_Congress_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Ben_Cline%2C_official_portrait%2C_116th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg/130px-Ben_Cline%2C_official_portrait%2C_116th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="130" height="182" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Ben_Cline%2C_official_portrait%2C_116th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg/195px-Ben_Cline%2C_official_portrait%2C_116th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Ben_Cline%2C_official_portrait%2C_116th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg/260px-Ben_Cline%2C_official_portrait%2C_116th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1053" data-file-height="1476" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Virginia%27s_9th_congressional_district" title="Virginia's 9th congressional district">9th</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Griffith, Morgan"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Morgan_Griffith" title="Morgan Griffith">Morgan Griffith</a></span></span></span> </td> <td><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Morgan_Griffith_116th_Congress_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Morgan_Griffith_116th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg/130px-Morgan_Griffith_116th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="130" height="172" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Morgan_Griffith_116th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg/195px-Morgan_Griffith_116th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d/Morgan_Griffith_116th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="247" data-file-height="326" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Statewide_offices">Statewide offices</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Republican_Party_of_Virginia&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Statewide offices"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Youngkin_Governor_Portrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Governor Glenn Youngkin"><img alt="Governor Glenn Youngkin" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Youngkin_Governor_Portrait.jpg/160px-Youngkin_Governor_Portrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Youngkin_Governor_Portrait.jpg/240px-Youngkin_Governor_Portrait.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Youngkin_Governor_Portrait.jpg/320px-Youngkin_Governor_Portrait.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3758" data-file-height="4698" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Virginia" title="Governor of Virginia">Governor</a> <span data-sort-value="Youngkin, Glenn"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Glenn_Youngkin" title="Glenn Youngkin">Glenn Youngkin</a></span></span></span></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Winsome_Sears_in_November_2021.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Lieutenant Governor Winsome Sears"><img alt="Lieutenant Governor Winsome Sears" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Winsome_Sears_in_November_2021.jpg/150px-Winsome_Sears_in_November_2021.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Winsome_Sears_in_November_2021.jpg/225px-Winsome_Sears_in_November_2021.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Winsome_Sears_in_November_2021.jpg/299px-Winsome_Sears_in_November_2021.jpg 2x" data-file-width="773" data-file-height="1032" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Virginia" title="Lieutenant Governor of Virginia">Lieutenant Governor</a> <span data-sort-value="Sears, Winsome"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Winsome_Sears" title="Winsome Sears">Winsome Sears</a></span></span></span></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jason_Miyares_in_November_2021.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Attorney General Jason Miyares"><img alt="Attorney General Jason Miyares" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Jason_Miyares_in_November_2021.jpg/150px-Jason_Miyares_in_November_2021.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Jason_Miyares_in_November_2021.jpg/225px-Jason_Miyares_in_November_2021.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Jason_Miyares_in_November_2021.jpg/300px-Jason_Miyares_in_November_2021.jpg 2x" data-file-width="613" data-file-height="818" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Virginia" title="Attorney General of Virginia">Attorney General</a> <span data-sort-value="Miyares, Jason"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jason_Miyares" title="Jason Miyares">Jason Miyares</a></span></span></span></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Leadership">Leadership</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Republican_Party_of_Virginia&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Leadership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Kate_Obenshain_Griffin" class="mw-redirect" title="Kate Obenshain Griffin">Kate Obenshain Griffin</a> of <a href="/wiki/Winchester,_Virginia" title="Winchester, Virginia">Winchester</a> became the party's chairman in 2004. Following Senator <a href="/wiki/George_Allen_(U.S._politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="George Allen (U.S. politician)">George Allen's</a> unsuccessful 2006 reelection bid, Griffin submitted her resignation as Chairman effective November 15, 2006. Her brother, <a href="/wiki/Mark_Obenshain" title="Mark Obenshain">Mark Obenshain</a>, is a <a href="/wiki/Virginia_State_Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="Virginia State Senate">State Senator</a> from <a href="/wiki/Harrisonburg,_Virginia" title="Harrisonburg, Virginia">Harrisonburg</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Virginia_General_Assembly" title="Virginia General Assembly">Virginia General Assembly</a>. Both are the children of the late <a href="/wiki/Richard_D._Obenshain" title="Richard D. Obenshain">Richard D. Obenshain</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Ed_Gillespie" title="Ed Gillespie">Ed Gillespie</a> was elected as the new Chairman of the RPV on December 2, 2006. He resigned on June 13, 2007, to become the counselor to President <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a>. Mike Thomas served as interim chairman until July 21 when former <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Virginia" title="Lieutenant Governor of Virginia">Lieutenant Governor of Virginia</a> <a href="/wiki/John_H._Hager" title="John H. Hager">John H. Hager</a> was elected chairman. On April 9, 2007, the RPV named <a href="/wiki/Fred_Malek" title="Fred Malek">Fred Malek</a> to serve as the Finance Chairman and Lisa Gable to serve as the Finance Committee Co-Chair.<sup id="cite_ref-rpv-2007-04-09_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rpv-2007-04-09-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On May 31, 2008, Hager was defeated in his bid for re-election at a statewide GOP convention by a strongly conservative member of the <a href="/wiki/Virginia_House_of_Delegates" title="Virginia House of Delegates">House of Delegates</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Frederick" title="Jeff Frederick">Jeff Frederick</a> of <a href="/wiki/Prince_William_County,_Virginia" title="Prince William County, Virginia">Prince William County</a>. Frederick, who was then 32 years old, was the fifth party chairman in five years. On April 4, 2009, Frederick was removed from the position by RPV's State Central Committee, in a move backed by most of the senior GOP establishment.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many argued that Frederick's election and later removal was a war within the party between insiders and outsiders,<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or grassroots versus establishment Republicans.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After his removal, Frederick considered seeking the chairman job again at the party's May 2009 convention, but decided against it.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pat Mullins, who was then the chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Louisa_County,_Virginia" title="Louisa County, Virginia">Louisa County</a> party unit and formerly the chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Fairfax_County,_Virginia" title="Fairfax County, Virginia">Fairfax County</a> party unit, was selected on May 2, 2009, to serve in the interim before a special election at state party convention later that month.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mullins won the special election at the May 30, 2009, convention, defeating Bill Stanley, the <a href="/wiki/Franklin_County,_Virginia" title="Franklin County, Virginia">Franklin County</a> chairman.<sup id="cite_ref-wpconv_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wpconv-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mullins was re-elected at the party's June 2012 convention.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mullins announced his retirement on November 5, 2014, a day after the Virginia GOP had a strong showing in the 2014 elections.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Virginia%27s_10th_congressional_district" title="Virginia's 10th congressional district">10th District</a> Republican Committee chairman <a href="/wiki/John_Whitbeck" title="John Whitbeck">John Whitbeck</a> was elected on January 24, 2015, by the party's State Central Committee to serve out the remainder of Mullins's term.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Whitbeck faced a challenge for the chairmanship for the 2016 election at the party's state convention from Vince Haley, who unsuccessfully ran for the Republican nomination for state senate in the 12th state Senate district in 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Haley withdrew his candidacy in early 2016, then tried to re-enter before the convention. At the convention, the party nominations committee ruled that Haley did not qualify to seek the office, and Whitbeck was re-elected unopposed to a full four-year term.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Whitbeck resigned from his position on July 21, 2018, due to differences with <a href="/wiki/Corey_Stewart" title="Corey Stewart">Corey Stewart</a>, the party's nominee for U.S. Senate in that year's race for <a href="/wiki/2018_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" title="2018 United States Senate election in Virginia">U.S. Senate</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In September 2018, Jack R. Wilson, the party's 4th Congressional District Chairman since 2007 and a lawyer from Chesterfield County, was elected to fill the balance of Whitbeck's term.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The current chairman is former Delegate <a href="/wiki/Rich_Anderson_(Virginia_politician)" title="Rich Anderson (Virginia politician)">Rich Anderson</a>, who was elected to a four-year term on August 15, 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Organization_and_candidate_selection">Organization and candidate selection</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Republican_Party_of_Virginia&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Organization and candidate selection"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The State Party Plan specifies the organization of the state party and how candidates will be selected. The 79-member State Central Committee sets the policy and plans for the party between larger State Conventions, which gather at least once every four years.<sup id="cite_ref-rpv-plan_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rpv-plan-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Candidates for elective office can be selected by (1) mass meetings, (2) party canvasses, (3) conventions, or (4) primaries. A mass meeting consists of a meeting where any participants must remain until votes are taken at the end. A party canvass or "<a href="/wiki/Firehouse_primary" title="Firehouse primary">firehouse primary</a>" allows participants to arrive anytime during announced polling hours, cast a secret ballot, and then leave. A convention includes a process for selecting delegates, and then only the delegates may vote. Mass meetings, party canvasses and conventions are conducted by party officials and volunteers. Primaries are administered by the State Board of Elections at all established polling places.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Because Virginia does not have party registrations, participation in primaries are open to any register voter regardless of party. However, on June 15, 2006, the Plan was amended to redefine a primary: </p> <blockquote> <p>"Primary" is as defined in and subject to the Election Laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, except to the extent that any provisions of such laws conflict with this Plan, infringe the right to freedom of association, or are otherwise invalid. </p> </blockquote> <p>At the same time, the Plan was amended to require participants in any of the candidate selection methods to "express in open meeting either orally or in writing as may be required their intent to support all [Republican] nominees for public office in the ensuing election". </p><p>The candidate selection process has been criticized as favoring "party insiders" and disfavoring moderate candidates. For example, both <a href="/wiki/Jim_Gilmore" title="Jim Gilmore">Jim Gilmore</a> and the more moderate <a href="/wiki/Thomas_M._Davis" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas M. Davis">Thomas M. Davis</a> were seeking the 2008 Republican candidate for <a href="/wiki/U.S._Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Senate">U.S. Senate</a>. However, two weeks following the decision that the candidate will be selected at a convention instead of a primary,<sup id="cite_ref-inrich_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inrich-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Davis announced that he would not seek the nomination. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Open_primary_litigation">Open primary litigation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Republican_Party_of_Virginia&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Open primary litigation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Virginia does not provide for voters to register by party. Virginia law requires <a href="/wiki/Open_primary" class="mw-redirect" title="Open primary">"open" primaries</a> that are not restricted based on party registration: </p> <blockquote><p> All persons qualified to vote... may vote at the primary. No person shall vote for the candidates of more than one party.<sup id="cite_ref-vacode-24.2-530_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vacode-24.2-530-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>In 2004, the Republican Party amended the State Party Plan to attempt to restrict participation in primaries to exclude voters who had voted in a Democratic primary after March 1, 2004, or in the last five years, whichever is more recent. In August 2004, <a href="/wiki/Stephen_H._Martin" class="mw-redirect" title="Stephen H. Martin">Stephen Martin</a>, an incumbent State Senator, designated that the Republican candidate for his seat in the November 2007 election should be selected by primary. The Republicans then sued the State Board of Elections demanding a closed primary be held, with taxpayer funding of a mechanism to exclude voters who had participated in past Democratic primaries.<sup id="cite_ref-MillerBrown-pp4-5_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MillerBrown-pp4-5-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Federal District Court dismissed the suit on standing and ripeness grounds. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit reversed and sent the case back for a trial on its merits. The District Court then ruled that the rule forcing a party to accept the choice of its incumbent office holder of an open primary was unconstitutional. The state could continue to hold open primaries if a party opted for a primary instead of a mass meeting, party canvass, or convention to choose its nominees.<sup id="cite_ref-MillerBrown-p6_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MillerBrown-p6-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On October 1, 2007, the Fourth Circuit affirmed this holding, which largely left Virginia's primary system intact, striking down only the rule allowing an incumbent officeholder to choose an open primary over the objection of his or her party.<sup id="cite_ref-MillerBrown-p18_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MillerBrown-p18-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Republican State Central Committee dropped plans to require voters to sign a loyalty oath before voting in the February 2008 Presidential Primary. The party had proposed to require each voter to sign a pledge stating "I, the undersigned, pledge that I intend to support the nominee of the Republican Party for President." However, there was no way to enforce the pledge, and the proposal caused vocal public opposition.<sup id="cite_ref-Craig-pledge_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Craig-pledge-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At a March 20, 2014, meeting, John Ferguson defeated Leslie Williams to become Chairman of the Campbell County Republican Committee. Williams unsuccessfully challenged the meeting before the county committee and the Fifth Congressional District Republican Committee. However, the State Central Committee overturned the vote on the grounds that schoolteachers and public employees participated in the meeting and that they must have been Democrats. In response, Ferguson and the other party officials that were elected filed a lawsuit to block a new mass meeting to fill the seats.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Richard_D._Obenshain_Center">Richard D. Obenshain Center</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Republican_Party_of_Virginia&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Richard D. Obenshain Center"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The party headquarters building is named the Richard D. Obenshain Center in memory of <a href="/wiki/Richard_D._Obenshain" title="Richard D. Obenshain">Richard D. Obenshain</a> (1936–1978), the State Party Chairman who beginning in 1972, helped lead the party's renaissance in Virginia following 95 years of virtual control by the State's <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic Party</a>. </p><p>In 1978, "Dick" Obenshain had won the party's nomination to run for the U.S. Senate to replace retiring Senator <a href="/wiki/William_L._Scott" title="William L. Scott">William Scott</a> when the 42-year-old candidate and two others were killed in an <a href="/wiki/Airplane_crash" class="mw-redirect" title="Airplane crash">airplane crash</a> of a twin-engine aircraft on August 2, 1978, while attempting a night landing at the <a href="/wiki/Chesterfield_County,_Virginia" title="Chesterfield County, Virginia">Chesterfield County Airport</a>. They had been returning to Richmond from a campaign appearance. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_Chairs">List of Chairs</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Republican_Party_of_Virginia&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: List of Chairs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/William_Henry_Harrison_Stowell" title="William Henry Harrison Stowell">William Henry Harrison Stowell</a> (1872–1873)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Lamb_(Confederate_States_Army_officer)" title="William Lamb (Confederate States Army officer)">William Lamb</a> (1895–1897)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._Bascom_Slemp" title="C. Bascom Slemp">C. Bascom Slemp</a> (1905–1918)</li> <li>Joseph L. Crupper (1918–1928)</li> <li>Robert H. Angell (1928–1933)</li> <li>H. B. McCormac (1933–1936)</li> <li>Clarence R. Ahalt (1937–1944)</li> <li>I. R. Dovell (1944–1947)</li> <li>Robert H. Woods (1947–1952)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._Floyd_Landreth" title="S. Floyd Landreth">S. Floyd Landreth</a> (1952–1956)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irwin_Lee_Potter" title="Irwin Lee Potter">Irwin Lee Potter</a> (1956–1962)</li> <li>Horace E. Henderson (1962–1964)</li> <li>Robert J. Corber (1964–1968)</li> <li>Samuel E. Carpenter (1968–1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren_B._French" title="Warren B. French">Warren B. French</a> (1970–1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_D._Obenshain" title="Richard D. Obenshain">Richard D. Obenshain</a> (1972–1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randy_Forbes" title="Randy Forbes">Randy Forbes</a> (1996–2001)</li> <li>Gary R. Thomson (2001–2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kate_Obenshain" title="Kate Obenshain">Kate Obenshain</a> (2003–2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Gillespie" title="Ed Gillespie">Ed Gillespie</a> (2006–2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_H._Hager" title="John H. Hager">John H. Hager</a> (2007–2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Frederick" title="Jeff Frederick">Jeff Frederick</a> (2008–2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Mullins" title="Pat Mullins">Pat Mullins</a> (2009–2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Whitbeck" title="John Whitbeck">John Whitbeck</a> (2015–2018)</li> <li>Jack Wilson (2018–2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rich_Anderson_(Virginia_politician)" title="Rich Anderson (Virginia politician)">Rich Anderson</a> (2020–present)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recent_elections">Recent elections</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Republican_Party_of_Virginia&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Recent elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2016_elections">2016 elections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Republican_Party_of_Virginia&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: 2016 elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Over one million voters participated in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia,_2016#Republican_primary" class="mw-redirect" title="United States presidential election in Virginia, 2016">2016 Virginia Republican presidential primary</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> placed first with 35% of the vote, followed by <a href="/wiki/Marco_Rubio" title="Marco Rubio">Marco Rubio</a> (32%), <a href="/wiki/Ted_Cruz" title="Ted Cruz">Ted Cruz</a> (17%), <a href="/wiki/John_Kasich" title="John Kasich">John Kasich</a> (10%), and <a href="/wiki/Ben_Carson" title="Ben Carson">Ben Carson</a> (6%).<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The party held its quadrennial convention in <a href="/wiki/Roanoke,_Virginia" title="Roanoke, Virginia">Roanoke</a> and elected 13 at-large delegates to the Republican National Convention, 10 of which pledged to support Ted Cruz in the event of a contested convention.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the general election, Democratic presidential nominee <a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a> defeated Donald Trump 50% to 45%.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" title="2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia</a>, the Republicans lost one seat but maintained a 7–4 majority in their representative delegation. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2017_elections">2017 elections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Republican_Party_of_Virginia&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: 2017 elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2017, the party nominated <a href="/wiki/Ed_Gillespie" title="Ed Gillespie">Ed Gillespie</a> for governor, <a href="/wiki/Jill_Vogel" title="Jill Vogel">Jill Vogel</a> for lieutenant governor, and <a href="/wiki/John_Donley_Adams" title="John Donley Adams">John Adams</a> for attorney general via an open primary. All three lost to their Democratic opponents. Gillespie lost to <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Northam" title="Ralph Northam">Ralph Northam</a> by a margin of 8.93%. </p><p>The Republican Party lost 15 seats in the <a href="/wiki/2017_Virginia_House_of_Delegates_election" title="2017 Virginia House of Delegates election">2017 Virginia House of Delegates election</a>. This resulted in the Republicans going from a 66–34 majority to a 51–49 majority in the Virginia House of Delegates. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2018_elections">2018 elections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Republican_Party_of_Virginia&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: 2018 elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2018, incumbent Democratic senator <a href="/wiki/Tim_Kaine" title="Tim Kaine">Tim Kaine</a> defeated Republican <a href="/wiki/Corey_Stewart_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Corey Stewart (politician)">Corey Stewart</a> by a margin of 16% in the <a href="/wiki/2018_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" title="2018 United States Senate election in Virginia">2018 United States Senate election in Virginia</a>. The party also lost three seats in the <a href="/wiki/2018_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" title="2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">House of Representatives elections</a>, giving Democrats a 7–4 majority. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2019_elections">2019 elections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Republican_Party_of_Virginia&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: 2019 elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2019, the party lost their majorities in the House of Delegates and State Senate. Democrats gained two seats in the <a href="/wiki/2019_Virginia_Senate_election" title="2019 Virginia Senate election">2019 Virginia Senate election</a>, giving them a 21–19 majority. Democrats gained six seats in the <a href="/wiki/2019_Virginia_House_of_Delegates_election" title="2019 Virginia House of Delegates election">2019 Virginia House of Delegates election</a>, giving them a 55–45 majority. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2020_elections">2020 elections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Republican_Party_of_Virginia&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: 2020 elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2020, Democratic presidential nominee <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a> defeated incumbent President <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> by 10.11%. Both parties maintained their seats in the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" title="2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia</a>. Incumbent Democratic senator <a href="/wiki/Mark_Warner" title="Mark Warner">Mark Warner</a> defeated Republican challenger <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Gade" title="Daniel Gade">Daniel Gade</a> by 12.1% in the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" title="2020 United States Senate election in Virginia">2020 United States Senate election in Virginia</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2021_elections">2021 elections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Republican_Party_of_Virginia&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: 2021 elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/2021_Virginia_gubernatorial_election" title="2021 Virginia gubernatorial election">2021</a>, Republican nominee <a href="/wiki/Glenn_Youngkin" title="Glenn Youngkin">Glenn Youngkin</a> defeated former governor <a href="/wiki/Terry_McAuliffe" title="Terry McAuliffe">Terry McAuliffe</a> by a 51%–48.5% margin. The GOP nominees for Lieutenant Governor, <a href="/wiki/Winsome_Sears" title="Winsome Sears">Winsome Sears</a>, and Attorney General, <a href="/wiki/Jason_Miyares" title="Jason Miyares">Jason Miyares</a>, also won their respective races. This was the first time Republicans won a statewide election in the Commonwealth <a href="/wiki/2009_Virginia_gubernatorial_election" title="2009 Virginia gubernatorial election">since 2009</a>. The party gained seven seats in the House of Delegates to have a majority of 52–48, with <a href="/wiki/Todd_Gilbert" title="Todd Gilbert">Todd Gilbert</a> as the new Speaker of the House.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These races were seen as a crucial bellwether for the <a href="/wiki/2022_midterms" class="mw-redirect" title="2022 midterms">2022 midterms</a>, as they took place during a period of low approval for President <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2023_elections">2023 elections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Republican_Party_of_Virginia&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: 2023 elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2023, the party lost their majority again in the House of Delegates and failed to win a majority in the State Senate, blocking Governor Youngkin's abilities to pass a more conservative agenda. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Controversies">Controversies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Republican_Party_of_Virginia&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Controversies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Controversies_surrounding_the_2020_presidential_election">Controversies surrounding the 2020 presidential election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Republican_Party_of_Virginia&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Controversies surrounding the 2020 presidential election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Prior to the January 6 <a href="/wiki/Joint_session_of_the_United_States_Congress" title="Joint session of the United States Congress">joint session of the United States Congress</a> to certify <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a>'s win, Republican Delegates <a href="/wiki/Dave_LaRock" title="Dave LaRock">Dave LaRock</a> (Loudon), <a href="/wiki/Mark_Cole_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mark Cole (politician)">Mark Cole</a> (Fauquier), and <a href="/wiki/Ronnie_R._Campbell" title="Ronnie R. Campbell">Ronnie Campbell</a> (R-Lexington) sent a letter to Vice President <a href="/wiki/Mike_Pence" title="Mike Pence">Mike Pence</a> urging him to nullify Virginia's electoral results.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Democratic Speaker of the House Elieen Filler-Corn punished the members by stripping them of their committee assignments.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Republican 2021 candidate for Governor Sen. <a href="/wiki/Amanda_Chase" title="Amanda Chase">Amanda Chase</a> attended the rally prior to the January 6 <a href="/wiki/2021_storming_of_the_United_States_Capitol" class="mw-redirect" title="2021 storming of the United States Capitol">storming of the United States Capitol</a>. After the riot that left one person dead,<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> party chairman Rich Anderson said in a statement "I and Virginia Republicans across our great Commonwealth condemn these despicable acts without reservation or hesitation.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>" </p><p><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_of_Virginia" title="Democratic Party of Virginia">Democratic Party of Virginia</a> Chairwoman Susan Swecker quickly condemned the Republican officials, saying "The Republican Party has made their disdain for democracy clear, and every elected GOP official has been complicit.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>" </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Method_of_nomination_for_2021_elections">Method of nomination for 2021 elections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Republican_Party_of_Virginia&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Method of nomination for 2021 elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In December 2020, the State Central Committee voted to choose its candidates for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Attorney General by convention, not by a primary. Candidate Sen. Amanda Chase threatened to run as an independent, but quickly backtracked and said she would reluctantly participate in a convention. The State Central Committee has held several meetings to reconsider the decision to hold a convention.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id=""Ghetto"_statements"><span id=".22Ghetto.22_statements"></span>"Ghetto" statements</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Republican_Party_of_Virginia&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: "Ghetto" statements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At a January 2021 State Central Committee meeting, Party Chairman Rich Anderson called the Party Headquarters in Richmond a "literal ghetto. Democrats and other Republicans criticized him for the choice of words, while he defended himself by pointing out that “ghetto has nothing to do with race” and that he had only been referring to the building, not the neighborhood.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>" </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Republican_Party_of_Virginia&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1259569809">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-entry{display:table-row;font-size:85%;line-height:110%;height:1.9em;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-image{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-link{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em 0.2em 0.2em 0.3em;vertical-align:middle}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .portalleft{clear:left;float:left;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0}.mw-parser-output .portalright{clear:right;float:right;margin:0.5em 0 0.5em 1em}}</style><ul role="navigation" aria-label="Portals" class="noprint portalbox portalborder portalright"> <li class="portalbox-entry"><span class="portalbox-image"><span class="mw-image-border noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Virginia.svg/32px-Flag_of_Virginia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="32" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Virginia.svg/48px-Flag_of_Virginia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Virginia.svg/64px-Flag_of_Virginia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></span></span></span><span class="portalbox-link"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Virginia" title="Portal:Virginia">Virginia portal</a></span></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_of_Virginia" title="Democratic Party of Virginia">Democratic Party of Virginia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_Virginia" title="Green Party of Virginia">Green Party of Virginia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_of_Virginia" title="Libertarian Party of Virginia">Libertarian Party of Virginia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Virginia_convention,_2013" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party of Virginia convention, 2013">Republican Party of Virginia convention, 2013</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Republican_Party_of_Virginia&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rpv.org/about/contact.asp">Contact the Republican Party of Virginia</a>." 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Retrieved on May 13, 2010.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTELowe1973260-263-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELowe1973260-263_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFLowe1973">Lowe 1973</a>, p. 260-263.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEAbbott198610-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAbbott198610_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFAbbott1986">Abbott 1986</a>, p. 10.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEAbbott198612-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAbbott198612_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFAbbott1986">Abbott 1986</a>, p. 12.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTELowe1973269-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELowe1973269_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFLowe1973">Lowe 1973</a>, p. 269.</span> </li> <li 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class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAbbott198663-64_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFAbbott1986">Abbott 1986</a>, p. 63-64.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEAbbott1986114-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAbbott1986114_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFAbbott1986">Abbott 1986</a>, p. 114.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEAbbott1986114-116-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAbbott1986114-116_12-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFAbbott1986">Abbott 1986</a>, p. 114-116.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEAbbott1986135-136-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAbbott1986135-136_13-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFAbbott1986">Abbott 1986</a>, p. 135-136.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEAbbott1986146-147-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAbbott1986146-147_14-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFAbbott1986">Abbott 1986</a>, p. 146-147.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEAbbott1986162-163-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAbbott1986162-163_15-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFAbbott1986">Abbott 1986</a>, p. 162-163.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEAbbott1986207-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAbbott1986207_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFAbbott1986">Abbott 1986</a>, p. 207.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-rpv-2007-04-09-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-rpv-2007-04-09_17-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation 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GOP delegates sign letter asking Pence to nullify state's election results"</a>. <i>WSET</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Furthermore, his family asked that his death not be poliicized since he died of unrelated causes. USA Today, 7 April. According to DC Medical Examiner, Ashli Babbitt died by homicide in the Capitol. The other three died of natural causes: Kevin Greeson of cardio-vascular disease; Benjamin Phillips of cardiovascular disease; and Roseanne Boyland by accident from acute amphetamine intoxication. Ashli Babbitt is the only death due to the insurrection.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-54"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-54">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://us4.campaign-archive.com/?u=3e3f06b563b941f067c8fc8db&id=6303505465">"RPV Statement on Today's Events on Capitol Hill"</a>. <i>us4.campaign-archive.com</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAbbott1986" class="citation book cs1">Abbott, Richard (1986). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/republicanparty00abbo"><i>The Republican Party and the South, 1855-1877: The First Southern Strategy</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/University_of_North_Carolina_Press" title="University of North Carolina Press">University of North Carolina Press</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0807816809" title="Special:BookSources/0807816809"><bdi>0807816809</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Republican+Party+and+the+South%2C+1855-1877%3A+The+First+Southern+Strategy&rft.pub=University+of+North+Carolina+Press&rft.date=1986&rft.isbn=0807816809&rft.aulast=Abbott&rft.aufirst=Richard&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Frepublicanparty00abbo&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARepublican+Party+of+Virginia" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLowe1973" class="citation journal cs1">Lowe, Richard (1973). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/4247810">"The Republican Party in Antebellum Virginia, 1856-1860"</a>. <i>The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography</i>. <b>81</b> (3). <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Historical_Society" title="Virginia Historical Society">Virginia Historical Society</a>: 259–79. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/4247810">4247810</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Virginia+Magazine+of+History+and+Biography&rft.atitle=The+Republican+Party+in+Antebellum+Virginia%2C+1856-1860&rft.volume=81&rft.issue=3&rft.pages=259-79&rft.date=1973&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F4247810%23id-name%3DJSTOR&rft.aulast=Lowe&rft.aufirst=Richard&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F4247810&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARepublican+Party+of+Virginia" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Republican_Party_of_Virginia&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: External 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title="National Union Party (United States)">National Union Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Party_System" title="Third Party System">Third Party System</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Party_System" title="Fourth Party System">Fourth Party System</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fifth_Party_System" title="Fifth Party System">Fifth Party System</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sixth_Party_System" title="Sixth Party System">Sixth Party System</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#FFB6B6;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Republican_Party_presidential_tickets" title="List of United States Republican Party presidential tickets">Presidential<br />tickets</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Republican_National_Convention" title="Republican National Convention">national<br />conventions</a>,<br />and<br /><a href="/wiki/List_of_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="List of Republican Party presidential primaries">presidential<br />primaries</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1856_Republican_National_Convention" title="1856 Republican National Convention">1856 (Philadelphia)</a>: <a href="/wiki/John_C._Fr%C3%A9mont" title="John C. Frémont">Frémont</a>/<a href="/wiki/William_L._Dayton" title="William L. Dayton">Dayton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1860_Republican_National_Convention" title="1860 Republican National Convention">1860 (Chicago)</a>: <a href="/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln" title="Abraham Lincoln">Lincoln</a>/<a href="/wiki/Hannibal_Hamlin" title="Hannibal Hamlin">Hamlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1864_National_Union_National_Convention" title="1864 National Union National Convention">1864 (Baltimore)</a>: <a href="/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln" title="Abraham Lincoln">Lincoln</a>/<a href="/wiki/Andrew_Johnson" title="Andrew Johnson">Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1868_Republican_National_Convention" title="1868 Republican National Convention">1868 (Chicago)</a>: <a href="/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant" title="Ulysses S. Grant">Grant</a>/<a href="/wiki/Schuyler_Colfax" title="Schuyler Colfax">Colfax</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1872_Republican_National_Convention" title="1872 Republican National Convention">1872 (Philadelphia)</a>: <a href="/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant" title="Ulysses S. Grant">Grant</a>/<a href="/wiki/Henry_Wilson" title="Henry Wilson">Wilson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1876_Republican_National_Convention" title="1876 Republican National Convention">1876 (Cincinnati)</a>: <a href="/wiki/Rutherford_B._Hayes" title="Rutherford B. Hayes">Hayes</a>/<a href="/wiki/William_A._Wheeler" title="William A. Wheeler">Wheeler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1880_Republican_National_Convention" title="1880 Republican National Convention">1880 (Chicago)</a>: <a href="/wiki/James_A._Garfield" title="James A. Garfield">Garfield</a>/<a href="/wiki/Chester_A._Arthur" title="Chester A. Arthur">Arthur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1884_Republican_National_Convention" title="1884 Republican National Convention">1884 (Chicago)</a>: <a href="/wiki/James_G._Blaine" title="James G. Blaine">Blaine</a>/<a href="/wiki/John_A._Logan" title="John A. Logan">Logan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1888_Republican_National_Convention" title="1888 Republican National Convention">1888 (Chicago)</a>: <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Harrison" title="Benjamin Harrison">Harrison</a>/<a href="/wiki/Levi_P._Morton" title="Levi P. Morton">Morton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1892_Republican_National_Convention" title="1892 Republican National Convention">1892 (Minneapolis)</a>: <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Harrison" title="Benjamin Harrison">Harrison</a>/<a href="/wiki/Whitelaw_Reid" title="Whitelaw Reid">Reid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1896_Republican_National_Convention" title="1896 Republican National Convention">1896 (Saint Louis)</a>: <a href="/wiki/William_McKinley" title="William McKinley">McKinley</a>/<a href="/wiki/Garret_Hobart" title="Garret Hobart">Hobart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1900_Republican_National_Convention" title="1900 Republican National Convention">1900 (Philadelphia)</a>: <a href="/wiki/William_McKinley" title="William McKinley">McKinley</a>/<a href="/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt" title="Theodore Roosevelt">Roosevelt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1904_Republican_National_Convention" title="1904 Republican National Convention">1904 (Chicago)</a>: <a href="/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt" title="Theodore Roosevelt">Roosevelt</a>/<a href="/wiki/Charles_W._Fairbanks" title="Charles W. Fairbanks">Fairbanks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_Republican_National_Convention" title="1908 Republican National Convention">1908 (Chicago)</a>: <a href="/wiki/William_Howard_Taft" title="William Howard Taft">Taft</a>/<a href="/wiki/James_S._Sherman" title="James S. Sherman">Sherman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_Republican_National_Convention" title="1912 Republican National Convention">1912 (Chicago)</a>: <a href="/wiki/William_Howard_Taft" title="William Howard Taft">Taft</a>/<a href="/wiki/James_S._Sherman" title="James S. Sherman">Sherman</a>/<a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Murray_Butler" title="Nicholas Murray Butler">Butler</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1912_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="1912 Republican Party presidential primaries">primaries</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_Republican_National_Convention" title="1916 Republican National Convention">1916 (Chicago)</a>: <a href="/wiki/Charles_Evans_Hughes" title="Charles Evans Hughes">Hughes</a>/<a href="/wiki/Charles_W._Fairbanks" title="Charles W. Fairbanks">Fairbanks</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1916_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="1916 Republican Party presidential primaries">primaries</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1920_Republican_National_Convention" title="1920 Republican National Convention">1920 (Chicago)</a>: <a href="/wiki/Warren_G._Harding" title="Warren G. Harding">Harding</a>/<a href="/wiki/Calvin_Coolidge" title="Calvin Coolidge">Coolidge</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1920_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="1920 Republican Party presidential primaries">primaries</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_Republican_National_Convention" title="1924 Republican National Convention">1924 (Cleveland)</a>: <a href="/wiki/Calvin_Coolidge" title="Calvin Coolidge">Coolidge</a>/<a href="/wiki/Charles_G._Dawes" title="Charles G. Dawes">Dawes</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1924_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="1924 Republican Party presidential primaries">primaries</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_Republican_National_Convention" title="1928 Republican National Convention">1928 (Kansas City)</a>: <a href="/wiki/Herbert_Hoover" title="Herbert Hoover">Hoover</a>/<a href="/wiki/Charles_Curtis" title="Charles Curtis">Curtis</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1928_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="1928 Republican Party presidential primaries">primaries</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_Republican_National_Convention" title="1932 Republican National Convention">1932 (Chicago)</a>: <a href="/wiki/Herbert_Hoover" title="Herbert Hoover">Hoover</a>/<a href="/wiki/Charles_Curtis" title="Charles Curtis">Curtis</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1932_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="1932 Republican Party presidential primaries">primaries</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_Republican_National_Convention" title="1936 Republican National Convention">1936 (Cleveland)</a>: <a href="/wiki/Alf_Landon" title="Alf Landon">Landon</a>/<a href="/wiki/Frank_Knox" title="Frank Knox">Knox</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1936_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="1936 Republican Party presidential primaries">primaries</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_Republican_National_Convention" title="1940 Republican National Convention">1940 (Philadelphia)</a>: <a href="/wiki/Wendell_Willkie" title="Wendell Willkie">Willkie</a>/<a href="/wiki/Charles_L._McNary" title="Charles L. McNary">McNary</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1940_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="1940 Republican Party presidential primaries">primaries</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_Republican_National_Convention" title="1944 Republican National Convention">1944 (Chicago)</a>: <a href="/wiki/Thomas_E._Dewey" title="Thomas E. Dewey">Dewey</a>/<a href="/wiki/John_W._Bricker" title="John W. Bricker">Bricker</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1944_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="1944 Republican Party presidential primaries">primaries</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_Republican_National_Convention" title="1948 Republican National Convention">1948 (Philadelphia)</a>: <a href="/wiki/Thomas_E._Dewey" title="Thomas E. Dewey">Dewey</a>/<a href="/wiki/Earl_Warren" title="Earl Warren">Warren</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1948_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="1948 Republican Party presidential primaries">primaries</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_Republican_National_Convention" title="1952 Republican National Convention">1952 (Chicago)</a>: <a href="/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower" title="Dwight D. Eisenhower">Eisenhower</a>/<a href="/wiki/Richard_Nixon" title="Richard Nixon">Nixon</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1952_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="1952 Republican Party presidential primaries">primaries</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_Republican_National_Convention" title="1956 Republican National Convention">1956 (San Francisco)</a>: <a href="/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower" title="Dwight D. Eisenhower">Eisenhower</a>/<a href="/wiki/Richard_Nixon" title="Richard Nixon">Nixon</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1956_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="1956 Republican Party presidential primaries">primaries</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_Republican_National_Convention" title="1960 Republican National Convention">1960 (Chicago)</a>: <a href="/wiki/Richard_Nixon" title="Richard Nixon">Nixon</a>/<a href="/wiki/Henry_Cabot_Lodge_Jr." title="Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.">Lodge</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1960_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="1960 Republican Party presidential primaries">primaries</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_Republican_National_Convention" title="1964 Republican National Convention">1964 (San Francisco)</a>: <a href="/wiki/Barry_Goldwater" title="Barry Goldwater">Goldwater</a>/<a href="/wiki/William_E._Miller" title="William E. Miller">Miller</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1964_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="1964 Republican Party presidential primaries">primaries</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_Republican_National_Convention" title="1968 Republican National Convention">1968 (Miami Beach)</a>: <a href="/wiki/Richard_Nixon" title="Richard Nixon">Nixon</a>/<a href="/wiki/Spiro_Agnew" title="Spiro Agnew">Agnew</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1968_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="1968 Republican Party presidential primaries">primaries</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_Republican_National_Convention" title="1972 Republican National Convention">1972 (Miami Beach)</a>: <a href="/wiki/Richard_Nixon" title="Richard Nixon">Nixon</a>/<a href="/wiki/Spiro_Agnew" title="Spiro Agnew">Agnew</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1972_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="1972 Republican Party presidential primaries">primaries</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_Republican_National_Convention" title="1976 Republican National Convention">1976 (Kansas City)</a>: <a href="/wiki/Gerald_Ford" title="Gerald Ford">Ford</a>/<a href="/wiki/Bob_Dole" title="Bob Dole">Dole</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1976_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="1976 Republican Party presidential primaries">primaries</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_Republican_National_Convention" title="1980 Republican National Convention">1980 (Detroit)</a>: <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Reagan</a>/<a href="/wiki/George_H._W._Bush" title="George H. W. Bush">G. H. W. Bush</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1980_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="1980 Republican Party presidential primaries">primaries</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_Republican_National_Convention" title="1984 Republican National Convention">1984 (Dallas)</a>: <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Reagan</a>/<a href="/wiki/George_H._W._Bush" title="George H. W. Bush">G. H. W. Bush</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1984_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="1984 Republican Party presidential primaries">primaries</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_Republican_National_Convention" title="1988 Republican National Convention">1988 (New Orleans)</a>: <a href="/wiki/George_H._W._Bush" title="George H. W. Bush">G. H. W. Bush</a>/<a href="/wiki/Dan_Quayle" title="Dan Quayle">Quayle</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1988_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="1988 Republican Party presidential primaries">primaries</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Republican_National_Convention" title="1992 Republican National Convention">1992 (Houston)</a>: <a href="/wiki/George_H._W._Bush" title="George H. W. Bush">G. H. W. Bush</a>/<a href="/wiki/Dan_Quayle" title="Dan Quayle">Quayle</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1992_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="1992 Republican Party presidential primaries">primaries</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Republican_National_Convention" title="1996 Republican National Convention">1996 (San Diego)</a>: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Dole" title="Bob Dole">Dole</a>/<a href="/wiki/Jack_Kemp" title="Jack Kemp">Kemp</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1996_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="1996 Republican Party presidential primaries">primaries</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_Republican_National_Convention" title="2000 Republican National Convention">2000 (Philadelphia)</a>: <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">G. W. Bush</a>/<a href="/wiki/Dick_Cheney" title="Dick Cheney">Cheney</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2000_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="2000 Republican Party presidential primaries">primaries</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Republican_National_Convention" title="2004 Republican National Convention">2004 (New York)</a>: <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">G. W. Bush</a>/<a href="/wiki/Dick_Cheney" title="Dick Cheney">Cheney</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2004_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="2004 Republican Party presidential primaries">primaries</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Republican_National_Convention" title="2008 Republican National Convention">2008 (St. Paul)</a>: <a href="/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain">McCain</a>/<a href="/wiki/Sarah_Palin" title="Sarah Palin">Palin</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="2008 Republican Party presidential primaries">primaries</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Republican_National_Convention" title="2012 Republican National Convention">2012 (Tampa)</a>: <a href="/wiki/Mitt_Romney" title="Mitt Romney">Romney</a>/<a href="/wiki/Paul_Ryan" title="Paul Ryan">Ryan</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="2012 Republican Party presidential primaries">primaries</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Republican_National_Convention" title="2016 Republican National Convention">2016 (Cleveland)</a>: <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Trump</a>/<a href="/wiki/Mike_Pence" title="Mike Pence">Pence</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2016_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="2016 Republican Party presidential primaries">primaries</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Republican_National_Convention" title="2020 Republican National Convention">2020 (Charlotte/other locations)</a>: <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Trump</a>/<a href="/wiki/Mike_Pence" title="Mike Pence">Pence</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2020_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="2020 Republican Party presidential primaries">primaries</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Republican_National_Convention" title="2024 Republican National Convention">2024 (Milwaukee)</a>: <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Trump</a>/<a href="/wiki/JD_Vance" title="JD Vance">Vance</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2024_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="2024 Republican Party presidential primaries">primaries</a></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2028_Republican_National_Convention" title="2028 Republican National Convention">2028 (Houston)</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#FFB6B6;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_the_United_States" title="List of presidents of the United States">Presidential</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Administration_(government)" title="Administration (government)">administrations</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_Abraham_Lincoln" title="Presidency of Abraham Lincoln">Lincoln</a> (1861–1865)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_Andrew_Johnson" title="Presidency of Andrew Johnson">Johnson</a> (1865–1868)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_Ulysses_S._Grant" title="Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant">Grant</a> (1869–1877)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_Rutherford_B._Hayes" title="Presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes">Hayes</a> (1877–1881)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_A._Garfield" title="James A. Garfield">Garfield</a> (1881)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_Chester_A._Arthur" title="Presidency of Chester A. Arthur">Arthur</a> (1881–1885)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_Benjamin_Harrison" title="Presidency of Benjamin Harrison">Harrison</a> (1889–1893)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_William_McKinley" title="Presidency of William McKinley">McKinley</a> (1897–1901)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_Theodore_Roosevelt" title="Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt">Roosevelt</a> (1901–1909)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_William_Howard_Taft" title="Presidency of William Howard Taft">Taft</a> (1909–1913)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_Warren_G._Harding" title="Presidency of Warren G. Harding">Harding</a> (1921–1923)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_Calvin_Coolidge" title="Presidency of Calvin Coolidge">Coolidge</a> (1923–1929)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_Herbert_Hoover" title="Presidency of Herbert Hoover">Hoover</a> (1929–1933)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_Dwight_D._Eisenhower" title="Presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower">Eisenhower</a> (1953–1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_Richard_Nixon" title="Presidency of Richard Nixon">Nixon</a> (1969–1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_Gerald_Ford" title="Presidency of Gerald Ford">Ford</a> (1974–1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_Ronald_Reagan" title="Presidency of Ronald Reagan">Reagan</a> (1981–1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_George_H._W._Bush" title="Presidency of George H. W. Bush">G. H. W. Bush</a> (1989–1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_George_W._Bush" title="Presidency of George W. Bush">G. W. Bush</a> (2001–2009)</li> <li>Trump (<a href="/wiki/First_presidency_of_Donald_Trump" title="First presidency of Donald Trump">2017–2021</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#FFB6B6;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Party_leaders_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives">U.S. House<br />leaders</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/List_of_speakers_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="List of speakers of the United States House of Representatives">Speakers</a>,<br />and<br /><a href="/wiki/House_Republican_Conference" title="House Republican Conference">Conference<br />chairs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/William_Pennington" title="William Pennington">Pennington</a> (1860–1861)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galusha_A._Grow" title="Galusha A. Grow">Grow</a> (1861–1863)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schuyler_Colfax" title="Schuyler Colfax">Colfax</a> (1863–1869)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodore_M._Pomeroy" title="Theodore M. Pomeroy">Pomeroy</a> (1869)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_G._Blaine" title="James G. Blaine">Blaine</a> (1869–1875)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_W._McCrary" title="George W. McCrary">McCrary</a> (1875–1877)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eugene_Hale" title="Eugene Hale">Hale</a> (1877–1879)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_P._Frye" title="William P. Frye">Frye</a> (1879–1881)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Warren_Keifer" title="J. Warren Keifer">Keifer</a> (1881–1883)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Gurney_Cannon" title="Joseph Gurney Cannon">Cannon</a> (1883–1889)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Brackett_Reed" title="Thomas Brackett Reed">Reed</a> (1889–1891)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_J._Henderson_(politician)" title="Thomas J. Henderson (politician)">T. J. Henderson</a> (1891–1895)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Brackett_Reed" title="Thomas Brackett Reed">Reed</a> (1895–1899)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_B._Henderson" title="David B. Henderson">D. B. Henderson</a> (1899–1903)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Gurney_Cannon" title="Joseph Gurney Cannon">Cannon</a> (1903–1911)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Robert_Mann_(Illinois_politician)" title="James Robert Mann (Illinois politician)">Mann</a> (1911–1919)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_H._Gillett" title="Frederick H. Gillett">Gillett</a> (1919–1925)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Longworth" title="Nicholas Longworth">Longworth</a> (1925–1931)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bertrand_Snell" title="Bertrand Snell">Snell</a> (1931–1939)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_W._Martin_Jr." title="Joseph W. Martin Jr.">Martin</a> (1939–1959)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_A._Halleck" title="Charles A. Halleck">Halleck</a> (1959–1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerald_Ford" title="Gerald Ford">Ford</a> (1965–1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Jacob_Rhodes" title="John Jacob Rhodes">Rhodes</a> (1973–1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_H._Michel" title="Robert H. Michel">Michel</a> (1981–1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newt_Gingrich" title="Newt Gingrich">Gingrich</a> (1995–1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Hastert" title="Dennis Hastert">Hastert</a> (1999–2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Boehner" title="John Boehner">Boehner</a> (2007–2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Ryan" title="Paul Ryan">Ryan</a> (2015–2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_McCarthy" title="Kevin McCarthy">McCarthy</a> (2019–2023)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Johnson" title="Mike Johnson">Johnson</a> (2023–)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#FFB6B6;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Republican_National_Committee" title="Republican National Committee">RNC</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#FFB6B6;;width:1%">Chairs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Edwin_D._Morgan" title="Edwin D. Morgan">Morgan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Jarvis_Raymond" title="Henry Jarvis Raymond">Raymond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marcus_Lawrence_Ward" title="Marcus Lawrence Ward">Ward</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Claflin" title="William Claflin">Claflin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edwin_D._Morgan" title="Edwin D. Morgan">Morgan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zachariah_Chandler" title="Zachariah Chandler">Chandler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Donald_Cameron" title="J. Donald Cameron">Cameron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshall_Jewell" title="Marshall Jewell">Jewell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwight_M._Sabin" title="Dwight M. Sabin">Sabin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin_Jones_(industrialist)" title="Benjamin Franklin Jones (industrialist)">Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Quay" title="Matthew Quay">Quay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_S._Clarkson" title="James S. Clarkson">Clarkson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_James_Campbell" title="William James Campbell">Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_H._Carter" title="Thomas H. Carter">Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Hanna" title="Mark Hanna">Hanna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Clay_Payne" title="Henry Clay Payne">Payne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_B._Cortelyou" title="George B. Cortelyou">Cortelyou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_S._New" title="Harry S. New">New</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Harris_Hitchcock" title="Frank Harris Hitchcock">Hitchcock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Fremont_Hill" title="John Fremont Hill">Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victor_Rosewater" title="Victor Rosewater">Rosewater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_D._Hilles" title="Charles D. Hilles">Hilles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Russell_Willcox" title="William Russell Willcox">Wilcox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Will_H._Hays" title="Will H. Hays">Hays</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_T._Adams" title="John T. Adams">Adams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_M._Butler" title="William M. Butler">Butler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hubert_Work" title="Hubert Work">Work</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claudius_H._Huston" title="Claudius H. Huston">Huston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simeon_D._Fess" title="Simeon D. Fess">Fess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Everett_Sanders" title="Everett Sanders">Sanders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_P._Fletcher" title="Henry P. Fletcher">Fletcher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Hamilton_(Kansas_politician)" title="John Hamilton (Kansas politician)">Hamilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_W._Martin_Jr." title="Joseph W. Martin Jr.">Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bailey_Walsh" title="Bailey Walsh">Walsh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrison_E._Spangler" title="Harrison E. Spangler">Spangler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Brownell_Jr." title="Herbert Brownell Jr.">Brownell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._Carroll_Reece" title="B. Carroll Reece">Reece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Scott" title="Hugh Scott">Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guy_Gabrielson" title="Guy Gabrielson">Gabrielson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Summerfield" title="Arthur Summerfield">Summerfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._Wesley_Roberts" title="C. Wesley Roberts">Roberts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leonard_W._Hall" title="Leonard W. Hall">Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meade_Alcorn" title="Meade Alcorn">Alcorn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thruston_Ballard_Morton" title="Thruston Ballard Morton">T. Morton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_E._Miller" title="William E. Miller">Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dean_Burch" title="Dean Burch">Burch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_C._Bliss" title="Ray C. Bliss">Bliss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rogers_Morton" title="Rogers Morton">R. Morton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Dole" title="Bob Dole">Dole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_H._W._Bush" title="George H. W. Bush">Bush</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Louise_Smith_(politician)" title="Mary Louise Smith (politician)">Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Brock" title="Bill Brock">Brock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Richards_(Utah_politician)" title="Richard Richards (Utah politician)">Richards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Laxalt" title="Paul Laxalt">Laxalt</a>/<a href="/wiki/Frank_Fahrenkopf" title="Frank Fahrenkopf">Fahrenkopf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Fahrenkopf" title="Frank Fahrenkopf">Fahrenkopf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_Atwater" title="Lee Atwater">Atwater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clayton_Yeutter" title="Clayton Yeutter">Yeutter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Bond_(political_executive)" title="Richard Bond (political executive)">Bond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haley_Barbour" title="Haley Barbour">Barbour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Nicholson_(Secretary_of_Veterans_Affairs)" title="Jim Nicholson (Secretary of Veterans Affairs)">Nicholson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Gilmore" title="Jim Gilmore">Gilmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marc_Racicot" title="Marc Racicot">Racicot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Gillespie" title="Ed Gillespie">Gillespie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Mehlman" title="Ken Mehlman">Mehlman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mel_Mart%C3%ADnez" title="Mel Martínez">Martínez</a>/<a href="/wiki/Mike_Duncan" title="Mike Duncan">Duncan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Duncan" title="Mike Duncan">Duncan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Steele" title="Michael Steele">Steele</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reince_Priebus" title="Reince Priebus">Priebus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronna_McDaniel" title="Ronna McDaniel">McDaniel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Whatley" title="Michael Whatley">Whatley</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#FFB6B6;;width:1%">Chair elections</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2009_Republican_National_Committee_chairmanship_election" title="2009 Republican National Committee chairmanship election">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Republican_National_Committee_chairmanship_election" title="2011 Republican National Committee chairmanship election">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Republican_National_Committee_chairmanship_election" title="2013 Republican National Committee chairmanship election">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Republican_National_Committee_chairmanship_election" title="2015 Republican National Committee chairmanship election">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Republican_National_Committee_chairmanship_election" title="2017 Republican National Committee chairmanship election">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2019_Republican_National_Committee_chairmanship_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2019 Republican National Committee chairmanship election (page does not exist)">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2021_Republican_National_Committee_chairmanship_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2021 Republican National Committee chairmanship election (page does not exist)">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Republican_National_Committee_chairmanship_election" title="2023 Republican National Committee chairmanship election">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Republican_National_Committee_chairmanship_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2024 Republican National Committee chairmanship election">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#FFB6B6;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_state_parties_of_the_Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="List of state parties of the Republican Party (United States)">Parties</a> by<br />state and<br />territory</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#FFB6B6;;width:1%">State</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alabama_Republican_Party" title="Alabama Republican Party">Alabama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alaska_Republican_Party" title="Alaska Republican Party">Alaska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arizona_Republican_Party" title="Arizona Republican Party">Arizona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Arkansas" title="Republican Party of Arkansas">Arkansas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/California_Republican_Party" title="California Republican Party">California</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Republican_Party" title="Colorado Republican Party">Colorado</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Connecticut_Republican_Party" title="Connecticut Republican Party">Connecticut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republican_State_Committee_of_Delaware" title="Republican State Committee of Delaware">Delaware</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Florida" title="Republican Party of Florida">Florida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgia_Republican_Party" title="Georgia Republican Party">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawaii_Republican_Party" title="Hawaii Republican Party">Hawaii</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Idaho_Republican_Party" title="Idaho Republican Party">Idaho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Republican_Party" title="Illinois Republican Party">Illinois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indiana_Republican_Party" title="Indiana Republican Party">Indiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Iowa" title="Republican Party of Iowa">Iowa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kansas_Republican_Party" title="Kansas Republican Party">Kansas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Kentucky" title="Republican Party of Kentucky">Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Louisiana" title="Republican Party of Louisiana">Louisiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maine_Republican_Party" title="Maine Republican Party">Maine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maryland_Republican_Party" title="Maryland Republican Party">Maryland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Republican_Party" title="Massachusetts Republican Party">Massachusetts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michigan_Republican_Party" title="Michigan Republican Party">Michigan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Minnesota" title="Republican Party of Minnesota">Minnesota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mississippi_Republican_Party" title="Mississippi Republican Party">Mississippi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Missouri_Republican_Party" title="Missouri Republican Party">Missouri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montana_Republican_Party" title="Montana Republican Party">Montana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nebraska_Republican_Party" title="Nebraska Republican Party">Nebraska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nevada_Republican_Party" title="Nevada Republican Party">Nevada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire_Republican_State_Committee" title="New Hampshire Republican State Committee">New Hampshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Republican_Party" title="New Jersey Republican Party">New Jersey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_New_Mexico" title="Republican Party of New Mexico">New Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_York_Republican_State_Committee" title="New York Republican State Committee">New York</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Republican_Party" title="North Carolina Republican Party">North Carolina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Dakota_Republican_Party" title="North Dakota Republican Party">North Dakota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ohio_Republican_Party" title="Ohio Republican Party">Ohio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_Republican_Party" title="Oklahoma Republican Party">Oklahoma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oregon_Republican_Party" title="Oregon Republican Party">Oregon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Republican_Party" title="Pennsylvania Republican Party">Pennsylvania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island_Republican_Party" title="Rhode Island Republican Party">Rhode Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_Republican_Party" title="South Carolina Republican Party">South Carolina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Dakota_Republican_Party" title="South Dakota Republican Party">South Dakota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Republican_Party" title="Tennessee Republican Party">Tennessee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Texas" title="Republican Party of Texas">Texas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Utah_Republican_Party" title="Utah Republican Party">Utah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vermont_Republican_Party" title="Vermont Republican 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