Republican National Committee

Not to be confused with the Republican National Convention.
Republican National Committee
FoundedJune 1856; 168 years ago
Location
Coordinates38°53′07″N 77°00′20″W / 38.88538°N 77.00552°W / 38.88538; -77.00552
Key people
AffiliationsRepublican Party
Websitewww.gop.com

The Republican National Committee (RNC) is the primary committee of the Republican Party of the United States. Its members are chosen by the state delegations at the national convention every four years.[3] It is responsible for developing and promoting the Republican brand and political platform, as well as assisting in fundraising and election strategy. It does not have direct authority over elected officials.[4] It is also responsible for organizing and running the Republican National Convention. When a Republican is president, the White House controls the committee. According to Boris Heersink, "political scientists have traditionally described the parties' national committees as inconsequential but impartial service providers."[5][6]

Similar committees exist in every U.S. state and most U.S. counties, although in some states party organization is structured by congressional district, allied campaign organizations being governed by a national committee. Michael Whatley is the current committee chairman.[7]

The Democratic Party's counterpart to the RNC is the Democratic National Committee.

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  3. ^ "At the national convention, each of the parties formally chooses a national committee, elected by the individual state parties." Steffen W. Schmidt, Mack C. Shelley, Barbara A. Bardes 'American Government and Politics Today (Cengage Learning 2021) p 167.
  4. ^ Heersink, Boris (2021). "Examining Democratic and Republican National Committee Party Branding Activity, 1953–2012". Perspectives on Politics. 21: 142–159. doi:10.1017/S1537592721000025. ISSN 1537-5927. S2CID 233646493. Archived from the original on 2021-03-24. Retrieved 2021-03-23.
  5. ^ Boris Heersink, "Trump and the party-in-organization: Presidential control of national party organizations." Journal of Politics 80.4 (2018): 1474–1482.
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  7. ^ "National Leadership". GOP.com. Archived from the original on May 6, 2017. Retrieved March 24, 2021.