ALABAMA - JOHN WAHL  twitter

[elected Feb. 27, 2021]

>RNC:
John Wahl is no stranger to Alabama politics. He is considered one of Alabama's leading political strategists, and is currently serving as Chairman of the Alabama Republican Party. John worked on Senator Tommy Tuberville's transition team, and was a 2020 Presidential Elector representing the State of Alabama on the Electoral College.

John has a strong record of service to the Republican Party, and is well known for his work with both the Party and Republican candidates across the State of Alabama. He has served his County Party, State Party, and consulted for the RNC. His leadership background in the Alabama Republican Party includes ALGOP Field Director, State Executive Committee member, District Vice-Chair, State Senior Vice-Chair, and now State Chairman.

John is a small businessman, and native of Limestone County. He is a leptozoologist (butterfly farmer) by trade, and serves on the board of directors for the International Butterfly Breeders Association. 

>also see the bio from the Inter-American Institute circa 2015 or 2016 (>):
John Wahl is a political strategist and campaign consultant with impressive achievements already, though only in his mid-twenties. He was elected to the Alabama Republican Executive Committee in November 2014, and is currently serving his first term in that position. In the 2012 elections cycle John worked as a Field Director for the Alabama GOP helping them gain control of every statewide elected office for the first time in Alabama history, and picking up a total net gain of 45 elected seats across the state.

Over the past several years Mr. Wahl has worked as a consultant for numerous political candidates and campaigns, including U.S. Senate candidate and National Tea Party leader Sharron Angle, Congressman Daniel Webster, and Congresswoman Michele Bachmann. As Director of Communications, he held a senior role in a major campaign for the internationally recognized Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore in his 2010 campaign for Governor, and also served as a grassroots coordinator for Chief Justice Moore’s 2012 campaign to regain his seat.

Mr. Wahl is currently the Chief Political Director for WT&S Consulting, and continues his work with state legislatures by authoring and supporting constitutional legislation. He has worked with dozens of local, statewide, and national campaigns, beginning, remarkably, in his teen years. He increasingly specializes in campaign planning, polling, and media relations. He is a founding member of the Freedom Alliance PAC, a business owner, and occasional political news author and commentator.

ALASKA - ANN BROWN

[the previous chair Glenn Clary resigned effective May 7, 2021 and Brown, then vice chair, ascended to the position; elected April 2022]

>RNC:
Ann Brown is a retired attorney who concentrated her practice in labor and employment law. She has been active in the Alaska Republican Party since 2000 and has held a variety of Party positions.

Ann has been married to Fred Brown for 36 years. Together they have two adult children, Sarah Brown and Spike Brown. Spike was formerly employed by the RNC in its communications shop.

ARIZONA - KELLI WARD  twitter

[elected Jan. 26, 2019; re-elected Jan. 23, 2021]

Dr. Kelli Ward entered politics in 2012 when she was elected to the Arizona State Senate. While serving two terms in office, she continued to practice medicine in emergency departments in Lake Havasu City and Kingman, Arizona.

During her three years serving in the state legislature, Dr. Ward established a proven track record of passing legislation that supported small businesses, preserved the Second Amendment, decreased the size of government, fought the opioid crisis, protected vulnerable Arizona students, and increased school choice. Dr. Ward was one the most effective leaders in the Arizona Senate during her final year in office, getting 19 separate bills through the legislature and to the governor’s desk.

In July 2015, Dr. Ward announced her candidacy for the United States Senate, challenging 34-year incumbent Sen. John McCain in the Republican primary in the 2016 election. Despite being outspent 10-to-1, Dr. Ward held Sen. McCain to his lowest historical primary total ever at 51 percent.

In October 2016, Dr. Ward announced that she would run against Sen. Jeff Flake, one of President Trump’s loudest critics in the U.S. Senate, who, after overwhelming opposition decided that because he could not beat Dr. Ward in the primary election, he would leave the Senate at the end of his term. Although Kelli lost the primary election in August 2018, she remained active in Arizona politics.

In 2019, Kelli was elected as only the second woman to lead the Republican Party of Arizona as Chairman and looks forward to helping bring consistent leadership that grows our party. In 2021, with the endorsement of President Donald J. Trump, Dr. Ward was re-elected as Chairman and continues to work to lead our state party, looking for victories up and down the ballot in 2022.

>also Dr. Ward's LinkedIn profile lists her education:
Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Duke University, 1991
Master of Public Health from A.T. Still University of Health Sciences, 2005
D.O. in Medicine from West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, 1996

ARKANSAS - JONELLE FULMER  twitter

[elected Dec. 5, 2020]

Jonelle Fulmer was elected State Chairman in December of 2020. She was the former National Committeewoman for Arkansas in June, 2012. She attended the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and has spent more than 20 years working in the grassroots of Arkansas Republican politics.  Besides working on several campaigns, she has served as President (and Secretary) of the Sebastian County Republican Women, Assistant Secretary of the Republican Party of Arkansas, and First VP of the Arkansas Federation of Republican Women.  She is currently serving her fifth term as Secretary of the Sebastian County Republican Committee and her third term as a member of the Board of Directors of the National Federation of Republican Women. Fulmer currently resides in Fort Smith, AR with her husband, Dane. They have two adult sons, two daughters-in-law, and three grandsons.

>also biography from her 2020 campaign for chair:
Born in Little Rock, Jonelle grew up in a family of five children and two very hardworking Democrat parents. In 1980, she broke the family tradition when she cast her first vote for Ronald Reagan for President, and she never looked back.

Jonelle graduated from Central High School and then attended the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, where she studied Interpreting for the Deaf. She married Dane Fulmer in 1980. They have two handsome and brilliant sons, Thomas (USAF Veteran) and Lucas (US Army Veteran), two lovely daughters-in-law, Chloe and Celeste, and three amazing grandsons, William, Henry, and James.

After moving to Fort Smith in 1991, Jonelle became interested in politics when her Sunday School teacher, a man named Asa Hutchinson, mentioned that he had previously run for office. Her words to him were, “Let me know if you ever decide to run again. I’d love to volunteer for you.” And the rest, as they say, is history.

Besides working on local, state, and federal campaigns, Jonelle has helped develop and direct two political action committees, has owned and managed JDS Political Management Co., and has enjoyed participation in both Republican Women and the Party.

She has served three terms as President of the Sebastian County Republican Women, has served as 1st Vice President of the Arkansas Federation of Republican Women, and currently serves on the Board of Directors for the National Federation of Republican Women. She served five terms as Secretary for the Sebastian County Republican Committee. She is honored and grateful to have been elected National Committeewoman for Arkansas in 2012, and she is now serving her third term.

Ask her now how she got started in politics, and she’ll tell you,
​“I volunteered once.”

CALIFORNIA - JESSICA MILLAN PATTERSON  twitter

[elected Feb. 24, 2019; re-elected Feb. 2021]

Jessica Millan Patterson is a wife, mother, and the Chairwoman of the California Republican Party. She is the first woman, first Latina and first millennial to serve as chair and is known for her get-things-done, no-nonsense style.
 
Prior to her election as chairwoman, Patterson was CEO and co-founder of California Trailblazers, an organization that recruits, trains and helps elect Republican candidates to state legislative offices. Modeled after the national Young Guns program, Trailblazers has supported over 160 candidates and helped facilitate over $6 million in independent expenditures to those candidates.
 
Patterson has served the California Republican Party, Republican National Committee, statewide and national candidates for nearly two decades, including leadership positions for Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mayor Rudy Giuliani, and Senator John McCain.
 
In 2019, Patterson was elected to lead the California Republican Party, setting out to take the fight to Democrats and put the Republican Party on offense. In her first two years as Chairwoman, Republican registration increased by 637,000 and the California Republican Party raised $37.5 million.
 
Patterson pushed for a robust and in-depth voter contact program, leading the party to make over 15 million contacts with California voters. To further facilitate the grassroots efforts needed to win campaigns, the CAGOP developed the C.A.R.E.S. (California Republican Engagement System) program to catalog every contact and volunteer the party has.
 
Ultimately, Republicans flipped four Congressional seats and an Assembly seat in 2020. Republicans had not previously flipped a Democrat-incumbent Congressional seat since 1994. Also in 2020, voters sided with CAGOP on seven out of the 11 ballot initiatives on which the party took a position.
 
After an historic 2020 election cycle, Patterson was reelected for a second term in 2021 by an overwhelming majority. In the 2022 midterm cycle, she is squarely focused on winning back the majority in the House of Representatives and helping Republican candidates up and down the ticket to victory.

>and adapted from LinkedIn:
CEO of California Trailblazers from 2011.  Executive director of California Republican Party's Victory '12, Feb.-Dec. 2012.  Executive director of California Republican Party's Victory '10, July-Dec. 2010.  Statewide field director on Meg Whitman for Governor, May 2009-July 2010.  RNC Nevada Victory director, May 2008-Mar. 2009.  California deputy political director on Rudy Giuliani Presidential Committee, June 2007-Feb. 2008.  Regional political director for Central California on Victory '06, Apr.-Dec. 2006.  Executive director of the Ventura County Republican Party, 2004-06.  Bachelor's degree in political science and government from California State University, Northridge, 2002.

COLORADO - KRISTI BURTON BROWN  twitter

[elected March 27, 2021]
Kristi Burton Brown is the Chair of the Colorado Republican Party, a constitutional attorney, and a policy analyst. She helped to negotiate Senator Tim Neville’s Free Speech on Campus bill and has testified for legislation in multiple states on behalf of the Charlotte Lozier Institute, the research and education arm of the Susan B. Anthony List. She is the author of “Do Justice: Practical Ways to Engage Our World,” a wife, and a mother of two kids.

>also bio as an associate scholar the Charlotee Lozier Institute:
Kristi Burton Brown is an attorney focusing on public policy and the First Amendment and sanctity of life issues. She is licensed in the State of California and admitted to the District of Colorado and the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals. Kristi has worked on pro-bono projects for Life Legal Defense Foundation, Live Action, Child Evangelism Fellowship’s parent organization, and Alliance Defending Freedom. Her first book, “Do Justice: Practical Ways to Engage Our World” was published in August 2017. Kristi has been involved in politics for over a decade, working on U.S. Congressman Doug Lamborn’s inaugural campaign and as the co-sponsor and spokesperson for the nation’s first Personhood Amendment in Colorado. In her role as spokesperson, Kristi was featured and quoted in national outlets including U.S. News & World Report, Newsweek, and The Washington Post; she has also appeared on multiple radio and TV shows.

CONNECTICUT - BEN PROTO  twitter

[elected June 22, 2021, succeeding acting chair Sue Hatfield, who took over in Jan. 2021 after elected chair J.R. Romano (from Jan. 23, 2015) resigned]

Benjamin (Ben) Proto, has been actively involved with Republican politics and campaigns for nearly 35 years. In 1987, Ben joined the Connecticut House Republican Caucus as Counsel, subsequently becoming Chief Counsel in 1991. Ben served as Staff Director for the Connecticut House Republican 1991 Redistricting program. In 1994, Ben was tapped to manage the US Senate campaign for Dr. Gerald Labriola. Ben has served as Chairman of the Stratford (CT) Republican Town Committee and Chairman of CT GOP-3. In 2000, Ben, (together with Chris Healy and Ben Davol) was the State Coordinator of Senator John McCain’s CT Presidential Primary team, helping Senator McCain win the Connecticut Primary, the first closed Republican Primary victory of Senator McCain’s campaign. Ben was selected as a delegate to the 2000 National Convention and served as a member of the Convention Rules Committee.  Ben again teamed up with Senator McCain in 2008, in a similar capacity, and again helped Senator McCain win the Connecticut Presidential Primary. Ben was again selected as a delegate to the 2008 Republican National Convention, serving on the Credentials Committee.
 
In 2016, Ben worked with the Donald J. Trump for President committee, helping Mr. Trump overwhelming win the Connecticut Republican Primary. Ben served as a delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention as well as a floor whip, and a member of the Convention Rules Committee.  In August 2016, Ben was named the Connecticut State Director for the Trump campaign, leading a team of some 500+ volunteers. Also, in 2016, Ben served as Treasurer and Senior Advisor to the Dan Carter for US Senate campaign in Connecticut.
 
Ben Proto worked with Steve Obsitnik on Steve’s 2018 gubernatorial campaign, serving as convention manager for the campaign. Together with Dick Foley, they developed a convention strategy that helped Steve become one of only three candidates to qualify, with 15% or more of the convention vote, for the Republican gubernatorial primary.
 
Ben has served as the state Convention coordinator for three gubernatorial campaigns and two US Senate campaign. Ben has advised numerous local, state, and federal campaigns and political organizations, as both a political consultant and as an attorney, on issues related to state and federal campaign finance and election laws.
 
In addition to his work here in CT, Ben was asked by the International Republican Institute to travel to Albania to work with the emerging political parties on developing campaign and political strategies and tactics and candidate recruitment. Ben is also a member of the Stratford Republican Town Committee, the Republican National Lawyers Association and is the former Deputy Registrar of Voters in Stratford.
 
Ben Proto is a seasoned political operative in Connecticut with an acute understanding of the political environment, both within the Republican party as well as the general electorate.
 
In June, 2021, Ben was overwhelming elected to serve as Chairman of the Connecticut Republican Party.

DELAWARE - JANE BRADY

[elected May 4, 2019, re-elected May 22, 2021]

>RNC:
Jane Brady was the first woman to run for the US Senate from Delaware, taking on Joe Biden, in 1990. She was elected Attorney General of Delaware in 1994, 1998, and 2002, the first woman to serve in that office. In 2005, she was appointed a Judge of the Delaware Superior Court, where she served a 12 year term.  She has been Chair of the Delaware Republican Party since May, 2019.  She earned her JD from Villanova University School of Law, and was awarded an MBA degree from the University of Delaware Lerner School in 2020.  Jane lives in Lewes, Delaware, with her husband, Michael Neal, and their son, Trent.

>also bio from Delaware Courts:
The Honorable M. Jane Brady was appointed to the Superior Court in 2005.

Judge Brady served as Attorney General from 1995-2005, the first woman to serve as Attorney General of the State of Delaware. She graduated from Christiana High School, the University of Delaware and Villanova University School of Law. From 1977 until 1990, she served as a Deputy Attorney General in the Delaware Department of Justice, culminating with three years of service as Chief Prosecutor in Sussex County. Judge Brady entered private practice in 1990, where she remained until her election as Attorney General.

Judge Brady has served on the American Bar Association's Criminal Justice Section Council, the American Bar Association's Standards Task Force on Biological Evidence and the Advisory Committee of the American Bar Association's National Symposium on the American Jury System. She is a member of the Terry-Carey American Inn of Court.

She is also the founder of KINfolk, a nonprofit agency that provides free computers and Internet accounts to children facing long hospital stays, enabling them to keep in touch with family, friends and schoolwork.

Judge Brady's term ended December 7, 2017.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA - PATRICK MARA  twitter

[elected Jan. 2021]

Patrick is a consultant specializing in political campaigns, advocacy and small business development. He previously served as the Executive Director of the District of Columbia Republican Committee, America’s only fully urban state GOP organization. The first Republican ever elected to the DC State Board of Education, Patrick represented Washington, DC’s, most racially diverse ward for a full four year term.

A staunch advocate for parental choice in education, he was the Board’s sole representative to the National Association of State Boards of Education’s Government Affairs Committee where he helped shape national education policy. Long active in politics, Patrick ran for DC Council and served as an Alternate Delegate (2008) and Delegate (2012) at two Republican National Conventions. With over two decades of campaign experience, Patrick has worked and volunteered on dozens of campaigns at the local, state, Congressional and Presidential levels. Earlier in his career Patrick worked on Capitol Hill for a U.S. Senator; at the U.S. Department of Energy and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory as a contractor; and later lobbied both the Legislative and Executive branches of the Federal government on behalf of technology, education and energy clients.

Patrick currently serves on the Washington Latin Public Charter School Board of Governors which is among DC’s highest performing schools. Before earning an entrepreneurship-focused MBA from Babson College, Patrick graduated from Marist College with a B.S. in Environmental Science and Political Science. He is past President of the Marist College Alumni Executive Board and past Board of Trustees alumni representative. Patrick and his wife live in the Randle Highlands neighborhood of Washington, DC with their two young sons.

FLORIDA - JOE GRUTERS  twitter

[elected Jan. 11, 2019; re-elected Jan. 16, 2021]

>RNC:
Joe Gruters is a fourth generation Sarasotan and descendent of Ringling Circus chief tentmaker William Hobson, his great grandfather who moved the family to Sarasota in 1922. A 1996 graduate of Cardinal Mooney High School, Joe is also a graduate of both Florida State University, where he earned his undergraduate degree, and the University of South Florida, where he earned his Masters in Business Administration (MBA.)
 
Joe is a partner at Robinson Gruters and Roberts, a CPA firm with offices in Sarasota County.

For the last 25 years, Joe has been working at the grassroots level as both a Republican Party activist and leader. He has been Chairman of the Republican Party of Sarasota for the last 14 years and as Chairman of the Republican Party of Florida and member of the Republican National Committee for the last 4 years.  He served as Co-Chairman of President Trump’s 2016 Florida campaign. Joe has also served as a member of the Electoral College for President Donald J. Trump in both 2016 and 2020.

After the 2020 election Joe was appointed Chairman of the Republican National Committees election integrity committee where he worked with national groups and leaders to look at what happened in 2020 and then to make recommendations on securing our elections moving forward.

Joe currently serves as a State Senator representing Sarasota and Charlotte Counties. He serves as the Florida Senate Education Chairman.

Joe is an active member of the Sarasota County community and local government. He has served as Chairman of the Sarasota County Planning Commission, on the Board of Directors for the Florida Sports Foundation, as Treasurer for the Sarasota Humane Society and as a Governor Rick Scott Appointee to the Board of Trustees for Florida State University, where he was Chairman of the Finance and Audit Committee and Presidential Compensation Committee. Joe currently serves on the University of South Florida Community Leadership Counsel at the Sarasota Campus.

Joe is married to Sydney and they have three children – Spencer, Jack and Elizabeth.

>excerpt from bio from Joe Gruters for Florida State Senate, 2018:
Joe worked for Congressman Vern Buchanan in both corporate and political roles on and off for ten years. He began working for Congressman Buchanan in 2000 and served as Campaign Manager for Buchanan’s successful 2008 re-election campaign. Under Joe’s leadership, Buchanan increased his margin of victory from 369 votes in 2006 to more than 66,415 in 2008.

>and adapted from LinkedIn:
Elected chairman of the Republican Party of Florida in Jan. 2019; formerly vice chairman, and served as chairman of the Republican Party of Sarasota from Dec. 2008.  Elected to the state Senate representing District 23 (Sarasota Co. and part of Charlotte Co.) in 2018; previously served as state Representative representing District 73 for one term, 2016-18.  CPA at Robinson, Gruters & Robinson, previously Paoli & Gruters from Aug. 2015; and owner of Gruters CPA in Sarasota from Aug. 2015.  CPA and tax manager at Shinn & Company LLC, Jan. 2010-July 2015.  Campaign manager, political director and director of government relations for Buchanan Enterprises and Vern Buchanan for Congress, 2000-09.  Vice president and project manager for Yacht Clubs of the Americas, Dec. 2006-May 2008.  Project manager for Githier Development, Sept. 2004-April 2006.  Candidate for Florida House in 2000.  M.B.A. from University of South Florida's College of Business, 2002; B.S. from Florida State University's College of Business, 1999.  Fourth generation Sarasotan.

>and note:
Gruters was an early Trump supporter, announced as chairman of Trump's Florida primary campaign on Oct. 25, 2015.

GEORGIA - DAVID J. SHAFER  twitter

[elected May 18, 2019; re-elected June 5, 2021]

>RNC:
David Shafer was elected Chairman of the Georgia Republican Party on May 18, 2019.

David got his start in Republican politics in 1991 when, at the age of 25, he was appointed Executive Director of the Georgia Republican Party. His tenure saw the election of Paul Coverdell to the United States Senate, quadrupling of Republican representation in Georgia’s Congressional Delegation and substantial gains in the General Assembly.

In 2002, on the cusp of Republican legislative majority in Georgia, David himself won a special election to the State Senate, He quickly earned the reputation as one of the most conservative and effective members of the legislature. He successfully sponsored legislation to implement zero based budgeting, limit tax increases and provide for periodic review of government regulations. David served three terms as the President Pro Tempore of the State Senate.

David grew up in Dunwoody.  He attended The University of Georgia, graduating with a degree in government.  He has served on the Board of Visitors of the University of Georgia and the Board of Directors of the UGA Alumni Association.

A businessman, David lives in Duluth with his wife Lee, a retired attorney, and his daughter Ellie, a high school senior.  His stepson J.W. is also a graduate of the University of Georgia.

>bio from his archived official Senate website:
David Shafer began serving the Georgia Senate in 2002. On January 14, 2013, his fellow Senators unanimously elected him the 68th President Pro Tempore of the Senate and re-elected him two years later.  Today, he represents the people of the 48th Senate District while serving as the Senate President Pro Tempore.

Senator Shafer is a conservative work horse who has sponsored legislation to implement zero based budgeting, limit tax increases and provide for the periodic review of government regulations.

In addition to his duties as Senate President Pro Tempore, Senator Shafer is also vice chairman of the Senate Insurance and Labor Committee and a member of the Senate Appropriations, Health and Human Services and Reapportionment and Redistricting Committees. He is an ex-officio member of the Senate Regulated Industries and Utilities and Rules Committees.

Senator Shafer served as the Executive Director of the Georgia Republican Party in the early 1990′s. In 1996, Republican Voters of Georgia nominated him as the Republican candidate in a special statewide election for Secretary of State. His campaign’s central platform was fighting voter fraud, and his centerpiece idea—requiring voters to show identification when voting—was passed into law in 1997.

He is a business owner and investor. He served on the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors.

Senator Shafer is involved in the community. He has served terms as vice chairman of the Gwinnett County Library System Board of Trustees and as a member on the former Gwinnett-Forsyth Regional Library System Board of Trustees. He has also served on the Board of Directors for both the United Cerebral Palsy of Greater Atlanta and the Partnership Against Domestic Violence (formerly Georgia Council on Battered Women).

Raised in DeKalb County, Senator Shafer was educated in DeKalb County Public Schools. He is a graduate of The University of Georgia.  He was a founding member of the Board of Directors of the National Alumni Association and now serves on the Board of Visitors. He has made Gwinnett County his home since graduating from college. He lives in Duluth with his wife Lee and daughter Ellie. His stepson J.W. is also a graduate of the University of Georgia. The Shafers are members of Pleasant Hill Presbyterian Church.

>and adapted from LinkedIn:
Elected chairman of the Republican Party of Georgia in May 2019.  Georgia State Senator, Feb. 2002-Jan. 2019, including President Pro Tempore, Jan. 2013-Jan. 2018.  Candidate for Lieutenant Governor, Apr. 2017-July 2018.  Campaign manager on People With Guy Millner for Governor, Jan.-Nov. 1994.  Executive director of the Georgia Republican Party, Jan. 1991-Jan. 1994.  Campaign manager on Billy Lovett for Insurance Commissioner, June 1989-Dec. 1990.  A.B. in political science from University of Georgia, 1988.

HAWAI'I - LYNN FINNEGAN

[elected at a special meeting on Nov. 20, 2021]

>adapted from LinkedIn, Wikipedia and other sources:
Elected chair of the Republican Party of Hawai'i in Nov. 2021.  Assistant head of school for Hanalani Schools in Mililani, Dec. 2018-Apr. 2021.  COO at Waialae Elementary Public Charter School, Jan. 2016-Nov. 2018.  Executive director of Hawaii Public Charter Schools Network, Dec. 2010-Dec. 2015.  Elected to the Hawaii House of Representatives (District 32) in 2002 and served Jan. 2003-Jan. 2011 including Minority Leader from Nov. 2005-Jan. 2011. Did not seek re-election in 2010 but ran for lieutenant governor and was the Republican nominee, losing to Brian Schatz (D) by 57.8% to 40.8%.

>note: Shirlene Ostrov was elected May 13, 2017 and re-elected May 11, 2019 but resigned effective Jan. 31, 2021 after a controversy over Tweets posted on the party's official account.  Signe Godfrey, was elected May 15, 2021, but announced her resignation in Oct. 2021.

IDAHO - DOROTHY MOON

[elected July 16, 2022, defeating incumbent chair Tom Luna] 

>bio from Dorothy Moon for Idaho:
Moon lives up the Yankee Fork of the Salmon River, east of Stanley. She and her husband, Darr, who is a professional engineer, land-surveyor and geologist, are the proud parents of two hard-working, adult sons.

“I grew up in a Christian home with six siblings. My father worked two jobs to provide for our family. I developed a strong work ethic knowing I needed a good education. I earned a Bachelor of Science in Secondary Education in Comprehensive Science and a Master of Science in Resource Planning, both from Missouri State University. I met my husband Darr with deep Idaho roots and moved to Idaho in 1994.”

After retiring as the Director of Special Education at Challis High School (2012), Moon was first elected District 8 Representative in 2016. In 2018, she was named “Outstanding Republican Legislator” by the Idaho GOP. Moon has a lifetime 97% conservative legislative voting record with the American Conservative Union. She is a lifetime member of the NRA with a 100% voting record and is a recognized member of Gun Owners of America.

Moon looks forward to working with conservative grassroots leaders and the working men and women of Idaho to build a stronger Idaho Republican Party.

>official bio on Idaho Legislature website (>):
Born in Kansas City, MO, and raised in the Ozarks; B.S. in secondary education with comprehensive science, geology, and biology emphasis, and M.S. in resource planning, both from Missouri State University, Springfield, MO; retired from Challis High School (2012) as special education director, science teacher, and IEN geology instructor; president of Moon & Associates Inc. since 1994; owner in gold mining operation in central Idaho; Mini-Cassia Businesswoman of the Year; Legislative District 8 Republican chair (2014-2016); NRA lifetime member; Antarctic expedition with Lamont Doherty Geological Observatory (1992); voted 2018 Outstanding Republican Legislator by Idaho GOP; spouse: Darr; sons: Dane and Parker.

ILLINOIS - DON TRACY

[elected Feb. 6, 2021 to complete final two years of four-year term of chairman Tim Schneider, who announced on Dec. 5, 2020 he would step down after starting in the position in 2014]

Don Tracy is the Chairman of the Illinois Republican Party. Elected to the post in February of 2021, Chairman Tracy’’s top priority has been to unite and grow the Illinois Republican Party by advancing our message of anti-corruption, fiscal sanity, lower taxes, economic growth, and support for law and order.

Don is a businessman and lawyer from Springfield – and serves as the first ILGOP Chairman from downstate Illinois since 1988. He was born in Illinois and raised in rural Mt. Sterling (Brown County, IL), the oldest of twelve children. Don and his eleven siblings own the successful family business, Dot Foods, Inc., the nation’s largest redistributor of food and related products, and other national businesses. Headquartered in Mt. Sterling (population: 2,025), Dot Foods, Inc. was founded in 1960 by Don’s father and currently employs 6,000 people across the United States and Canada.

In addition to his work as outside counsel to his family’s business, Chairman Tracy has been involved for years in raising and donating major resources to Republican candidates and causes. Recent involvement includes the successful effort to defeat Illinois Governor JB Pritzker’s progressive tax constitutional amendment and the Republican Governors Association which won 8 of 11 targeted gubernatorial races in 2020.

Don received his business administration degree from Arizona State University and his Juris Doctorate from the University of Memphis School of Law. He currently is of counsel at Brown, Hay + Stephens Law Firm in Springfield, IL. He and his wife Wanda have four children and seven grandchildren.

>RNC:
Donald R. Tracy received his Bachelor of Science in General Business Administration from Arizona State University in 1972. In 19760, he received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Memphis.

Don began practicing law in 1976 at Baker & Donelson, the largest law firm in Tennessee. In 1980, he returned to Illinois to become in-house counsel for the Illinois National Bank of Springfield. For 8 years from 1982 until 1990, Don owned and operated a law firm in Springfield, Illinois, with an office in Mt. Sterling, Illinois, his hometown. In Mt Sterling, where his sister-in-law now Senator Jil Tracy then lived and practiced law, the firm was known as Tracy & Tracy.

In 1990, Don joined Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen as a Partner. From 1995 to 2020, Don was a Partner at Brown, Hay & Stephens, Abraham Lincoln’s first law firm, and where Don is now a Senior Counsel. Don is general outside counsel to Dot Family Holdings LLC (parent of Dot Foods, Inc., a national re-distributor of food and related products and other national businesses), which he and his 11 siblings own. Don has represented Dot since 1976.

Don served as President of the Sangamon County Bar Association and chaired the statewide Secretary of State’s Corporation Acts Advisory Committee, the statewide ISBA Corporation and Securities Law Section Council, and the statewide ISBA Judicial Advisory Polls Committee. He was an IICLE General Editor, and member of the Institute of Illinois Business Law. Don taught secured transactions at the University of Memphis School of Law, and served on the ISBA General Assembly, ISBA Labor and Employment Committee and ISBA Lincoln Bicentennial Committee, among other professional activities. Don has published several articles on business law, and primarily represents family businesses.

Don resides in Springfield with his wife, Wanda. They have 4 adult children, and 7 grandchildren.

INDIANA - KYLE HUPFER   twitter

[elected Feb. 1, 2017; re-elected Mar. 24, 2021]

>bio from Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, where he is a partner:
Kyle focuses his practice at Taft on business law and provides counsel on various business and other legal issues, public policy matters, municipal finance, P3 projects, and strategic development. His clients include both emerging and established businesses, as well as individuals, trade associations and their members, tax-exempt organizations, and governmental and quasi-governmental entities.

Kyle offers a unique perspective with his experience, positioning him as a trusted advisor to both business and government clients. He brings high level senior experience through his prior business executive roles including chief administrative officer and general counsel at IMMI and vice president and general counsel at ETC Proliance Energy as well as through his private law and government experience.

He has a strong and impressive background in government relations and politics and serves as chairman of the Indiana Republican Party. Kyle is also a member of the Republican National Committee (RNC) and was appointed as general counsel in 2021. In this role, he assists all RNC committees as they conduct the business of the RNC and works with RNC’s chief counsel and internal legal team as they provide guidance and assistance in implementing the RNC’s initiatives. Kyle also serves as chairman of the RNC resolutions committee and is a member of the executive committee. He most recently served as Governor Holcomb’s campaign manager for his 2020 reelection and also previously served as 5th District Republican chairman, the director of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources for Governor Mitch Daniels, and chairman of the Indiana State Fair Commission.

>and adapted from LinkedIn and other sources:
Chairman of the Indiana Republican Party since Feb. 2017; also ratified as general counsel of the Republican National Committee in Feb. 2021.  Campaign manager on Gov. Eric Holcomb's 2020 re-election campaign, May 2019-Nov. 2020.  Chief administrative officer and general counsel at Indiana Mills & Manufacturing Inc. (IMM)I, Aug. 2015-Apr. 2019.  Treasurer on Holcomb's 2016 campaign.  Member of Frost Brown Todd, Dec. 2012-Aug. 2015.  VP and general counsel at ETC ProLiance Energy, Aug. 2006-Dec. 2012.  Unsuccessful candidate for Indiana House in 2010.  Chairman of the Indiana State Fair Commission, 2007-10.  Director of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Jan. 2005-Aug. 2006.  Partner at Ice Miller LLP, May 1999-Jan. 2005.  J.D. from Indiana University School of Law, 1998; B.S. in business administration from Manchester University, 1995.

IOWA - JEFF KAUFMANN  twitter

[elected June 28, 2014 after ouster of Danny Carroll, to complete term to Jan. 2015; elected to full term Jan. 10, 2015; elected to a fourth term on Jan. 16, 2021, "making him the second longest serving Chair in Republican Party of Iowa history."]

Chairman Jeff Kaufmann served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 2005 to 2013, including six years in leadership positions in the GOP caucus and two years as Speaker Pro Tem. During his tenure in the Iowa House, he developed a record as a fiscal conservative, Second Amendment defender and a tireless advocate of property rights. Kaufmann represented a competitive district and built a reputation as a consensus problem-solver and constituent advocate. During half of his time in the legislature, Democrats outnumbered Republicans in his district, and Kaufmann maintained working relationships across the aisle.

Kaufmann served eight years on the Ways and Means Committee, and he authored a key anti-eminent domain bill that culminated in a landmark conservative victory overriding a veto by former Democrat Gov. Tom Vilsack. As an Assistant Republican Leader and Speaker Pro Tem, Kaufmann worked with his colleagues to turn around the state’s fiscal house after financial mismanagement by the administration of former Democrat Gov. Chet Culver.

As a member of the House leadership team, Kaufmann engaged in candidate recruitment, raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for candidates and spoke at events across the state for more than 70 candidates. In 2010, Kaufmann was part of the campaign leadership team that helped elect 60 House Republicans to the chamber.

In 2014, Kaufmann took over the Iowa GOP and led the party to tremendous success on the local, state, and federal levels. In his time as the chair, the GOP won control of both chambers of the state legislature and the governorship for the first time in almost twenty years, and on the federal level, the GOP captured 5 of 6 federal offices while delivering Iowa to the GOP presidential candidate for the first time since 2004.

Kaufmann, 58, is a seventh-generation livestock farmer. He is a professor at Muscatine Community College, where he teaches history and government. Kaufmann has a 4.8 A+ score on ratemyprofessors.com. In 2012, Kaufmann was honored as Iowa’s faculty member of the year by the Iowa Association of Community College Trustees. He obtained his B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Iowa.

Prior to his legislative career, Kaufmann was a Township Trustee and president of the Wilton School Board. Currently, he is a member of the Cedar County Board of Supervisors.

Jeff and his wife, Vicki, have been married for 36 years. They raised three sons: Bobby, a state representative in House District 73; Jacob, a middle school science teacher; and John, a former member of the Executive Board of the National Federation of College Republicans and the former chairman of the Iowa Federation of College Republicans.

KANSAS - MIKE KUCKELMAN  facebook

[elected Feb. 16, 2019; re-elected Apr. 2021]

>RNC:
Mike was elected Chairman of the Republican Party of Kansas in February 2019. He served as a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 2016. Mike spent eight years as treasurer of the Johnson County, Kansas Republican Party and he volunteered for the state party in a pro bono capacity as an attorney. 

Mike has practiced law for 30 years in the metropolitan Kansas City region, spending eight years practicing in for his Kansas-based law firm in London, England. In 2002 he was appointed by the Southern District of New York to the Executive Committee for the World Trade Center litigation. In his practice, he represents plaintiffs and defendants in civil litigation and his practice is limited to litigation.

Mike is a 1986 graduate of Washburn University where he received his accounting degree. He is also a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). He graduated from Washburn University School of Law in 1990 and is licensed to practice law in Kansas, Missouri, New York and in England and Wales.

>bio from Kuckelman Torline Kirkland:
Mike is a founding member of the Firm. In his 25 years of practice, he has distinguished himself as a trial lawyer. He started his litigation career in 1990 as an associate at the well-known firm Blackwell Sanders (now Husch Blackwell). At Blackwell Sanders, he learned the skills of a trial lawyer and became an equity partner.

In 2000, Mike was sent by Blackwell Sanders to build its European litigation practice. The three-month exploration of European litigation turned into a seven-year stay, where he created a steady docket of interesting and diverse clients.

In 2001, Mike was called upon to develop a strategy for certain syndicates at Lloyd’s of London to recover their losses suffered in the 9/11 terrorist attack. Mike developed the strategy and filed the first commercial plaintiff recovery case in early 2002. His work led to the creation of the Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee, and he was one of the lead attorneys appointed by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York to litigate the World Trade Center cases. This Committee ultimately negotiated a $1.2 billion settlement for the plaintiffs — the largest recovery of this nature in history.

In addition to practicing in the United States, Mike is qualified to practice in England and Wales. He also successfully completed the exam to be a certified public accountant (CPA) (Kansas 1987).

>Atchison native.

KENTUCKY - MAC BROWN

[elected Nov. 9, 2015; re-elected June 2017, re-elected Nov. 2021]

>RNC:
J. McCauley “Mac” Brown is Vice President of Louisville-based Brown-Forman Corporation, one of the largest American-owned spirits and wine companies and among the top 10 largest global spirits companies, selling more than 25 brands in its portfolio of wines and spirits in approximately 135 countries worldwide. His current responsibilities include a wide and varied range of business planning, governance, and strategic topics. He serves as a member of the Corporate Strategy Council for Brown-Forman.

Brown has had extensive involvement with numerous educational, civic and community organizations throughout his career. Currently, he is President and CEO of the Filson Historical Society and holds positions with the Board of Overseers for the University of Louisville, the Kentucky Historical Society, Louisville Library Foundation, Frazier History Museum, and the Board of Advisors for the University of Louisville School of Business. Brown earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree from Georgetown University and received a Masters in Business Administration degree from George Washington University.

LOUISIANA - LOUIS GURVICH

[first elected Feb. 24, 2018, re-elected Jan. 15, 2022]

Gurvich has been a longtime leader in the LAGOP and has formerly served as the party’s Secretary, a Deputy Chairman, Chairman of the Candidate Recruitment Committee, Chair of the Party Registration Committee, and Sergeant-at-Arms. He is a lifelong resident of New Orleans, an attorney, and CEO of a contract security company.
>RNC:
Married to Karen Lorenz Gurvich; they have one son, Matthew.

An attorney since 1978, Gurvich practiced law until he became Vice President & General Counsel, later Chairman & CEO, of a private security firm based out of New Orleans from 1989 until he sold the company in 2018.

He has held numerous Republican Party positions at the parish, state, and national levels, including:

Member, Orleans Parish Republican Executive Committee 2010-present Legal Adviser, Orleans Parish Republican Executive Committee

Governor’s Appointee, Orleans Parish Board of Election Supervisors

LAGOP State Central Committee, member 2010-present LAGOP Sergeant at Arms LAGOP Chair of Candidate Recruitment LAGOP Deputy Chairman LAGOP Chair of Voter/Party Registration Committee LAGOP Secretary LAGOP Chairman 2018-present

Presidential Elector/Chair of the 2012 Louisiana Republican Electoral Delegation

Republican National Convention Delegate 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020

Member, Republican National Committee 2018-present Member, Republican National Committee Rules Committee 2021-present

>from LinkedIn:
J.D. from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, 1977; bachelor's degree in political science from Tulane University, 1974.

MAINE - DEMI KOUZOUNAS

[elected Jan. 28, 2017; re-elected Jan. 12, 2019 and Jan. 16, 2021]
 
Dr. Demi Kouzounas of Saco was re-elected as Chair of the Maine Republican Party for her third term on January 16th, 2021.

In April of 2021, Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel announced four new RNC Regional Co-Chairs who will play key roles in supporting Chairwoman McDaniel as she continues her successful leadership of the party. Chair Kouzounas was chosen to lead the Northeast Region (CT, DE, DC, ME, MD, MA, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands).

Chair Kouzounas, a graduate from Thornton Academy and the University of Maine at Orono, graduated in 1981 from Tufts University School of Dental Medicine. She and her husband (Joseph G. Penna, DMD) then joined the U. S. Army, serving in the 86th Medical Detachment in Giessen, Germany from 1981-1984. They have practiced dentistry together for over 35 years and have two dental practices (Scarborough and Skowhegan).

Chair Kouzounas was one of the founders of Bright Smiles (a free children’s clinic in Portland) which provided dental services to children who would not normally receive dental care due to their families’ incomes or not having MaineCare coverage. She is also the co-founder of ‘Dentists Who Care for ME’ which gives an annual day of free care. Previously she served as the President of the Maine Dental Association and has been involved legislatively with access-to-care issues. She has also served on several nonprofit boards and continues to serve the Lunder-Dineen Board called MOTIVATE which is involved in Oral Health Education of residents in Nursing Homes.

Chair Kouzounas lives with her husband Joe in Saco, Maine, and has two grown married children, and two granddaughters.

MARYLAND - DIRK HAIRE

[first elected Dec. 3,  2016; re-elected Dec. 2018 and Dec. 12, 2020]

Dirk Haire is serving his third term as Chairman of the Maryland Republican Party. He is also a Partner in the Washington, DC office of national law firm Fox Rothschild LLP where he practices government contracts and construction law. Dirk lives in Edgewater, Maryland with his wife, Jessica, daughters Bailey, Addison, and Olivia, and son Connor. Jessica is the County Councilwoman for Anne Arundel County Council District 7 and formerly served as the State Party Legal Counsel. Dirk’s past GOP experience includes working as a Legislative Aide for US Senator Dan Coats, managing Congressional campaigns for Republican candidates in Indiana and Wisconsin, serving as Legal Counsel to the Maryland Republican Party, and serving as Chairman of the Maryland House and Senate Party Caucus Committees.

>RNC:
Ranked as one of the leading construction law attorneys in the District of Columbia by Chambers USA, Dirk has a national construction and government contracts practice focused on bid protests and claims litigation relating to federal construction.

Dirk represents clients in connection with federal bid protests and construction litigation in the Boards of Contract Appeals, the Court of Federal Claims, the General Accountability Office, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and various U.S. district courts. His practice centers on high-stakes litigation over contracts for major construction projects throughout the Unites States and all over the world, including Afghanistan, Iraq, Russia and Africa.

Dirk serves as Office Managing Partner of the Washington, DC, office and as co-chair of the firm's national Construction Law Group.

Dirk also works to help his clients avoid litigation by assisting with the resolution of issues such as constructive changes, delays, accelerations, defective work, differing site conditions and default terminations. He also offers guidance and representation in compliance matters, including past performance evaluations, defective specifications, the Buy American Act, the False Claims Act and the Miller Act.

Outside of Fox, Dirk serves as chair of the Maryland Republican Party.

A frequent speaker and author, Dirk co-founded the Associated General Contractors (AGC) of America Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Committee and serves on AGC's National Board of Directors and the National Executive Committee of AGC’s Service & Supply Council.

>also note: Haire was campaign counsel on Larry Hogan's 2016 gubernatorial campaign and according to the Baltimore Sun "longtime counsel to the Maryland Republican Party."

MASSACHUSETTS - JIM LYONS  twitter

[elected Jan. 17, 2019; re-elected Jan. 2021]

>RNC:
From 2010 to 2018, he served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, where he built a reputation for advocating for the pro-life and pro-family causes, championing the rights of taxpayers, and leading the fight to end the opioid epidemic.

Lyons and his wife Bernadette own and operate Dandi-lyons, a small retail flower, ice cream, and Christmas tree business with locations in Andover and Tewksbury. He is a graduate of Arlington Catholic High School and Brandeis University.

MICHIGAN - RON WIESER

[elected Feb. 6, 2021, defeating incumbent chair Laura Cox; Wieser previously served and chair from Feb. 2017 to Feb. 2019 and Feb. 2009 to Jan. 2011]

>RNC:
Chairman Weiser has chaired numerous political and judicial campaigns including four Michigan Supreme Court races and was Chairman of Team Michigan from 1997-2000. He served as the Michigan Finance Chair of Bush for President in 1999 and 2000 and as a member of the National Executive Committee of Victory 2000. He served as Ambassador to Slovakia under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2005. He served during 2005-06 as the Michigan Republican State Finance Chair and was a National Co-Chair for Senator John McCain in 2007-2008.

In February 2011, he was appointed as Co-Chair of the RNC’s National Finance Transition Committee. From April 2011 to February 2013, he served as the RNC’s National Finance Chair.

Chairman Weiser was one of the primary architects of the "Right-to-work law" legislation enacted by the Michigan legislature in December 2012.

Chairman Weiser was selected in 2016 to lead the Republican National Committee's fundraising efforts for President Donald Trump.

Chairman Weiser was born in South Bend, Indiana on July 7, 1945 and graduated with honors in 1966 from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. He also did post-graduate work at the University’s Business and Law Schools.

In 1968, Chairman Weiser founded McKinley Associates Inc., a national real estate investment company and served as its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer until 2001, and again upon his return from Slovakia to the present. He married his wife Eileen in 1983 and they current live in Ann Arbor with their son, Daniel. The Weisers also have two married children, Elizabeth and Marc, and five grandchildren.

MINNESOTA - DAVID HANN

[the previous chair Jennifer Carnahan resigned on Aug. 19, 2021; Hann elected Oct. 2, 2021]

Elected to be the Chairman of the Minnesota Republican Party in October 2021. He currently resides in Eden Prairie with his wife.

David attended Gustavus Adolphus College and earned a B.A. in religion and did graduate work in Theology at the University of Chicago. While still in college, he interrupted his studies to join the Army where he served a tour in Vietnam.

He was previously the Director of Forecasting and Logistics for Deli Express, a Minnesota based food manufacturing and distribution company.

David served on the Eden Prairie School Board for three terms and served in the State Senate from 2003 to 2016. During his time in the Senate, he was Chairman of the Health and Human Services Committee, and served as a member of the Education Committee, the Finance Committee, and the Rules and Administration Committee. He was the Senate Minority Leader his last four years in office where he led the Republicans into the Majority in 2016.

MISSISSIPPI - FRANK BORDEAUX  twitter

[elected Oct. 1, 2020]

Frank Bordeaux serves as the 13th Chairman of the Mississippi Republican Party following his unanimous election by the State Executive Committee in October 2020. Frank was recommended by Governor Tate Reeves.

An experienced and respected political leader, Frank has been active in efforts to elect Republicans his entire life, lending his expertise to campaigns for both Governor Tate Reeves and Senator Thad Cochran. He has worked at both grassroots and broad levels to promote conservative policies and candidates.

Frank is Vice President at a Mississippi-based insurance company, where he serves corporate and public clients. He is a member of the Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers, Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America, and Independent Insurance Agents of Mississippi.

A resident of Gulfport, Frank is a long-time advocate for quality public schools, leading the 2014 campaign for the Gulfport school bond issue to overwhelming passage. In 2015, he was honored as the Gulfport School District Parent of the Year and in 2019 was awarded the John Harral Spirit of Education Award for “exceptional commitment to strengthening educational opportunities available to all students in the Gulfport area.”

Frank serves on the boards of several organizations, including the Harrison County Development Commission, the Mississippi Arts Commission, the Mississippi Flag Commission, the Harrison County Republican Club and the Biloxi Businessman’s Club. He previously served as a board member of the Harrison County Republican Executive Committee, the Harrison County Republican Central Committee, Feed My Sheep soup kitchen and Gulfport Youth Sports Association.

Frank and his wife, Jacqueline, have four boys. They are members of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Gulfport.

MISSOURI - NICK MYERS

[elected Feb. 6, 2021]

>RNC:
Nick Myers, CPA, CGMA, is the president and sole shareholder of Nick Myers CPA PC with offices in Joplin, Anderson and Webb City in Southwest Missouri.  The firm began in 1983.  Prior to 1983 he was employed in industry as VP of finance for a manufacturing firm and as a manager at regional and local CPA firms in audit and tax.
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He is a graduate of Webb City Senior High and the University of Missouri-Columbia (BS in BA), after earlier studies at Missouri Southern State University. He had post graduate studies in finance at the University of Missouri - Kansas City.

Nick served as Missouri Society of CPAs (MOCPA) President and Chairman of the Board 1999-2000, American Institute of CPA’s (AICPA) member of Council 1999-2000 and 2006-2009; and MOCPA Chairman of Legislation Committee 2000-2006 and 2009-2012.

Prior to joining the MOSBA his public service included Chairman Board of Directors Redings Mill Fire Protection District; Secretary and  Commissioner of both the MO House and MO Senate Apportionment Commission; and as a Commissioner of the State of Missouri Study Commission on State Tax Policy.
He is the recipient of the following prestigious awards:  MOCPA’s Max Myers Distinguished Service Award and Missouri State Board of Accountancy – Inaugural James T. Mudd Award received for advancing the profession of CPA.
Nick has been married to his wife, Brenda, since 1978, they have two daughters, and reside south of Joplin in the Town of Grand Falls.

>The Joplin Globe reported that Myers had been chairman of the Newton County Republican Central Committee since 2000, ...served on the Missouri Republican State Committee since 2008 and most recently served a two-year term as vice chairman of the party.

 

MONTANA - DON KALTSCHMIDT

[elected June 15, 2019; re-elected June 19, 2021]

>RNC:
Hailing from Kalispell, Montana, Don Kaltschmidt is the owner of Don “K” Chevrolet-Subaru-CDJR in Whitefish, Montana.  After attending Flathead High School in 1974, Don joined the United States military, serving his country in the United States Marine Corps from 1975 to 1978.  He was awarded the Good Conduct Medal and Honorably Discharged.  He then attended Flathead Valley Community College in 1979 before he began his career in automotive industry in 1980, associated with City Chevrolet in San Diego.  Moving onto Harloff Chevrolet-BMW, then back to Montana with Jim Dowen Chevrolet.  "Don K" became a successful sales manager, general manager, and eventual owner of automobile dealership. Alongside his successful dealership career, Mr. Kaltschmidt is the National Automobile Dealers Association Board of Directors member for Montana. 
 
Taking his hard work and vision in the development of sound and successful business practices, he shifted his career to politics. As a lifelong Republican and a member of the Republican National Committee since 1990, Don holds conservative and liberty-centered values.  He currently serves as the Flathead County Republican Central Committee Finance Chair and was a delegate for Romney's 2012 Presidential campaign. In 2016, Mr. Kaltschmidt ran for the Montana Senate in District 3.  Mr. Kaltschmidt’s campaign received endorsements from U.S. Congressman Ryan Zinke and former Montana Secretary of State, Bob Brown; he ultimately lost.
 
"Don K" is running on his leadership and fundraising skills. As an avid member of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and life member of the National Rifle’s Association.  If he wins, he wishes to construct a small state model with a staff comprised of an Executive Director, Political Director and Finance Director. He hopes to raise $1 million for the state party per calendar year.  "Don K" was very much the candidate of the establishment and received strong whip support from Senator Daines’ team. 
 
Don has been a consistent donor to GOP candidates, the Montana State GOP and President Trump. He’s known as a key instate bundler.

NEBRASKA - ERIC UNDERWOOD

[elected July 9, 2022, defeating incumbent chair Dan Welch; started July 14, 2022]

>adapted from LinkedIn:
Chairman of the Lancaster County Republican Party from Sept. 2021.  General manager at Rodizio Grill in Lincoln from Sept. 2014.  President at Adept Development, L.L.C. in Lincoln, July 2012-Sept. 2014.  General manager at Skeeter Barnes, Apr. 2009-July 2013.  Food and beverage director at Hidden Valley Golf Club, July 2006-Aug. 2008.  General manager of Perkins Family Restaurant, Jan.-July 2006.  Guest service manager, Aug. 2004-Jan. 2006.  Assistant restaurant manager at The Lodge at Wilderness Ridge, Feb.-Aug. 2004; also snack bar and cart manager, May-Aug. 2004.  General manager at Cafe on the Square, May 2003-Feb. 2004.  B.A. from University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2003.

NEVADA - MICHAEL McDONALD  twitter

[elected April 22, 2012; elected to a sixth term Oct. 16, 2021, he is currently the  longest serving GOP chairman in the country]

Michael McDonald is a lifelong resident of Las Vegas. He was born at The Woman’s Hospital, he lived in the same home on the West side for the majority of his life and all of his schooling was received in the Las Vegas Valley.  Michael had the opportunity to leave the Valley to pursue his education abroad due to his skills as a football player. But, he chose instead, in an effort to help out at home, to stay in the Las Vegas Valley to attend UNLV.

Michael was attending classes at UNLV that would set him on a course to follow in his father’s footsteps in the casino industry. While he attended classes he also held a full time job at a local hotel/casino. It was during a charity event that he was volunteering at that it was suggested that he test for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.

Michael tested and successfully entered the LVMPD in 1989.

This was just the beginning; Michael had found his calling in public service and wasn’t anywhere near finished!

On two separate occasions during his career as an officer for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Michael received Medals of Honor from the City of Las Vegas for bravery. This is the highest honor that the City of Las Vegas can bestow on a public servant.  During one such exhibition of bravery Michael, having no regard for his own safety, used his body as a shield to protect a child in his charge during a transport to Child Haven. As a result of his actions, he sustained injuries severe enough to put him on light duty from the Police Department.  While some would simply use their light duty time to recover Michael decided to use this time for something more constructive.

Michael created “Project 89109.” This was a neighborhood initiative to take back the streets of his youth to make them safe for the next generation. Michael was instrumental in getting the gangs of the area to stop fighting, dealing and tagging the neighborhood and showed them that they should be proud of their “hood” and that there was a better way. Michael also enlisted the help of the local business and property owners to take back their streets; it was with their combined efforts that “Project 89109” was such a huge success. One added benefit at the time was that the President of the local Boys and Girls Club took notice and joined forces with Michael to transform an empty and defunct business into a Boys and Girls Club so that the youngsters of the area had a safe place to go after school to be productive and creative rather than run the streets and cause trouble.

On the heels of a very successful “Project 89109,” Michael was approached to fill a leadership void in his decaying neighborhood located in Ward 1 within the City of Las Vegas.

Michael was an unknown in the largest candidate pool ever for a City Council seat. It was filled with seasoned veterans and community leaders. Together with his family, friends and a small group of supporters Michael had a campaign budget of $50.00 on the first day. The funding of his City Council bid was day to day and uncertain at best. It was with the sweat and dedication of his volunteers that his message got out with endless door to door campaigning. Their efforts were rewarded on June 6, 1995 when he won his seat on the City Council of Las Vegas to represent Ward 1.

At 30 years old Michael was the youngest person ever elected to the Las Vegas City Council,  and the youngest Mayor Pro Tem in the City’s history.

Mr. McDonald continued his efforts from within the walls of City Hall. Inside, he had been nicknamed “The Shadow Mayor” but, to his constituents he was affectionately known as the “Pothole Councilman.” Michael was always available to his constituents and no problem was too big or too small for his personal attention. If there was something that a citizen needed and there was no one else to help you could find Michael right there to do the work himself!

Things had changed from his humble beginnings as a candidate. Michael and his team were impressive fundraisers and a force to be reckoned with. Together they were able to raise over a million dollars for a City Council election; a staggering amount of financial support that had only ever been seen during a Mayoral race. His second term on the City Council was won in a landslide victory of 63% in the Primary.

Being a goal oriented individual Michael, wasn’t done yet! He had seen the inner workings of local Government and wanted to become a significant part of the Valley’s growth. He created departments to streamline the efficiency within City Hall; there are many that are still in place today. He was also appointed to many boards and was given the honor of being the (youngest) Chairman of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.

Not much has changed from his younger days… He still has the utmost respect for his parents, elders, Faith, Community and Country. You can find him most days caring for his father, John.  Look around you may run into them in a local eatery or coffee house.

Michael is still fully entrenched with the Republican Party. He regularly attends meetings and listens to the desires of its members. He hears and understands the frustration from its affiliates and knows that he can be the vehicle of change that the Party needs to push into the approaching election year.  

Portions of the Republican Party have been gravely wounded in these last months.  The Party is in need of a chairman that is able to mend those injuries that have forced it into triage mode. Our new chairman must be able to tend to these wounds, heal them and make our party healthy again very qickly. We need a leader that is willing and able to roll up his sleeves and get the Republican Party back at the top of its game. That person is … Michael McDonald.

NEW HAMPSHIRE - STEPHEN STEPANEK  twitter

[elected Jan. 26, 2019; re-elected Feb. 6, 2021]

>RNC:
Steve Stepanek graduated from Villanova University with a degree in Finance and Economics. He was a Rotarian for over 10 years. He held 6 United States Patents. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus for over 20 years. He served on the Board of Trustees of the Strawberry Bank Museum. He served as a Selectman in Amherst. He served on the Amherst Ways and Means Committee. He served 6 years as a non-lawyer member of the New Hampshire Supreme Court Professional Conduct Committee. He served as the Chairman of the Hillsborough County Republican Committee. He served 5 terms as a State Representative from Amherst. He was NH Co-chair for Rudy Giuliani’s 2008 Presidential campaign and most recently, He was President Donald Trump’s New Hampshire Co-chair in 2016.  All of these experiences have allowed him to grow with, and serve the community that he loves so much.

During his time as a State Representative he was the Minority Whip, Vice Chair of the Commerce Committee, Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee and Deputy Majority Leader.

>and compiled from multiple sources:
Announced as regional administrator of GSA’s New England Region on Mar. 5, 2018; resigned May 24, 2018.  Served as a state representative 2014-16 and 2010-12, and 2002-08 including as Republican Whip.  Founder of White Cliff Realty (2003) and White Cliff Communications (2006).  Amherst selectman, 1989-91. Founder and president of New Hampshire Paper Company, 1978-2003.  B.S. in finance and economics from Villanova University, 1973.

NEW JERSEY - BOB HUGIN   twitter

[elected June 23, 2021] 

Bob Hugin was elected Chairman of the New Jersey Republican State Committee on June 23, 2021.

Mr. Hugin chaired the board of the Garden State Initiative, a nonpartisan research and educational organization which focuses on economic issues in New Jersey.  Bob also serves as the Chair of The Darden School Foundation, University of Virginia.  He is a longstanding member of the Board of Trustees of Family Promise, a national non-profit network assisting homeless families.  He is also a director of Chubb Limited and the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy.

Mr. Hugin received an AB degree from Princeton University in 1976 and an MBA from the University of Virginia in 1985 and served as a United States Marine Corps infantry officer during the intervening period.  Bob and his wife Kathy have three children and live in Summit, New Jersey.

>RNC:
Mr. Hugin, a civic and business leader, chairs the New Jersey Republican State Committee. In 2018, he was a candidate for the U.S. Senate from New Jersey. Bob retired in 2018, as Chairman and Chief Executive Office of Celgene Corporation, a global innovative biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of transformational therapies for unmet medical needs. He is past Chairman of the Boards of The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) and the Healthcare Institute of New Jersey (HINJ).

Bob is a charter trustee of Princeton University and immediate past chair of The Darden School Foundation, University of Virginia and is a director of the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy. Bob is a longstanding member of the Board of Trustees of Family Promise, a national non-profit network assisting homeless families. He is also a director of Chubb Limited and Biohaven Pharmaceuticals. Prior to joining Celgene, Mr. Hugin was a Managing Director with J.P. Morgan & Co. Inc.

Mr. Hugin received an AB degree from Princeton University in 1976 and an MBA from the University of Virginia in 1985 and served as a United States Marine Corps infantry officer during the intervening period. Bob and his wife Kathy have three children and live in Summit, New Jersey.

NEW MEXICO - STEVE PEARCE  twitter

[elected Dec. 8, 2018; re-elected Dec. 7, 2020]

>old bio from 2011:
Steve Pearce was born in 1947 to a large working-class family.  He was raised in Hobbs, New Mexico, where his father worked as a roustabout, selling vegetables on the side of the road to make ends meet.  With six children to feed, times were often hard in the Pearce household, but his upbringing has made it easy for Steve to relate to the hardworking people of southern New Mexico.

Steve attended New Mexico public schools his entire life, and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in economics from New Mexico State University and an MBA  from Eastern New Mexico University.  During the Vietnam War, Steve served as a combat pilot, flying over 518 hours of combat flight and 77 hours of combat support.  He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and two Air Medals, as well as seven other military medals and four exceptional service awards.  Steve continued service at Blytheville Air Force Base in Arkansas, and attained the rank of Captain.

In addition to his firsthand knowledge of the military and its importance to America, Steve is a respected small-businessman who thoroughly understands the economic issues facing our country.  He and his wife Cynthia long owned and operated Lea Fishing Tools, an oilfield services company in Hobbs.  Because of this role, Steve is well aware of the regulations and taxes that plague small-business owners, and wants to help get government out of the way of these hard-working Americans.  Having built his business from the ground up, Steve created 50 jobs in his community.  He is confident that small businesses throughout southern New Mexico form the backbone for job creation and economic growth.

In 1996, Steve was elected to the New Mexico House of Representatives, where he served until 2000.  During this time, he was elected as Caucus Chair and served on the Appropriations Committee.  He was widely recognized for his work in economic development, in which he applied the commonsense principles he had gained as a small-business owner.

In 2002, Steve was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, where he served until 2009.  With the retirement of Senator Pete Domenici, many New Mexicans were concerned about the loss of a strong conservative voice representing New Mexico in the Senate.  Steve again answered the call to serve by leaving the House and running for U.S. Senate.  His bid was ultimately unsuccessful, but in 2009, amidst an economic crisis, the passage of the President’s healthcare bill, and expansion of government regulation, Steve decided to again run for Congress.  As he explained to friends and family, he made the tough decision because he was afraid for his country, and wanted to keep fighting for New Mexico.

Today, Steve continues a lifetime of service as New Mexico’s only conservative voice in Washington.  Steve was appointed by his peers to serve on the House Committee on Financial Services, and as chairman of the Congressional Western Caucus.  He continues his work making New Mexicans’ voices heard, helping to create jobs in southern New Mexico, and fighting for the liberty of all Americans.

>bio from Congress.gov:
PEARCE, Stevan, a Representative from New Mexico; born in Lamesa, Dawson County, Tex., August 24, 1947; attended the public schools; graduated from Hobbs High School, Hobbs, N.Mex., 1965; B.A., New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, N.Mex., 1970; M.B.A., Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, N.Mex., 1991; United States Air Force, 1970-1976; businessman; member of the New Mexico state house of representatives, 1997-2000; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Eighth and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2003-January 3, 2009); was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Eleventh Congress in 2008, but was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Twelfth and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2011-January 3, 2019); was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress in 2018, but was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of New Mexico; chair, New Mexico Republican Party, 2018-present.

NEW YORK - NICK LANGWORTHY

[elected July 1, 2019]; re-elected Sept. 20, 2021]

Nicholas A. Langworthy, 38, was unanimously elected as Chairman of the New York Republican State Committee on July 1, 2019, making him the youngest person to lead the Party in its history.

Langworthy ran for chair on his vision to rebuild, retool, and revitalize the New York Republican Party. His tenure represents a new era of leadership for the NYGOP that will focus on growing and strengthening the grassroots of the Party, recruiting strong candidates and winning elections by making a robust case for Republican principles of smaller government, lower taxes and individual liberty.

Langworthy’s influence and leadership in New York State politics have been independently recognized in Buffalo Business First Magazine’s “Power 250” Ranking of Western New York’s most influential people every single year from 2013 to 2019. He also has been included in City and State Magazine’s list of New York State’s “Power 100” and was named one of their “40 under 40” in 2017. Following his successful election in 2016, President Donald J. Trump named Langworthy to the executive committee of his transition team.

A lifelong Western New Yorker, Langworthy is a 2003 graduate of Niagara University with a Bachelor’s of Arts in Political Science. He is a 1999 graduate of Pine Valley Central School in South Dayton, NY. He and his wife, Erin, reside in Amherst with their daughter, Madeline.

>announced campaign for Congress in NY-23 on June 9, 2022; bio:
Nick Langworthy has dedicated his life to fighting for a strong and prosperous America. Throughout his career, he has worked to protect our constitutional rights and the values that make America the greatest country in the world.

As a native son of the Southern Tier, Nick Langworthy grew up in South Dayton, New York where he proudly graduated from Pine Valley Central School. The son of a small business owner in Jamestown, he learned firsthand the value of a hard day’s work and how the role of government can either help or hurt the private sector.

After graduating from Niagara University, he recommitted his dedication to Western New York and took his passion for public service to serve in the district office of former Congressman and NRCC Chairman Tom Reynolds. It was there he learned not only the inner-workings of Congress, but how to deliver first-class constituent service to the people of Western New York. After Reynolds retirement, Nick served as District Director for succeeding Congressman Chris Lee.

Langworthy wanted to take his drive to protect taxpayers even further and was elected to serve as the Erie County Republican Chairman where he helped elect strong leaders to every level of government. His influence and leadership in New York State has earned him recognition in Buffalo Business First Magazine’s “Power 250” ranking of Western New York’s most influential people every single year from 2013 to 2019. He also has been included in City and State Magazine’s list of New York State’s “Power 100” and was named one of their “40 under 40” in 2017.

Langworthy immediately set out on a mission to rebuild, retool, and revitalize the New York Republican Party. He ushered in a new fighting spirit that led the charge to force Cuomo from office, stop non-citizen voting, defeat Democrats’ gerrymandering scheme and countless other issues important to New York taxpayers. Since becoming Chairman, New York’s Republican congressional delegation has grown and Republicans have won new seats in every corner of the state.

Following his successful election in 2016, President Donald J. Trump named Langworthy to the executive committee of his transition team. In 2019, President Trump called on Langworthy to lead the New York State Republican party, making him the youngest person to lead the Party in its history.

Langworthy has proven he doesn’t just know how to fight – he knows how to win. He is running for Congress to stop the disastrous Biden-Pelosi agenda. He will fight against the reckless spending that is causing 40-year record inflation, rein in out-of-control gas prices by unleashing American energy and will restore law and order to our communities by backing the blue and securing our border. He will be an unwavering defender of our US Constitution and protecting the Second Amendment.

Nick and his wife Erin are parents of a young daughter, and he knows there is no more important task than protecting the American Dream for the next generation. He wants to ensure that his family and yours can live prosperously, freely and safely in Western New York for generations to come.

NORTH CAROLINA - MICHAEL WHATLEY   twitter

[elected June 8, 2019 ; re-elected June 2021]

Originally from Watauga County, North Carolina, Michael Whatley serves as the Chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party after his election at the 2019 NCGOP State Convention. He earned a History degree from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and Masters in Religion from Wake Forest University before graduating from the University of Notre Dame in 1997 with both a law degree and Masters in Theology. Whatley served as a federal law clerk, senior official in the George W. Bush Administration and as the Chief of Staff for US Senator Elizabeth Dole, R-NC. He is currently a partner in HBW Resources, an energy consulting firm.  

NORTH DAKOTA - PERRIE SCHAFER

[elected June  21, 2021]

>from LinkedIn:
Professional salesman, founded both ESL and Schafer Financial, as well as several real estate investment partnerships.

Business leader, sought out for leadership positions in the community.

Very active for the Republican Party.

Elected NDGOP State Party Chair.

National delegate for the national Republican Party.

Lobby for Coal industry in DC.
Lobby for Coal industry in ND.

Immediate past chair of the Mandan-Bismarck Chamber of commerce.

Sit in several boards in Mandan-Bismarck area.

Appear on “Energy Matters” a local radio show that speaks to the advantages of Coal and the process of Coal as an inexpensive and reliable fuel.

Play in a band for local and area churches and area retreats.

Speak at local colleges to young people about and how to build a sustainable business and entrepreneurship.

>summarized from LinkedIn:
CEO of Environmental Services, Ltd., supplier of engineered products and services, from June 1989.  Founder of Schafer Financial Group, Inc., Sept. 1982-July 2019.

OHIO - BOB PADUCHIK  twitter

[elected Feb. 26, 2021, succeeding chairwoman Jane Timken, who resigned Feb. 5, preparatory to running for U.S. Senate]

Robert A. Paduchik was sworn in as Chairman of the Ohio Republican Party on February 26, 2021. Paduchik has devoted his life and career to carrying out conservative principles at the state and national level. He has more than three decades of experience winning political campaigns in the battleground state of Ohio.

Most recently, Paduchik served as a Senior Advisor for Donald Trump's 2020 Presidential Re-Election Campaign and was a lynchpin in President Trump’s victory in Ohio. He was elected Co-Chairman of the Republican National Committee in January of 2017; a position he left to join President Trump’s reelection campaign in 2019.

Paduchik ran winning Ohio Presidential campaigns for Donald J. Trump in 2016 and George W. Bush in both 2004 and 2000. He ran Senator Rob Portman’s campaign in 2010 and has worked on campaigns for former Governor Bob Taft, former Attorney General Jim Petro and Governor Mike DeWine. Paduchik is recognized by many political professionals as one of the “outstanding campaign managers in America” and an expert in campaign tactics.

Paduchik is active in his community as a member of the Board of the FOP of Ohio Foundation and a U.S. Soccer Federation certified soccer coach. He lives in Genoa Township Ohio with his wife Amanda and their daughters Elena and Larissa.

>adapted from LinkedIn:
President of Agincourt Consultants, LLC, a lobbying and political consulting firm in Westerville, from Jan. 2016.  Senior advisor on Donald J. Trump for President, Jan. 2019-Mar. 2021.  Co-chair of the RNC, Jan. 2017-Jan. 2019.  Ohio director of Trump for President from June/July 2016.  Chief of staff (Jan. 2013-Dec. 2015) and senior vice president of state affairs and outreach (Feb. 2011-Dec. 2015) at the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity.  Managed Rob Portman's 2010 campaign for U.S. Senate.  Vice president of client services at DCI Group, June 2006-Feb. 2009.  Founder and president of Agincourt Consultants, LLC, Jan. 2003-June 2006.  Ohio campaign manager on Bush-Cheney '04, Inc., April 2004-Jan. 2005.  Deputy Assistant Secretary for Intergovernmental, External and Indian Affairs at the U.S. Department of Energy, Oct. 2001-Jan. 2003; was a member of the Department of Defense Transition Team.  Executive director of Bush's Ohio primary (Dec. 1999-Mar. 2000) and general election campaigns (Aug. 2000-Jan. 2021).  Director of constituent affairs to Gov. Bob Taft, Jan. 1999-Jan. 2000.  Political director for Bob Taft’s 1998 gubernatorial campaign.  Served on the staff of U.S. Sen. Mike DeWine; Northeast Ohio coordinator for DeWine’s 1994 U.S. Senate race.  Worked at the Ohio Department of Transportation during the gubernatorial administration of George Voinovich.  Bachelors degree in political science from the University of Akron, 1989, and an honorary certificate in applied politics from the Bliss Institute.  Native of Tallmadge, Ohio.

OKLAHOMA - A.J. FERATE

[elected May 21, 2022, succeeding chairman John Bennett, who resigned effective Apr. 30 to focus on his campaign for Congress in OK-2]

>bio from Spencer Fane LLP, where he is of counsel:
Anthony J. “A.J.” Ferate has built a multi-faceted background in the areas of the law, policy, energy, campaigns and elections, and defense for more than 20 years.

Through representation as Vice President of Regulatory Affairs for the Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association (“OIPA”), A.J. held responsibilities over government efforts outside of the legislative branch on matters as broad as water, electric generation, commodity marketing, land matters, and seismicity. A.J. also maintained responsibility for legal matters at OIPA, including amicus briefing in appellate matters. A.J.’s extensive experience also includes management of public policy strategy for a Fortune 500 company.

After serving as General Counsel to the Oklahoma Republican Party for more than 12 years, A.J. was elected Chairman of the Oklahoma Republican Party in May 2022. He has also represented a number of elected officials, including U.S. Senator James Lankford, Governor Kevin Stitt, Congresswoman Stephanie Bice, Lieutenant Governor Matt Pinnell, former statewide elected officials, a number of state legislators, and members of Congress. A.J. has also served as a Presidential Elector on behalf of Oklahoma.

Additionally, A.J. has assisted elected officials in service to their constituents in all branches of government. Early in his career, A.J. held legislative aide duties in the Nebraska Legislature, then went on to work for former Nebraska Treasurer David Heineman. A.J. gained experience in the judiciary while serving Judge Gary L. Lumpkin at the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals, the highest criminal appellate court in Oklahoma. Following this service, A.J. began work with Commissioner Denise Bode of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, assisting her in her duties regulating 70 percent of Oklahoma’s economy, including oil and gas and electric utilities. In 2021, A.J. served as General Counsel to the Miyares for Attorney General campaign in Virginia, then served in a lead role in the Attorney General-elect’s transition office.

A.J. honorably served ten years as an intelligence analyst for the United States Naval Reserve, including time at the Office of Naval Intelligence in the greater Washington DC area.

Opinion pieces authored or ghostwritten by A.J. have been published in the Seattle Times, Politico, Law360, The Oklahoman, Tulsa World, and The Journal Record. A.J. has also been quoted in and interviewed for newspapers both in the U.S. and abroad. A.J. has also appeared on national radio programs including NPR’s The Diane Rehm Show and On Point with Tom Ashbrook as well as Oklahoma City drive-time programs Mitchell in the Morning (KOKC) and The Trent England Show (KZLS). A.J. has also been interviewed by numerous local television affiliates across the country.

OREGON - JUSTIN HWANG

[elected July 6, 2022]

>bio from Hwang's 2020 campaign for State Senate (he also ran in 2018):
Justin Hwang is a husband, a son, and a local restaurant owner who has lived in East Multnomah County since 2003. Born in South Korea in 1984, Hwang and his parents emigrated to America when he was young. At 18-years-old, Hwang obtained his U.S. citizenship and in 2006 he opened his first restaurant in Gresham called Joy Teriyaki.

Today, Hwang continues to grow his restaurants, including Joy Poké. He now owns and operates over 30 restaurants in the Portland Metro area, all thanks to the overwhelming support he received from the communities who welcomed him.

When he’s not busy in the kitchen or feeding the homeless at Zarephath Ministries in Gresham, Justin contributes to our community through volunteering. Justin sits on multiple boards, including Mount Hood Community College Foundation, Mount Hood Medical Center Foundation, Korean Society of Oregon, and the Korean War Memorial Association. Hwang is also a member of the Gresham Chamber of Commerce and the Gresham Rotary Club.

>note: State Sen. Dallas Heard, elected Feb. 2021, resigned effective Mar. 11, 2022.  Former state Sen. Herman Baertschiger Jr. became acting chair and then resigned June 30, 2022.

PENNSYLVANIA - LAWRENCE TABAS

[elected July 13, 2019]

A lifelong Republican and acclaimed expert on election law, Lawrence Tabas is known as a leader who stands by the rank-and-file during campaigns with a never-wavering grace and courtesy that has won the Pennsylvania GOP allies at every level of government.

His successful 2016 defense of President Trump against the Jill Stein “recount” effort secured the Trump presidency and prevented a last-ditch effort to steal the commonwealth’s electoral votes for the Hillary Clinton campaign.

As longtime general counsel to the Republican Party of Pennsylvania, Tabas has argued the cases for GOP candidates at the local, state, and federal level.

“Whether a candidate is in the borough council or the White House, the party needs to stand up for democracy and American values,” Tabas explains. “Democracy only works when leaders listen. That’s how I approach my job.”

With more than four decades of representing his party and its candidates, Tabas became party chairman on July 13, 2019 at a time the Pennsylvania GOP faced fundraising challenges and endless attacks from liberal institutions and activists.

His representation places special emphasis on campaign finance law (federal and state), ballot referendum matters, nomination petitions and ballot access, recounts and election contests, regulatory matters, corporate and association sponsored political action committees, voting equipment and systems, conduct of elections and much more.

Tabas is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and earned his law degree at Georgetown University. He lives with his wife, Libby, in Philadelphia.

>bio from Obermayer law firm:
Lawrence is the Chair for Obermayer’s Health Care Law Department and Election Law Practice Group.

Lawrence’s Health Care Law legal experience includes the representation of Pennsylvania County governments in Behavioral Health Managed Care Programs, physician group practices (single and multi-specialty), hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, durable medical equipment companies, licensed healthcare providers, and medical management service organizations. His practice includes representation of health care clients in connection with compliance matters, laws and regulations governing health care, MA programs, third-party payor requirements, population care management and care management programs, acquisitions of medical practices by hospitals, group practice formation, and managed care organizations.

In his representation of physicians, Lawrence provides organizational, merger, employment, contracting, legal strategic planning, and financial risk and regulatory advice and guidance. He also represents health care professionals and entities in connection with audits, reviews, and investigations (civil and criminal) conducted by government agencies (OIG, CMS, Justice Department, HHS (OCR), and states) and insurance companies. In addition, Lawrence has served as the Co-Legal Independent Review Officer for a physician practice under a corporate integrity agreement of the U.S. Office of Inspector General of HHS.

Lawrence also maintains an active and extensive practice in Election Law (federal and state) and Election Law litigation. He has over 40 years of experience representing federal, state, and local candidates; candidate committees; political party committees; political action committees; governmental bodies (including state and local); business entities; and non-profit entities in election law matters. This representation places special emphasis on campaign finance law (federal and state), ballot referendum matters, nomination petitions and ballot access, recounts and election contests, regulatory matters, corporate and association sponsored political action committees, voting equipment and systems, conduct of elections, First Amendment issues relating to political speech, referendums, compliance with HAVA, and redistricting.

>note: Tabas also ran for chair in 2017, losing to Val DiGiorgio.  DiGiorgio resigned June 25, 2019 after publication of explicit text messages.  Vice chairwoman Bernadette "Bernie" Comfort became acting chair.  In July 2019 she and Lawrence both sought the position of chair; a deal was worked out where she chaired Trump's re-election campaign.

RHODE ISLAND - SUE CIENKI  twitter

[elected March 30, 2019]

>twitter: Mother of 5, Attorney, East Greenwich School Committee 2004-2008 (Chair), E.G. Town Council 2014-2018 (President), Advocate, & RI State GOP Chair

SOUTH CAROLINA - DREW McKISSICK  twitter

[elected May 13, 2017; re-elected May 2019 and May 15, 2021]

Drew McKissick was elected State Chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party in May of 2017. He is a Columbia, S.C. based conservative political strategist with over thirty years of experience in grassroots politics and a passion for teaching others how the system works and how to make a difference.

He’s a veteran of numerous political campaigns and conservative issue campaigns, and has specialized in political strategy planning and organization as well as the development of grassroots political education programs. He also worked as the Eastern Director for Faith Engagement for the Republican National Committee, helping engage the faith community towards greater voter registration and issue education.

He is a former member of the Republican National Committee, as well as the Electoral College (2004, 2012 & 2020), and has served in elected and appointed positions within the Republican Party at all levels and in all aspects of the GOP’s organization.

He has written several books and other publications dealing with various aspects of political education, organization, lobbying and campaigns which provide tips on effective conservative activism, (most recently: The Grassroots 101 Training Series and How to Plan a Winning Campaign).

He is a member of Congaree Baptist Church in Gadsden, SC. He and his wife Amy reside in Columbia, along with Jasper and Abby, their very willful Boykin Spaniels.

He likes Elvis and beating Democrats.

>from LinkedIn:
President/owner of Drew McKissick Public Affairs from 2003.  Eastern director for Faith engagement at the RNC, Dec. 2013-May 2017.  Consultant to Romney for President, 2007-08.  Studied political science and government at College of Charleston.

SOUTH DAKOTA - DAN LEDERMAN  twitter

[elected Feb. 11, 2017; re-elected 2019 and 2021]

>LinkedIn:
I had no intention of being a politician.

In 2005 I walked into the Union County Republican Committee annual meeting and walked out as the newly elected Chairman of the county party.

Then everything changed.

From 2005 to 2007 I served as a member of the Board of Union County Commissioners. In 2008 I was elected to the South Dakota House of Representatives and then the South Dakota State Senate in 2010. I won re-election for the senate in 2012 and 2014. I served as Assistant Majority Leader in the State Senate.

I was elected to serve as the South Dakota Republican Party Chairman in 2017 and was re-elected in 2019 and 2021.

My day jobs are owner/operator of Lederman Bail Bonds and Senior Advisor to LS2 Group. As part owner of Lederman Bail Bonds I manage bail agents across South Dakota. Through my work at LS2 Group, I've helped with large infrastructure projects, international diplomacy and a multitude of Federal issues.

I currently serve as the president of Congregation Beth Shalom Synagogue. For fun I serve as head coach for Dakota Valley High School Clay Target Team, hunt for pheasant and fish for walleye. My home is in Dakota Dunes, South Dakota with my daughters Ruthie and Stella and our two miniature Australian labradoodles, Naomi and Hazel.

AKA/Misspellings: Dan Leaderman, Dan Leiderman. Dan Lieberman, Dan Lieberman

>RNC:
Dan Lederman serves as the Chair of the South Dakota Republican Party.

Prior to his service for the State Party, Dan served in the State Senate as Assistant Majority Leader and in the House of Representatives. Dan currently holds the Chair position for his home county, Union County and has been the county chair since 2005.

Lederman started his public service as a County Commissioner. Before then he served in the Army National Guard as a Combat Medic 91B. For work, Dan owns and operates a bail bond company with his three brothers. Their bail business is spread out across the Midwest. Dan is a Senior Adviser for LS2 Group and runs a property management company on the side.

Dan enjoys walleye fishing and pheasant hunting in his free time. Lederman is the father of three children and lives in Dakota Dunes, South Dakota.

TENNESSEE - KEVIN GOLDEN

[elected Dec. 3, 2016; re-elected Dec. 1, 2018 and Dec. 5, 2020]

Scott Golden has been involved in Tennessee politics since the late 1990s where he began as a West Tennessee Field Director for the Tennessee Republican Party. He then worked in New Hampshire on the Steve Forbes for President campaign. Moving back to West Tennessee, Golden was the Field Director for Van Hilleary for Governor. In 2003, he began in the office of Congressman Marsha Blackburn as a Field Representative, moving to District Director then Deputy Chief of Staff. After redistricting, Golden worked as Deputy Chief of Staff for Congressman Stephen Fincher until being elected Chairman of the Tennessee Republican Party in December of 2016. In December 2018, Golden was elected unanimously to serve a second term as Tennessee Republican Party Chairman. Outside of work, Chairman Golden was elected as a member of the State Executive Committee from 2007 to 2018 representing the 27th State Senate District. He has attended the 2008 and 2012 Republican National Conventions as a member of the Tennessee Delegation. In 2010, Golden received the Madison County Republican Party Man of the Year Award and in 2016 won the Tennessee Republican Party Statesman of the Year Award for the 8th Congressional District. Scott Golden received a BS in Political Science from the University of Lambuth and a MA in Political Science from the University of Rhode Island. He has been married to his wife Christie for 16 years, they have three children, Ela, Kipi, and Andrew. He is a member of Fellowship Bible Church in Jackson, TN.

TEXAS - MATT RINALDI  twitter

[elected July 11, 2021, succeeding chair Alan West who resigned June 4, 2021 and announced campaign for governor a month later; Rinaldi re-elected June 17, 2022]

Chairman Matt Rinaldi represented northwest Dallas County in the Texas Legislature from 2015 to 2019. During his time in office, Rinaldi was consistently rated among the top two most conservative members of the House by Rice University, Texans for Fiscal Responsibility, Young Conservatives of Texas and Texas Eagle Forum. Rinaldi was, according to the Dallas Morning News, “instrumental in strengthening the punishments in the sanctuary cities ban,” and authored and passed into law measures that: remove from office public officials who adopt sanctuary city policies, require government contractors and subcontractors to use e-Verify, revoke pensions of teachers convicted of committing sex crimes against students, allow churches to utilize volunteers to provide security services without risking heavy fines, and prohibit any taxpayer money from going to Planned Parenthood.He served as the Pro-Life Whip for Texas Right to Life in 2017.  

Chairman Rinaldi earned his Juris Doctor with honors from Boston University School of Law and a Bachelor of Business Administration in Economics from James Madison University. Matt attends St. Ann’s Catholic Parish in Coppell with his wife, Corley, and son, Rush.

UTAH - CARSON JORGENSEN  twitter

[elected May 1, 2021]

Husband, father, rancher, small business owner

Carson Jorgensen was born and raised in Mt. Pleasant, UT.  Carson married Amy Broadhead (of West Jordan) and they are the proud parents of 4 daughters.

Carson is a sixth-generation Utah rancher.  He and his family run approximately 5,000 head of ewes, grazing nearly 200,000 acres of rangeland.  They also farm several hundred acres, primarily alfalfa hay, wheat, and barley. Carson works on the ranch nearly every day. In between running his small business, producing high quality horse bridles that are shipped worldwide.
 
Carson attended Snow College and then finished top of his class in the Diesel Technology Program from Utah Valley University. Where he went on to represent the state of Utah, in the Skills USA national competition, where he finished in the top 10.

Carson has embraced, cultivated, and expanded his online presence via social media.  It is not every day that one finds an individual from a small town of a few thousand residents, who works the land, tends a large flock of livestock, lives the rural life, and has followers from around the world.  Views for Carson's social media have reached nearly 20 million.  When Carson "shares" a story or information, his reach is often further than industry associations and major media outlets. 

Carson's trusted and proven outreach places him in Utah's top tier of those able to give a voice to important local, state and national issues. Just this past year, Carson was able to garner national media attention for an issue that was very critical to Utah, and WesternAgriculture. Triggering an anti-trust investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice.

Carson ran for the U.S. House of Representatives in 2020. He was unsuccessful in his bid against incumbent Chris Stewart. Carson continues to work closely with members of Utah's Federal delegation on issues regarding agriculture, food supply, water resources, private and public lands issues.

VERMONT - PAUL DAME

[elected Nov. 6, 2021]

Paul Dame grew up on a dairy farm in BRANDON, VT.  Although he received his degree in Secondary Education from the University of Vermont, after spending a semester student teaching in the public school he pursued a career in sales.  Today he operates his own financial services firm, and teaches Algebra at a local private school. He lives in St. George, VT with his wife of 10 years and his three children ages 4, 6 & 8.

Dame first got involved in politics when Vermont began to create its Single Payer Health Care Plan in 2010.  He ran for State Representative to the VT House in 2012 unsuccessfully, but came back in 2014 to beat a 3-term Democratic incumbent and be the first Republican elected in that district since 2000. That year he was also nominated as one of Vermont's "Top 40 under 40 Rising Stars."  During the 2016 Presidential Primary, Dame had been named the State Co-Chair for the Rand Paul for President Campaign.

After losing his reelection in the Blue Wave that swept VT in 2016, Dame turned his attention to getting more involved in the State Party.  He joined the State Party's Executive Committee in 2017.  In 2019 he took over many of the duties of the Executive Director and helped Republicans gain seats in Vermont's House & Senate in the 2020 election.  In November of 2021 he was elected as State Party Chair on a platform focused on the future.

VIRGINIA - RICHARD L. "RICH" ANDERSON  twitter

[elected Aug. 15, 2020]

Rich Anderson was elected in 2020 to a four-year term as chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia (RPV). The following year, he presided over the Great Republican Clean Sweep of 2021 that resulted in the election of Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin, Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears, and Attorney General Jason Miyars, along with flipping the Virginia House of Delegates to Republican control.

Rich is a 30-year U.S. Air Force colonel who retired from The Pentagon in 2009 and has been a grassroots activist for 15 years on the Prince William County Republican Committee. He represented the 51st House District (Prince William County) for eight years in the Virginia General Assembly (2010-2018). While there, he chaired the House Science and Technology Committee and the Joint House-Senate Military and Veterans Caucus, the clearing house for bills impacting 800,000 Virginia veterans. He also sat on the House Appropriations Committee, House Finance Committee, House General Laws Committee, and House Transportation Committee.

Rich is a native of Roanoke and a current resident of Woodbridge, VA. He is an in-residence graduate of the Air War College, Air Command and Staff College, and the Joint Forces Staff College. His academic education includes a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Virginia Tech and a Master’s degree in Public Administration from Webster University. He has been married for 36 years to Ruth Anderson, a retired 21-year Air Force officer and former member of the Prince William County Board of Supervisors. They are the parents of three children and grandparents to seven.

WASHINGTON - CALEB HEIMLICH  twitter

[elected Jan. 20, 2018]

One of the youngest State Republican Party Chairman in the country, Caleb has successfully helped many Republican candidates win elections in Washington State. He has served as Chairman of the Washington State Republican Party since his election in January of 2018. He is a respected member of the Republican National Committee and was unanimously elected Vice Chairman for the Western Region, and a member of the RNC Executive Committee.

During his tenure as Chairman, the Washington State Republican Party has grown in all areas: fundraising, training and recruiting over 6,000 new grassroots activists, and expanding their reach through emerging and traditional media. Caleb has appeared on Fox News, Fox Business, Newsmax, Kiro 7, King 5, Q13, KOMO 4, TVW and many other television, radio, and print media outlets.

Born and raised in Puyallup, WA and the third of eight children, Caleb was home educated until he enrolled at age 17 in Running Start at Pierce Community College. He went on to graduate Hillsdale College Magna Cum Laude with a degree in Political Economy.

Upon graduation, he worked for Americans for Prosperity in Washington DC and then for AFP in Washington State organizing grass roots activists. That led to being hired as the Political Director of the WSRP in 2011, promoted to Executive Director in 2013 with the additional title of Chief of Staff in 2016. In January of 2018 he was elected Chairman of the State Republican Party with over 70% of the vote.

Caleb’s political experience includes running for office at the age of 23 in LD 25. Though unsuccessful in the primary, he immediately worked on the field team for the Pierce County Republican Party. He is a PCO, serving as a district leader for two years and is a donor and a volunteer.

He has been married to Mackenzie for five years and together they have two young children. They live in Puyallup where they attend Gospel Life Church. Caleb serves on the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board for Pierce County, the Board of Poyeho Project an international charitable organization, and has served as a mentor through Absolute Ministries.

Known for his integrity, hard work and intelligence, Caleb Heimlich has dedicated his life to serving people through politics.
 

WEST VIRGINIA - MARK HARRIS  twitter

[elected Mar. 13, 2021]

>RNC:
Mark D. Harris is the Chairman of the Republican Party for West Virginia, having served in that position since his election in March 2021. Over the past year, the WV GOP has set new records for fund raising and candidate recruitment. Under his direction, the WV GOP has been instrumental in helping WV state and county legislators enact many solidly conservative bills and policies. Chairman Harris has traveled coast to coast to work with Republican leaders to accomplish national Republican goals.

A physician by profession, Dr. Harris specializes in family, sports, aerospace, and preventive medicine. He has authored dozens of medical book chapters and articles. Colonel Harris served for 27 years in the US Army, including seven years in Europe, multiple deployments to Africa and the Middle East, and a combat tour in Iraq. He retired at the rank of colonel and was awarded the Bronze Star and the Legion of Merit.

Reverend Harris is an associate minister at Memorial Baptist Church in Beckley WV. He holds doctorates in Medicine and World Religions, and master’s degrees in Public Health, Business Administration, Divinity, and Theology. Instructor Harris earned a third degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do, is a private pilot, and has served as a volunteer fire fighter. In 1999, he climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa. Mark has also published fiction and non-fiction books.

Dr. Harris is active in international relief, including work in Europe, Central America, China, Armenia, and Turkey. Chairman Harris has been married to Nancy Harding Harris since 1990 and they have five children, Anna, David, Rachel, Stephen, and Sarah.

>ed note: Mark D Harris MD. MPH. MBA. MDiv. PhD. ThM. DCBA

WISCONSIN - PAUL FARROW

[elected Aug. 21, 2021; the previous chair, Andrew Hitt, first elected in Apr. 2019 and elected to a full term in Nov. 2020, announced on July 28, 2021 that he would resign]

>Farrow's official Waukesha County bio:
Waukesha County Executive Paul Farrow serves residents by focusing on the issues they say are most important: public safety, economic development, and low taxes. He does this by keeping government small and fostering local and regional partnerships to ensure quality services are delivered to residents at a low cost.

Farrow gives Waukesha County a voice on national, state, and regional issues through participation on many boards, committees, and summits that provide guidance, strategy, and policy to public and private partners.

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, County Executive Farrow adopted a Unified Command structure to manage a complex emergency and economic response. Beginning in early 2020, Waukesha County also formed an Economic Recovery and Impact Team to help effectively respond to COVID-19 issues impacting businesses, to help them access data, CARES Act funds, and local GROW funds; as well as connect workers with jobs.

 Regional Economic Development Roles

Mr. Farrow is a Co-Chair of the M7-the regional Economic Development Partnership. In this role, he provides strategic direction for international economic development in the region. The M7 has leveraged regional partnerships to bring business such as HARIBO, Milwaukee Tool, and Colbert Packaging to Southeast Wisconsin.

Shortly after becoming County Executive, he led a group of private and public sector partners in establishing the Waukesha County Center for Growth, an economic development organization that serves as a one-stop shop for new and expanding businesses in Waukesha County.

 Wisconsin Political Roles

County Executive Farrow currently serves as the State Chairman of the Republican Party of Wisconsin. He served on the Republican Party of Waukesha County executive committee from 2001-2009.

Farrow was elected as Waukesha County Executive in 2015 and re-elected in 2019.

Paul Farrow was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly in 2010 and to the Wisconsin State Senate in December 2012. He was elected Assistant Majority Leader in the Senate in 2014.

 Federal Policy Advisory Participation

In 2018, Farrow was appointed to the Intergovernmental Policy Advisory Committee (IGPAC), which advises the U.S. Trade Representative on trade policy matters that impact state and local governments.

Mr. Farrow also served as a contributing member for two of the White House’s 2017 Infrastructure Summits in Washington, D.C., along with other state and local officials from across the country.

Outside of Public Office

Prior to elected office Farrow ran multiple small businesses in the home service industry. He was an adjunct facilitator in an experiential based consulting company and developed the marketing program for a home inspection training company.

Farrow continues a family legacy of political action. His mother, Margaret Farrow, was first woman to hold the Lieutenant Governorship in the state; she served in all levels of government from local boards, to being named the first female village president of her community. She served in both houses of the state legislature as well.

Paul Farrow lives in Pewaukee, Wisconsin with his wife, Amy; they have two adult sons.

WYOMING - W. FRANK EATHORNE

[started in Sept. 2017 after chair Ryan Mulholland resigned to take a job out of state; elected 2019 and re-elected May 15, 2021]

W. Frank Eathorne is a 48-year-old Wyoming native, born in Douglas and raised on the family ranch near Bill, Wyoming.
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Frank attended Converse county schools and graduated from Douglas High School in 1987. He earned degrees from Casper College and Chadron State College, a BA in Criminal Justice.

Frank and Theresa have been married for 26 years and have 3 children, Lauren, Abigail, and son Jade. Theresa is the major partner in their family business and holds a BA in Business, and has worked corporately in the field of Human Resources.
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Frank and Theresa have served as Precinct Committee man and woman in Converse County since 2002. In addition to the Precinct Committeeman responsibilities, Frank has also served as in every office of the county party including two terms as Chairman concluding in 2012. He has served as delegate to four state conventions and co-chaired the Resolutions committee, and served three terms as State Committeeman.  Frank was elected in 2017 to serve as as state Vice Chairman, succeeding to the Chairmanship when vacated by the Chairman.  Frank was elected Chairman in 2019. 

articles
Rone Tempest, WyoFile and Victoria Eavis, Casper Star-Tribune.  "Wyo GOP chairman quietly assumed power as party fractured."  WyoFile, May 20, 2022.

Leo Wolfson.  "Wyoming GOP Chair Frank Eathorne Says He Won't Resign." Cowboy State Daily, June 6, 2022.

PUERTO RICO - ANGEL CINTRON

AMERICAN SAMOA - WILL SWORD 

GUAM - JUAN CARLOS BENITEZ

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS - GORDON ACKLEY

CNMI - CANDACE CELIS

Early Exits

OKLAHOMA - John Bennett, elected on Apr. 10, 2021, resigned effective Apr. 30, 2022 to focus on his campaign for Congress in OK-2.  A.J. Ferate was elected to fill the position on May 21, 2022.  (Bennett finished fourth in the June 28 primary).

OREGON - State Sen. Dallas Heard, elected Feb. 2021, resigned effective Mar. 11, 2022, citing the "toxicity" and "wickedness" in the party.  In his resignation letter Heard warned that "[W]e truly have an equal if not greater evil than the Democrats, walking among us."  He stated, "Communist psychological warfare tactics are being used daily within the party."  Former state Sen. Herman Baertschiger Jr. became acting chair and then resigned June 30, 2022.  Justin Hwang was elected July 6, 2022.

MINNESOTA - Jennifer Carnahan, elected in Apr. 2017 and re-elected in Apr. 2019 and Apr. 2021, resigned amid controversies on Aug. 19, 2021.  David Hann was elected to fill the position on Oct. 2, 2021.

WISCONSIN - Andrew Hitt, first elected in Apr. 2019 and elected to a full term in Nov. 2020, announced on July 28, 2021 that he would resign to focus on his family and his employer; he is an attorney at Michael Best & Friedrich LLP.  Paul Farrow was elected Aug. 21, 2021.

TEXAS - Alan West, elected July 20, 2020, resigned June 4, 2021 and announced his campaign for governor a month later.  Matt Rinaldi was elected to fill the position on July 11, 2021; he was re-elected on June 17, 2022.

ALASKA - Glenn Clary, elected Mar. 2018 and re-elected Apr. 4, 2020, resigned effective May 7, 2021 to take up a position as vice president of strategic partnerships and alliances at Liberty University.  Vice chair Ann Brown ascended to the position and was elected to a full term in Apr. 2022.

OHIO - Jane Timken, elected Jan. 6, 2017 and re-elected Jan. 11, 2019, resigned Feb. 5, 2021 preparatory to running for U.S. Senate.  Bob Paduchik was elected Feb. 26, 2021.

HAWAI'I - Shirlene Ostrov, elected May 13, 2017 and re-elected May 11, 2019, resigned effective Jan. 31, 2021 after a controversy over Tweets posted on the party's official account.  Signe Godfrey, was elected May 15, 2021, but announced her resignation in Oct. 2021.  Lynn Finnegan was then elected at a special meeting on Nov. 20, 2021.

CONNECTICUT - J.R. Romano, first elected Jan. 23, 2015, resigned Jan. 12, 2021 citing slow fundraising.  Sue Hatfield took over as acting chair and served until Ben Proto was elected on June 22, 2021.

ILLINOIS - Tim Schneider, elected in 2014 and re-elected in 2018 (four-year terms) announced on Dec. 5, 2020 he would step down.  Don Tracy was elected on Feb. 6, 2021 to complete the term.

also a couple of chairs were defeated in bids for another term:
NEBRASKA - Incumbent chair Dan Welch lost to Eric Underwood on July 9, 2022.

IDAHO - Incumbent chair Tom Luna lost to Dorothy Moon on July 16, 2022.

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 Seniority of State Republican Chairs
(approximate seniority based on date elected or filling vacancy; list below does not include territory chairs)   ...compare 2016
-most state chairs serve two-year terms and are elected in odd-numbered years-

2012
[04/22] NV-Michael McDonald

2013

2014
[06/28] IA-Jeff Kaufmann

2015
[11/09] KY-Mac Brown

2016
[12/03] MD-Dirk Haire
[12/03] TN-Kevin Golden

2017
[01/28] ME-Demi Kouzounas
[02/01] IN-Kyle Hupfer
[02/11] SD-Dan Lederman
[05/13] SC-Drew McKissick
[09] WY-W. Frank Eathorne

2018
[01/20] WA-Caleb Heimlich
[02/24] LA-Louis Gurvich
[12/08] NM-Steve Pearce

2019
[01/11] FL-Joe Gruters
[01/17] MA-Jim Lyons
[01/26] AZ-Kelli Ward
[01/26] NH-Stephen Stepanek
[02/16] KS-Mike Kuckelman
[02/24] CA-Jessica Millan Patterson
[03/30] RI-Sue Cienki
[05/04] DE-Jane Brady
[05/18] GA-David J. Shafer
[06/08] NC-Michael Whatley
[06/15] MT-Don Kaltschmidt
[07/01] NY-Nick Langworthy
[07/13] PA-Lawrence Tabas

2020
[08/15] VA-Richard L. "Rich" Anderson
[10/01] MS-Frank Bordeaux
[12/05] AR-Jonelle Fulmer

2021
[01] DC-Patrick Mara
[02/06] MI-Ron Wieser*
[02/06] IL-Don Tracy
[02/06] MO-Nick Myers
[02/26] OH-Bob Paduchik
[02/27] AL-John Wahl
[03/13] WV-Mark Harris
[03/27] CO-Kristi Burton Brown
[05/01] UT-Carson Jorgensen
[05] AK-Ann Brown
[06/21] ND-Perrie Schafer
[06/22] CT-Ben Proto
[06/23] NJ-Bob Hugin
[07/11] TX-Matt Rinaldi
[08/21] WI-Paul Farrow
[10/02] MN-David Hann
[11/06] VT-Paul Dame
[11/20] HI-Lynn Finnegan

2022
[05/21] OK-A.J. Ferate
[07/06] OR-Justin Hwang
[07/09] NE-Eric Underwood
[07/16] ID-Dorothy Moon

*Wieser served previous terms as well.

Diversity of State Republican Chairs

Gender
Male (41): AL-John Wahl, CT-Ben Proto, DC-Patrick Mara, FL-Joe Gruters, GA-David J. Shafer, IL-Don Tracy, IN-Kyle Hupfer, IA-Jeff Kaufmann, KS-Mike Kuckelman, KY-Mac Brown, LA-Louis Gurvich, MD-Dirk Haire, MA-Jim Lyons, MI-Ron Weiser, MN-David Hann, MS-Frank Bordeaux, MO-Nick Myers, MT-Don Kaltschmidt, NE-Eric Underwood, NV-Michael McDonald, NH-Stephen Stepanek, NJ-Bob Hugin, NM-Steve Pearce, NY-Nick Langworthy, NC-Michael Whatley, ND-Perrie Schafer, OH-Bob Paduchik, OK-A.J. Ferate, OR-Justin Hwang, PA-Lawrence Tabas, SC-Drew McKissick, SD-Dan Lederman, TN-Kevin Golden, TX-Matt Rinaldi, UT-Carson Jorgensen, VT-Paul Dame, VA-Richard L. "Rich" Anderson, WA-Caleb Heimlich, WV-Mark Harris, WI-Paul Farrow, WY-W. Frank Eathorne.

Female (10): AK-Ann Brown, AZ-Kelli Ward, AR-Jonelle Fulmer, CA-Jessica Millan Patterson, CO-Kristi Burton Brown, DE-Jane Brady, HI-Lynn Finnegan, ID-Dorothy Moon, ME-Demi Kouzounas, RI-Sue Cienki.

Race
Just a handful of minority chairs: Jessica Millan Patterson (CA) is Latina and Justin Hwang (OR) is Korean-American.

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