All posts tagged "Chair"

The Don is trying to keep it "all in the family." And it's rankling some Republicans.

With former President Donald Trump's declaration to shakeup the Republican National Committee (RNC) leadership, he's causing some to question floating the replacement of current Chair Ronna McDaniel with co-chair replacements Michael Whatley, who is currently the GOP chairman of North Carolina, and his daughter-in-law Lara Trump.

"So typically the way the co-chair position works is that you have a chair and then the co-chair of the RNC who must be of the opposite gender," said Republican strategist Kristen Soltis Anderson during an appearance on CNN's "The Lead" with Jake Tapper. ...

A group of Michigan Republicans filed a lawsuit against election denier and state GOP Chairwoman Kristina Karamo weeks after many of the party's leaders sought her resignation following a tumultuous year of a tenure hampered by debt and infighting.

“(Karamo) has brazenly and repeatedly asserted that she continues to occupy the role of chair of the committee, causing significant confusion among elected precinct delegates and the county Republican organizations throughout Michigan who rely on guidance from the committee on matters of critical importance to our state and country,” reads a copy of the lawsuit, according to MLive.

It is asking for "judicial intervention" ahead of the rapidly approaching election cycle. ...

DNC chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) came out strongly in support of equality for same sex binational couples last night at Immigration Equality's annual reception in Washington, DC, calling the struggle for full equality for LGBT people "the defining civil rights struggle of our generation."

WASHINGTON — The US Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday unanimously approved General David Petraeus's nomination to head the CIA, the panel's chair and vice chair said.

Former head of the RNC Michael Steele is reportedly in talks with MSNBC for a job as a political commentator. The Hill reports that the first-ever African-American GOP party chair is thinking of joining the network after being "ousted" from the chairmanship in January.

WASHINGTON – Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) has been tapped as the next chair of the Democratic National Committee, a decision spearheaded by President Barack Obama.