Republican National Committee chairmanship election, 2017

The 2017 Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairperson election will be held on or before January, 2017 to determine the next chairperson of the Republican National Committee.

Background

Reince Priebus, the longest serving RNC chairman will not be running for reelection. He is the White House Chief of Staff designate named by President-elect Donald Trump to the post once Trump takes office in January 2017.

Potential candidates

Image	Name	Description
	Nick Ayers	Former executive director of the Republican Governors Association[1]
	Matt Borges	Chair of Ohio Republican Party[1]
	David Bossie	President and Chairman of Citizens United and Trump deputy campaign manager[1]
	Chris Christie	Governor of New Jersey, 2016 presidential candidate[2]
	Kellyanne Conway	Trump campaign manager; Republican strategist and pollster[1]
	Carly Fiorina	Former CEO of Hewlett-Packard, 2016 presidential candidate[3]
	Robert Graham	Businessman and Chair of the Arizona Republican Party[1]
	Corey Lewandowski	Former Trump campaign manager[3]
	Ronna Romney McDaniel	Chair of Michigan Republican Party[1]
	Matt Moore	Chair of South Carolina Republican Party[1]
	Joe Nosef	Chair of the Mississippi Republican Party[1]
	Matt Pinnell	National State Party Director at the Republican National Committee[1]
	Mercedes Schlapp	Conservative commentator and columnist, Fox News contributor and wife of Matt Schlapp, the Chairman of the American Conservative Union[4]
	John Whitbeck	Chair of Republican Party of Virginia[1]

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