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Ronna Romney McDaniel (née Romney; born March 20, 1973) is an American political strategist who served as chair of the Republican National Committee (RNC) from 2017 until her resignation in 2024. A member of the Republican Party and the Romney family , McDaniel was chair of the Michigan Republican Party from 2015 to 2017.
The granddaughter of the late George Romney, a popular Michigan governor in the 1960's, and the niece of U.S. Sen. (and former Massachusetts Gov. and 2012 Republican presidential nominee) Mitt ...
Ronna Stern Romney's sister, Terry (Stern) Rakolta, gained prominence as an anti-obscenity activist in the late 1980s; Terry's husband, John Rakolta, is a Detroit businessman who served as U.S. ambassador to the United Arab Emirates from 2019 to 2021, and was a national finance chair for Mitt Romney's 2008 and 2012 presidential campaigns.
McDaniel - the niece of Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) who stopped using the Romney name after the 2016 election - comes from a storied family in Republican politics and was viewed as a bridge between ...
The Senate Armed Services Committee approved Mattis's confirmation on January 18, 2017, by a 26–1 margin, and sent the nomination to the full Senate for consideration. [135] One of Donald Trump's first acts as president was the approval of Mattis's waiver to become Secretary of Defense.
Committee has lagged behind Democrats and seen disappointing election cycles under Trump-loyalist McDaniel
Incumbent Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel was reelected to an unprecedented fourth term in office. [1] This was the first chairman election with multiple candidates since 2013. Under RNC rules, three members from each state and U.S. territory (the state or territory's party chair, one committeeman, and one committeewoman) cast ballots for chair ...
Ronna McDaniel's participation in the plot to subvert the 2020 vote and lengthy track record of smearing NBC News and MSNBC led to an internal and external backlash culminating in her ouster.