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== Minnesota ==

Go ahead and blank this if you want, but any more edits like the one this account just made to [[Minnesota]] and you're going to be blocked for [[WP:Vandalism|vandalism]]. [[User:AlexiusHoratius|<span style="font-size:14px;font-family:times new roman;color:navy;">'''Alexius'''</span>]][[User talk:AlexiusHoratius|<span style="font-size:14px;font-family:times new roman;color:darkred;">'''Horatius'''</span>]] 18:20, 5 November 2010 (UTC)

<div class="user-block"> [[Image:Stop x nuvola with clock.svg|40px|left]] You have been '''[[Wikipedia:Blocking policy|blocked]]''' from editing for a period of '''three days''' for vandalism.  Once the block has expired, you are welcome to [[Wikipedia:Five pillars|make useful contributions]]. If you would like to be unblocked, you may [[Wikipedia:Appealing a block|appeal this block]] by adding below this notice the text <!-- Copy the text as it appears on your page, not as it appears in this edit area. Do not include the "tlx" argument. -->{{tlx|unblock|Your reason here}}, but you should read the [[Wikipedia:Guide to appealing blocks|guide to appealing blocks]] first. [[User:AlexiusHoratius|<span style="font-size:14px;font-family:times new roman;color:navy;">'''Alexius'''</span>]][[User talk:AlexiusHoratius|<span style="font-size:14px;font-family:times new roman;color:darkred;">'''Horatius'''</span>]] 18:34, 5 November 2010 (UTC)</div><!-- Template:uw-block --><!-- Template:uw-block -->

== November 2010 ==
[[File:Information.svg|25px|alt=|link=]] Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to Wikipedia, at least one of [[Special:Contributions/Ak169808|your recent edits]] did not appear to be constructive and has been [[Help:Reverting|reverted]] or removed. Please use [[Wikipedia:Sandbox|the sandbox]] for any test edits you would like to make, and read the [[Wikipedia:Welcoming committee/Welcome to Wikipedia|welcome page]] to learn more about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. Thank you.<!-- Template:uw-vandalism1 --> [[User:Ak169808|Ak169808]] ([[User talk:Ak169808#top|talk]]) 06:33, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

<div class="user-block"> [[Image:Stop x nuvola.svg|40px|left|alt=|link=]] You have been '''[[Wikipedia:Blocking policy|blocked]] indefinitely''' from editing because your account is [[Wikipedia:Vandalism-only account|being used only for vandalism]]. If you would like to be unblocked, you may [[Wikipedia:Appealing a block|appeal this block]] by adding the text <!-- Copy the text as it appears on your page, not as it appears in this edit area. Do not include the "tlx" argument. -->{{tlx|unblock|2=reason=''Your reason here &#126;&#126;&#126;&#126;''}} below this notice, but you should read the [[Wikipedia:Guide to appealing blocks|guide to appealing blocks]] first. [[User:Courcelles|Courcelles]] 06:41, 22 November 2010 (UTC)</div><!-- Template:uw-voablock -->
{tlx|unblock|2=reason=''I share my account. Please unblock me so I may change my password or create new account my little brother can not log on to&#126;''}}

{{unblock reviewed | 1=This is a disgusting and outrageous attack on my First amendment rights, My little brother uses my account and makes phony edits as clearly seems I have made countless contributions creating pages for [[Damon Dunn]], [[Tom Ganley]], and [[The Politican]]. I can not change my password or account because you people make it impossible. Unlike facebook and twitter which are no longer vandilized by my brother. Sorry for the incipience, [[User:Ak169808|Ak169808]] ([[User talk:Ak169808#top|talk]]) 23:26, 22 November 2010 (UTC) | decline=If you cannot keep your account secure then you cannot be unblocked. [[User:Stephen|Step]][[User talk:Stephen|hen]] 23:51, 22 November 2010 (UTC)}}

{{unblock reviewed | 1=I have changed my password to secure my account. As I stated before I have made many constructive edits to [[Damon Dunn]], added all the pictures to [[Ohio University]] and [[Benedictine High School]], along with useful edits to pages I did not create such as [[Josh Mandel]] and [[Beachwood High Schooll]] [[User:Ak169808|Ak169808]] ([[User talk:Ak169808#top|talk]]) 00:09, 23 November 2010 (UTC) | decline=Actually the "little brother defense" is used so often we have a whole page at [[WP:BROTHER]] deicated to why it is not an acceptable reason to unblock you. Also, there is no such thing as an absolute right to free speech on a privately owned website, so that argument is equally invalid. [[User:Beeblebrox|Beeblebrox]] ([[User talk:Beeblebrox|talk]]) 00:17, 23 November 2010 (UTC)}}

==Unblock request==
{{unblock reviewed | 1=I am sorry for unconstructive edits I made that hurt the integrity of wikipedia. I made several pages over my time here [[Damon Dunn]], [[Tom Ganley]], [[The Politician (book)]], and added many pictures to [[Benedictine High School]] and [[Ohio University]] and contributed to many other articles. Please understand I know what I did was wrong and will not do it again. This will be my last unblock request, if you deny me I will simply move on. Remember the good times [[User:Ak169808|Ak169808]] ([[User talk:Ak169808#top|talk]]) 03:30, 23 November 2010 (UTC) | decline=Procedural decline: You may make only one unblock request at a time. I will review the most recent request below. <small><span style="border:1px solid black;padding:1px;">[[User:Sandstein|<span style="color:white;background:blue;font-family:sans-serif;">'''&nbsp;Sandstein&nbsp;'''</span>]]</span></small> 06:32, 23 November 2010 (UTC)}} 
:OK, I'll bite. What will you do if you're unblocked? Do you now concede that it ''wasn't'' your little brother who made the edits? [[User:HJ Mitchell|<span style="color:Teal; font-family:Tahoma;">'''HJ&nbsp;Mitchell'''</span>]] &#124; [[User talk:HJ Mitchell|<span style="color:Navy; font-family:Times New Roman;">Penny for your thoughts? </span>]]  03:41, 23 November 2010 (UTC)
I will no longer make unconstructive edits such as adding myself and my friends as notable alumini to our high schools. Although I did make many of my hurtful edits in the company of friends, I understand that the responsibility falls on myself alone for making these mistakes. I pledge to only make useful edits to wikipedia, well sourced, cited, and formated. I will no longer engage in tomfoolery and will work hard to treat this encyclopedia with the respect it deserves.--[[User:Ak169808|Ak169808]] ([[User talk:Ak169808#top|talk]]) 03:49, 23 November 2010 (UTC)
I also would like to add that in fact, some of those edits were made by my little brother, although most were done by me. He did routinely vandalize my facebook account. I apologize for once again all edits made from this account. I ask for forgiveness and the chance to redeem myself in eyes of of Wikipedia users. Thanks for your time and consideration of my unblock --[[User:Ak169808|Ak169808]] ([[User talk:Ak169808#top|talk]]) 03:55, 23 November 2010 (UTC)
{{unblock reviewed | 1=I will no longer make unconstructive edits such as adding myself and my friends as notable alumini to our high schools. Although I did make many of my hurtful edits in the company of friends, I understand that the responsibility falls on myself alone for making these mistakes. I pledge to only make useful edits to wikipedia, well sourced, cited, and formated. I will no longer engage in tomfoolery and will work hard to treat this encyclopedia with the respect it deserves.--Ak169808 (talk) 03:49, 23 November 2010 (UTC) I also would like to add that in fact, some of those edits were made by my little brother, although most were done by me. He did routinely vandalize my facebook account. I apologize for once again all edits made from this account. I ask for forgiveness and the chance to redeem myself in eyes of of Wikipedia users. Thanks for your time and consideration of my unblock]] | decline=Please follow the "second chance" instructions below and make one last unblock request. Your proposed contribution should be rather good: you should add several well-written and well-referenced paragraphs to an article. <small><span style="border:1px solid black;padding:1px;">[[User:Sandstein|<span style="color:white;background:blue;font-family:sans-serif;">'''&nbsp;Sandstein&nbsp;'''</span>]]</span></small> 06:38, 23 November 2010 (UTC)}}
I will no longer make unconstructive edits such as adding myself and my friends as notable alumini to our high schools. Although I did make many of my hurtful edits in the company of friends, I understand that the responsibility falls on myself alone for making these mistakes. I pledge to only make useful edits to wikipedia, well sourced, cited, and formated. I will no longer engage in tomfoolery and will work hard to treat this encyclopedia with the respect it deserves.--Ak169808 (talk) 03:49, 23 November 2010 (UTC) I also would like to add that in fact, some of those edits were made by my little brother, although most were done by me. He did routinely vandalize my facebook account. I apologize for once again all edits made from this account. I ask for forgiveness and the chance to redeem myself in eyes of of Wikipedia users. Thanks for your time and consideration of my unblock]]

:Note: Contrary to the instructions on the unblock request template, you have removed several declined unblock requests from this page. This makes it unnecessarily difficult for us to correctly review your block. I have therefore restored the previous content of your talk page. Do not remove the declined unblock requests again. <small><span style="border:1px solid black;padding:1px;">[[User:Sandstein|<span style="color:white;background:blue;font-family:sans-serif;">'''&nbsp;Sandstein&nbsp;'''</span>]]</span></small> 06:31, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

==Second chance==
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If you need help while working with your proposed edits, you may add "<tt>{{[[Template:Helpme|helpme]]|your question here}}</tt>" to your talk page. Thank you.<!--Template:2nd chance--> <small><span style="border:1px solid black;padding:1px;">[[User:Sandstein|<span style="color:white;background:blue;font-family:sans-serif;">'''&nbsp;Sandstein&nbsp;'''</span>]]</span></small> 06:38, 23 November 2010 (UTC)
{{unblock reviewed | 1=If unblocked I will change political articles on candidates and in put race results in each respective races for 2010 updating the pages. This is my last unblock request I am moving in two weeks and will make a new account from my next ip address to get rid of this hassle. I already apologized. I was sincere. I no longer want to make unconstructive edits because I find them humorous. I made many many edits in good articles. I blinged out my high school [[Benedictine High School]] in [[Cleveland]] with pictures. I will make more edits like this if I am unblocked. If not as I said before I will just make a new account after I move. You don't have to unblockly, frankly I really don't care. I just want to help updating this encyclopedia at this point. Please unblock me. I am sorry. | decline=I can't find your 'second chance' article work on this talk page as described above- there's nothing for me to review here. [[User:FisherQueen|FisherQueen]]<span style="font-size: smaller;"> ([[User talk:FisherQueen|talk]] · [[Special:Contributions/FisherQueen|contribs]])</span> 23:47, 23 November 2010 (UTC)}}

[[:Image:Rncseal copy.png|thumb|right|Seal of the RNC]]<!--Non free file removed by DASHBot-->
The '''Republican National Committee''' ('''RNC''') provides national leadership for the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party of the United States]]. It is responsible for developing and promoting the Republican [[political platform]], as well as coordinating [[fundraising]] and election strategy. It is also responsible for organizing and running the [[Republican National Convention]]. Similar committees exist in every [[U.S. state]] and most [[County (United States)|U.S. counties]], although in some states party organization is structured by [[congressional district]], allied campaign organizations being governed by a national committee. [[Michael Steele]] is the current RNC chairman, and will serve until January 2011.

The RNC's main counterpart is the [[Democratic National Committee]].

==History==

The [[1856 Republican National Convention]] appointed the first RNC. It consisted of one member from each state and territory to serve for four years. Each national convention since then has followed the precedent of one representative per state or territory, regardless of population. From 1924 to 1952 there was a national committeeman and national committeewoman from each state and U.S. possession, and from [[Washington, D.C.]]. In 1952, committee membership was expanded to include the state party chairs of states that voted Republican in the preceding presidential election, have a Republican majority in their combined U.S. representatives and senators, or have Republican governors. By 1968, membership reached 145.

The only person to have chaired the RNC and later become U.S. president is [[George H.W. Bush]]. A number of the chairs of the RNC have been state governors.

==2009 RNC Chairman Selection==
'''RNC Chairman Vote'''

''Source: CQPolitics,<ref> {{cite web| url = http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=news-000003021842&cpage=1| title = Republican Choose Michael Steele as Party Chairman| publisher = CQ Politics| date = January 30, 2009}}</ref> and Poll Pundit.<ref> {{cite web| url = http://polipundit.com/index.php?p=20632| title = RNC Chairman Vote: Live Coverage| work = PollPundit.com| date = January 30, 2009}}</ref>
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Candidate           rep
! Round 1
! Round 2
! Round 3
! Round 4
! Round 5
! Round 6
|-
| '''[[Michael Steele]]'''
| 46
| style="background:cornflowerblue;"|48
| style="background:cornflowerblue;"|51
| 60
| style="background:cornflowerblue;"| 79
| style="background:limegreen;"| 91
|-
| [[Katon Dawson]]
| 28
| 29
| 34
| style="background:cornflowerblue;"| 62
| 69
| 77
|-
| [[Saul Anuzis]]
| 22
| 24
| 24
| 31
| 20
|style="background:lightgrey;"|''Withdrew''
|-
| [[Ken Blackwell]]
| 20
| 19
| 15
| 15
|style="background:lightgrey;"|''Withdrew''
|style="background:lightgrey;"|
|-
| [[Mike Duncan]]
| style="background:cornflowerblue;"| 52
| style="background:cornflowerblue;"| 48
| 44
|style="background:lightgrey;"|''Withdrew''
|style="background:lightgrey;"|
|style="background:lightgrey;"|
|-
|}
:{{Color box|cornflowerblue|border=darkgray}} Candidate won that Round of voting
:{{Color box|lightgrey|border=darkgray}} Candidate withdrew
:{{Color box|limegreen|border=darkgray}} Candidate won RNC Chairmanship

On announcing his candidacy to succeed RNC Chairman Duncan, former Maryland Lt. Gov. [[Michael Steele]] described the party as being at a crossroads and not knowing what to do. "I think I may have some keys to open the door, some juice to turn on the lights," he said.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/11/michael_steele_to_run_for_rnc.html?nav=rss_blog |title=Michael Steele to Run For RNC Chair |accessdate=February 12, 2009 |last=Cillizza |first=Chris |date=November 13, 2008 |work=[[The Fix (blog)|The Fix]] |publisher=The Washington Post}}</ref>

Six men ran for the 2009 RNC Chairmanship: Steele, [[Ken Blackwell]], [[Mike Duncan]], [[Saul Anuzis]], [[Katon Dawson]] and [[Chip Saltsman]].  After Saltsman's withdrawal, there were only five candidates during the hotly-contested balloting January 30, 2009.

After the third round of balloting that day, Steele held a small lead over incumbent Mike Duncan of [[Kentucky]], with 51 votes to Duncan's 44. Shortly after the announcement of the standings, Duncan dropped out of contention without endorsing a candidate.<ref>Armbinder, Mark.  [http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2009/01/rnc_chairman_duncan_drops_reel.php RNC Chairman Duncan Drops Re-Election Bid], January 30, 2009, ''[[The Atlantic]]''.</ref> Ken Blackwell, the only other African-American candidate, dropped out after the fourth ballot and endorsed Steele, though Blackwell had been the most socially conservative of the candidates and Steele had been accused of not being "sufficiently conservative."  Steele picked up Blackwell's votes.<ref>Cillizza, Chris. [http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2009/01/steele_elected_rnc_chair.html Steele Elected RNC Chair], January 30, 2009, ''Washington Post''.</ref> After the fifth round, Steele held a ten vote lead over Katon Dawson, with 79 votes, and Saul Anuzis dropped out.<ref>Hamby, Peter.  [http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/category/rnc-race/ BREAKING: Steele picked to lead RNC], January 30, 2009, [[CNN]] Political Ticker.</ref>  After the sixth vote, he won the chairmanship of the RNC over Dawson by a vote of 91 to 77.<ref>{{cite news|last=Burns|first=Alexander|title=It's Steele!|publisher=The Politico|date=January 30, 2009|url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0109/18216.html|accessdate=January 30, 2009}}</ref>

Mississippi Governor and former RNC chair [[Haley Barbour]] has suggested the party will focus its efforts on congressional and gubernatorial elections in the coming years rather than the next presidential election. "When I was chairman of the Republican National Committee the last time we lost the White House in 1992 we focused exclusively on 1993 and 1994.  And at the end of that time, we had both houses of Congress with Republican majorities, and we’d gone from 17 Republican governors to 31. So anyone talking about 2012 today doesn’t have their eye on the ball. What we ought to worry about is rebuilding our party over the next year and particularly in 2010,” Barbour said at the November 2008 Republican Governors conference.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=OTgxMDMyNTU4NTE2MjM5MDQyNDlkMzU0YTlkNmNiMjQ= |title=Palin, the Governors, and the New Power in the Republican Party |accessdate=February 12, 2009 |last=York |first=Byron |authorlink=Byron York |date=November 13, 2008 |publisher=National Review Online }}</ref>

==Chairmen of the Republican National Committee==
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!#
!Chairman
!Term
!State<ref>[http://politicalgraveyard.com/index.html The Political Graveyard web site, ''A Database of Historic Cemeteries'', accessed July 17, 2006.]</ref>
!Notes<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rulers.org/usgovt.html#parties |title=U.S. government departments and offices, etc. |accessdate=January 30, 2009 |work=rulers.org |publisher=B. Schemmel }}</ref>
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|1||[[Edwin D. Morgan]] ||1856–1864||[[New York]]||
|-
|2||[[Henry J. Raymond]]||1864–1866||[[New York]]||
|-
|3||[[Marcus L. Ward]]||1866–1868||[[New Jersey]]||
|-
|4||[[William Claflin]]||1868–1872||[[Massachusetts]]||
|-
|5||[[Edwin D. Morgan]]||1872–1876||[[New York]]||Second term
|-
|6||[[Zachariah Chandler]]||1876–1879||[[Michigan]]||
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|7||[[J. Donald Cameron]]||1879–1880||[[Pennsylvania]]|| 
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|8||[[Marshall Jewell]]||1880–1883||[[Connecticut]]||
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|9||[[Dwight M. Sabin]]||1883–1884||[[Minnesota]]||
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|10||[[Benjamin Franklin Jones (Pittsburgh)|B. F. Jones]]||1884–1888||[[New Jersey]]||
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|11||[[Matthew S. Quay]]||1888–1891||[[Pennsylvania]]||
|-
|12||[[James S. Clarkson]]||1891–1892||[[Iowa]]||
|-
|13||[[William J. Campbell]]||1892||[[Illinois]]||Elected June 1892, Declined July 1892 (Lt Governor of IL)
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|14||[[Thomas H. Carter]]||1892–1896||[[Montana]]||Elected in place of W.J. Campbell in July 1892
|-
|15||[[Marcus A. Hanna]]||1896–1904||[[Ohio]]||
|-
|16||[[Henry Clay Payne]]||1904||[[Wisconsin]]||
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|17||[[George Bruce Cortelyou]]||1904–1907||[[New York]]||
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|18||[[Harry S. New]]||1907–1908||[[Indiana]]||
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|19||[[Frank Harris Hitchcock]]||1908–1909||[[Ohio]]||
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|20||[[John Fremont Hill]]||1909–1912||[[Maine]]||
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|21||[[Victor Rosewater]]||1912||[[Nebraska]]||
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|22||[[Charles D. Hilles]]||1912–1916||[[New York]]||
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|23||[[William R. Willcox]]||1916–1918||[[New York]]||
|-
|24||[[Will H. Hays]]||1918–1921||[[Indiana]]||
|-
|25||[[John T. Adams]]||1921–1924||[[Iowa]]||
|-
|26||[[William M. Butler]]||1924–1928||[[Massachusetts]]||
|-
|27||[[Hubert Work]]||1928–1929||[[Colorado]]||
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|28||[[Claudius H. Huston]]||1929–1930||[[Tennessee]]||first [[American South|Southerner]] to be elected chairman
|-
|29||[[Simeon D. Fess]]||1930-1932||[[Ohio]]||
|-
|30||[[Everett Sanders]]||1932–1934||[[Indiana]]||
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|31||[[Henry P. Fletcher]]||1934–1936||[[Pennsylvania]]||
|-
|32||[[John Hamilton (20th century politician)|John D. M. Hamilton]]||1936–1940||[[Kansas]]||
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|33||[[Joseph W. Martin, Jr.]]||1940–1942||[[Massachusetts]]||
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|34||[[Harrison E. Spangler]]||1942–1944||[[Iowa]]||
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|35||[[Herbert Brownell, Jr.]]||1944–1946||[[New York]]||
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|36||[[Carroll Reece]]||1946–1948||[[Tennessee]]||
|-
|37||[[Hugh D. Scott, Jr.]]||1948–1949||[[Pennsylvania]]||
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|38||[[Guy G. Gabrielson]]||1949–1952||[[New Jersey]]||
|-
|39||[[Arthur E. Summerfield]]||1952–1953||[[Michigan]]||
|-
|40||[[Wesley Roberts]]||1953||[[Kansas]]||
|-
|41||[[Leonard W. Hall]]||1953–1957||[[New York]]||
|-
|42||[[Meade Alcorn]]||1957–1959||[[Connecticut]]||
|-
|43||[[Thruston Ballard Morton|Thruston B. Morton]]||1959–1961||[[Kentucky]]||
|-
|44||[[William E. Miller]]||1961–1964||[[New York]]||
|-
|45||[[Dean Burch]]||1964–1965||[[Arizona]]||
|-
|46||[[Ray C. Bliss]]||1965–1969||[[Ohio]]||
|-
|47||[[Rogers C. B. Morton]]||1969–1971||[[Maryland]]||
|-
|48||[[Robert Dole]]||1971–1973||[[Kansas]]||
|-
|49||[[George H. W. Bush]]||1973–1974||[[Texas]]||
|-
|50||[[Mary Louise Smith (1914-1997)|Mary Louise Smith]]||1974–1977||[[Iowa]]||first woman to become RNC chair
|-
|51||[[William E. Brock III]]||1977–1981||[[Tennessee]]||
|-
|52||[[Richard (Dick) Richards|Richard Richards]]||1981–1983||[[Utah]]||
|-
|53||[[Frank J. Fahrenkopf, Jr.]]||1983–1989||[[Nevada]]||[[Paul Laxalt]] served with Fahrenkopf as general chairman until 1987.
|-
|54||[[Lee Atwater]]||1989–1991||[[South Carolina]]||
|-
|55||[[Clayton Keith Yeutter]]||1991–1992||[[Nebraska]]||
|-
|56||[[Richard Bond]]||1992–1993||[[Missouri]]||
|-
|57||[[Haley Barbour]]||1993–1997||[[Mississippi]]||
|-
|58||[[Jim Nicholson (U.S. politician)|Jim Nicholson]]||1997–2001||[[Colorado]]||
|-
|59||[[Jim Gilmore]]||2001–2002||[[Virginia]]||
|-
|60||[[Marc Racicot]]||2002–2003||[[Montana]]||
|-
|61||[[Ed Gillespie]]||2003–2005||[[Virginia]]||
|-
|62||[[Ken Mehlman]]||2005–2007||[[Washington, D.C.]]||stepped down at end of 2006
|-
|63||[[Mike Duncan]]||2007–2009||[[Kentucky]]||Senator [[Mel Martinez]] served with Duncan as general chairman before stepping down in October 2007.
|-
|63||[[Mel Martinez]]||2007||[[Florida]]||Served with Mike Duncan as general chairman.
|-
|64||[[Michael Steele]]||2009–present||[[Maryland]]||First African American Chairman.
|-
|}

==2009 RNC Health Coverage-Abortion Controversy==
On November 12, 2009, the Republican National Committee was involved in a controversy over its opposition to funding for abortion in government sponsored health plans. After strong support for the [[Stupak Amendment]]&nbsp;– which prohibited any coverage of abortion services under government-subsidized or government-operated health insurance plans operating under the terms of the [[Affordable Health Care for America Act]], regardless of whether that coverage was itself funded by the government&nbsp;– it became known that the employer-based health care provided to members of the RNC provides coverage for elective abortions. Republican leaders stated they did not realize this coverage was within the health care terms, and promised to promptly remove such coverage. It has been noted that this coverage is not precisely in contradiction with the intention of the Stupak amendment because the health coverage for RNC members is private insurance, not publicly funded.<ref name="abortion_optout">{{cite web |url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1109/29456.html |title=RNC to opt out of abortion coverage |last1=Allen |first1=Jonathan |last2=Shiner |first2=Meredith |date=November 13, 2009 |work=politico.com |publisher=Politico |accessdate=November 15, 2009 }}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Republican Party (United States)]]
*[[Republican National Committee members]]
*[[Microtargeting]]
*[[Right Now: A 12-Step Program for Defeating the Obama Agenda]]
*[[Rob Bickhart]]

==References==

{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.rnc.org/ Official website]
*[http://www.eisenhower.archives.gov/Research/Finding_Aids/PDFs/Republican_National_Committee_Newsclippings.pdf Republican National Committee: News clippings and publications, 1932-65, Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library]

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{{unblock reviewed | 1=I will edit the above article. If you don't want to unblock me you can all go fuck yourselves. | decline=If you really can't guess... - [[User:Vianello|Vianello]] ([[User talk:Vianello|Talk]]) 00:14, 24 November 2010 (UTC)}}
:I have disabled this user's talk page access.  If he does not want to try for the second chance offer, and wants to make [[WP:ATTACK|personal attacks]], he really doesn't need this talk page any longer. -[[User:FisherQueen|FisherQueen]]<span style="font-size: smaller;"> ([[User talk:FisherQueen|talk]] · [[Special:Contributions/FisherQueen|contribs]])</span> 00:24, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
::I'd say if he wants to make personal attacks, he doesn't need it even if he ''does'' want to try for a second chance. - [[User:Vianello|Vianello]] ([[User talk:Vianello|Talk]]) 00:27, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
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