Virginia Republican Party
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Republican Party of Virginia
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|---|---|
| Chairman | John Whitbeck |
| House leadership |
William Howell (Speaker) Kirk Cox (Majority leader) Tim Hugo (Caucus leader) |
| Senate leadership |
Walter Stosch (President pro tempore) Thomas Norment (Majority Leader) |
| Founded | 1854 |
| Headquarters |
Obenshain Center 115 E. Grace St. Richmond, Virginia 23219 |
| Ideology |
Conservatism Fiscal conservatism Social conservatism |
| National affiliation | Republican Party |
| Unofficial colors | Red |
| Seats in the US Senate |
0 / 2
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| Seats in the US House |
7 / 11
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| Seats in the VA Senate |
21 / 40
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| Seats in the VA House |
66 / 100
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| VA statewide offices held |
0 / 3
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| Website | |
| www.rpv.org | |
The Republican Party of Virginia (RPV) is the Virginia chapter of the Republican Party. It is based in the Richard D. Obenshain Center in Richmond in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Although the party used to be strong in northern Virginia, it now gains the most support from rural areas.
The Republican Party of Virginia holds majorities in the Virginia House of Delegates and Senate, and seven of the eleven U.S. House seats are held by Republicans.
Kate Obenshain Griffin of Winchester became the party's chairman in 2004. Following Senator George Allen's unsuccessful 2006 reelection bid, Griffin submitted her resignation as Chairman effective November 15, 2006. Her brother, Mark Obenshain, is a State Senator from Harrisonburg in the Virginia General Assembly. Both are the children of the late Richard D. Obenshain.
Ed Gillespie was elected as the new Chairman of the RPV on December 2, 2006. He resigned on June 13, 2007 to become the counselor to President George W. Bush. Mike Thomas served as interim chairman until July 21 when former Lieutenant Governor of Virginia John H. Hager was elected chairman. On April 9, 2007 the RPV named Fred Malek to serve as the Finance Chairman and Lisa Gable to serve as the Finance Committee Co-Chair.
On May 31, 2008, Hager was defeated in his bid for re-election at a statewide GOP convention by a strongly conservative member of the House of Delegates, Jeff Frederick of Prince William County. Frederick, who was then 32 years old, was the fifth party chairman in five years. On April 4, 2009, Frederick was removed from the position by RPV's State Central Committee, in a move backed by most of the senior GOP establishment. Many argued that Frederick's election and later removal was a war within the party between insiders and outsiders, or grassroots versus establishment Republicans. After his removal, Frederick considered seeking the chairman job again at the party's May 2009 convention, but decided against it. Pat Mullins, who was then the chairman of the Louisa County party unit and formerly the chairman of the Fairfax County party unit, was selected on May 2, 2009 to serve in the interim before a special election at state party convention later that month. Mullins won the special election at the May 30, 2009 convention, defeating Bill Stanley, the Franklin County chairman. Mullins was re-elected at the party's June 2012 convention. Mullins announced his retirement on November 5, 2014, a day after the Virginia GOP had a strong showing in the 2014 elections.10th District Republican Committee chairman John Whitbeck was elected on January 24, 2015 by the party's State Central Committee to serve out the remainder of Mullins's term.
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