RNC communications director Doug Heye says 31 state party republican chairman have signed on to a letter of support for chairman Michael Steele.<\/p>\n
The letter will be released shortly.<\/p>\n
In the wake of calls from at least 2 RNC members for Steele’s resignation, Heye says Steele is continuing an aggressive phone campaign with RNC members to shore up support for the RNC and his leadership.<\/p>\n
Steele speaks to the 2010 Southern Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n
UPDATE (1:23pm EDT):<\/span> The RNC has just released the list of republican state chairman who have signed the statement in support of chairman Michael Steele.\u00a0 See the letter and list of supporters\u00a0below:<\/span><\/p>\n As Republican Party state chairmen, we believe Chairman Michael Steele can lead the RNC to be a full partner with us this fall in our efforts to fire Nancy Pelosi and win Republican majorities in Congress and among governors. His record at winning elections has been stellar, his fundraising ability has been solid, and he has honed our Victory programs’ ability to identify and deliver voters for Republican candidates.<\/p>\n The charge of any national Chairman is to raise money and win elections. With over $100 million raised, victories in Virginia, New Jersey and Massachusetts, and victories in 29 of 37 special elections, Michael Steele has demonstrated that under his Chairmanship the RNC has the ability, focus, and drive to lead Republicans to a sweeping victory in November.<\/p>\n The RNC under Chairman Michael Steele is a full partner with state committees, responsive to our needs, and intensely interested in providing the support necessary for victory. That process is not an easy process. Technology has had a great impact on the art of politics. That impact has required the RNC to adapt and change to work effectively in this modern environment. Change can sometimes be difficult. But the changes Michael Steele has brought to the RNC were essential for our party to adapt, and win, when we do not, for the moment, hold the White House or Congress.<\/p>\n We stand behind Chairman Steele as he continues to lead us on the path victory in November.<\/p>\n Randy Ruedrich, Alaska<\/p>\n Ron Nehring, California<\/p>\n Dick Wadhams, Colorado<\/p>\n Chris Healy, Connecticut<\/p>\n Tom Ross, Delaware<\/p>\n Robert Kabel, District of Columbia<\/p>\n Sue Everhart, Georgia<\/p>\n Jesus Torres, Guam<\/p>\n Jonah Ka’auwai, Hawaii<\/p>\n Norman Semanko, Idaho<\/p>\n Pat Brady, Illinois<\/p>\n Steve Robertson, Kentucky<\/p>\n Charlie Webster, Maine<\/p>\n Audrey Scott, Maryland<\/p>\n Jennifer Nassour, Massachusetts<\/p>\n Ron Weiser, Michigan<\/p>\n Tony Sutton, Minnesota<\/p>\n Will Deschamps, Montana<\/p>\n Mark Fahleson, Nebraska<\/p>\n John Sununu, New Hampshire<\/p>\n Jay Webber, New Jersey<\/p>\n Harvey Yates, New Mexico<\/p>\n Robert Tiernan, Oregon<\/p>\n Rob Gleason, Pennsylvania<\/p>\n Gio Cicione, Rhode Island<\/p>\n Chris Devaney, Tennessee<\/p>\n Dave Hansen, Utah<\/p>\n Steven Larrabee, Vermont<\/p>\n Pat Mullins, Virginia<\/p>\n Luke Esser, Washington<\/p>\n Reince Priebus, Wisconsin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" RNC communications director Doug Heye says 31 state party republican chairman have signed on to a letter of support for chairman Michael Steele. The letter will be released shortly. In the wake of calls from at least 2 RNC members for Steele’s resignation, Heye says Steele is continuing an aggressive phone campaign with RNC members […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5067,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-521927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5067"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=521927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521927\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=521927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=521927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=521927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}