The Republican State Leadership Committee (RSLC) is a political organization designed to assist
Republicans
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in capturing and holding control of
state legislatures
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across the
United States
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. The organization notably raised over
$140 million from 2004 to 2014, working across the country. The RSLC's
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counterpart is the
Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee
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(DLCC).
The organization has stated that it "is the largest caucus of Republican state leaders in the country and the only national organization whose mission is to elect down-ballot, state-level Republican officeholders" with efforts focused on "the offices of lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, state legislator, the judiciary and other down-ticket races." The RSLC has also asserted that they have "more than 150,000 donors in all 50 states."
The RSLC President position is currently held by Matt Walter. The RSLC has functioned since 2002,
[ while their rivals in the DLCC got started after the 1992 elections.
After ]Ed Gillespie
Edward Walter Gillespie (born August 1, 1961) is an American politician, strategist, and lobbyist who served as the 61st Chair of the Republican National Committee from 2003 to 2005 and was counselor to the President from 2007 to 2009 during the ...
was announced chairman in January 2010, the RSLC is reported to have laundered $1.5 million from the Poarch Band of Creek Indians
The Poarch Band of Creek Indians ( ;) are a federally recognized tribe of Native Americans in Alabama. Speaking the Muscogee language, they were formerly known as the Creek Nation East of the Mississippi.
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to Alabama Speaker Mike Hubbard and a group associated with Jack Abramoff
Jack Allan Abramoff (; born February 28, 1959) is an American lobbyist, businessman, film producer, writer, and convicted felon. He was at the center of an extensive corruption investigation led by Earl Devaney that resulted in his conviction a ...
.[
Political activist campaigns founded or co-founded by the RSLC include the "Judicial Fairness Initiative", the "Future Majority Project", and the "Right Women, Right Now" initiative.][ As of the aftermath of the 2014 U.S. elections, the Republican Party controls 68 out of 98 partisan state legislative chambers in the country, with the RSLC a major part of the efforts to hold onto these chambers into the future.][
The RSLC is also the sponsoring organization of the ''.gop'' top-level Internet domain.]
History
The RSLC was established in 2002 with a leading Republican strategist Chris Jankowski
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*Chris Abani (born 1966), Nige ...
as its "driving force". Through the RSLC Jankowski responded to the national fund-raising challenge faced by down-ballot state-level Republican candidates.[By 2016, Jankowski was the "Executive Director of the RSLC’s REDistricting MAjority Project (]REDMAP
REDMAP (short for Redistricting Majority Project) is a project of the Republican State Leadership Committee of the United States to increase Republican control of congressional seats as well as state legislatures, largely through determination ...
), a $20 million program that led the way in picking up nearly 700 legislative seats and 20 legislative chambers across the country."
See also
*History of the United States Republican Party
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*List of state parties of the Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party, also commonly called the GOP (abbreviation for Grand Old Party), is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, the other being the Democratic Party. Founded by Slave activists in 1854, it domina ...
*Political party strength in U.S. states
Political party strength in U.S. states is the level of representation of the various political parties in the United States in each statewide elective office providing legislators to the state and to the U.S. Congress and electing the executives ...
*Politics of the United States
The politics of the United States function within a framework of a constitutional federal republic and presidential system, with three distinct branches that share powers. These are: the U.S. Congress which forms the legislative branch, a bi ...
*Republican Governors Association
The Republican Governors Association (RGA) is a Washington, D.C.-based 527 organization founded in 1961, consisting of U.S. state and territorial Republican governors. The Republican Governors Association is dedicated to one primary objective: ele ...
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References
External links
*
gop.com
Republican Party (United States) organizations
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