Lee Zeldin not running for RNC chair against Ronna McDaniel – for now
FOX News
12/7/2022
-
Drone Captures Rescue of Three Stuck on Flooded Waterway
Reuters -
Mourners gather at memorial outside The Covenant School and in other Nashville churches
NBC News -
Surveillance video shows shooting suspect inside The Covenant School
NBC News -
How Trains Derail, Explained by an NTSB Investigator
The Wall Street Journal -
Nashville police release photo of shooting suspect
Reuters -
Police Briefing After Man Found Shot Dead Next To 4-year-Old Child
Newsweek -
Labrador Doesn't Like Dry Shampoo
BuzzVideos -
U.S. bank regulators to face Congress after SVB collapse
CNN -
Netanyahu delays judicial overhaul after protests and strikes
CNN -
President of gun control organization discusses Nashville school shooting
CNN -
American Red Cross providing aid in tornado-raved Mississippi
CNN -
Rescuers search for missing people after deadly landslide in Ecuador
AFP -
Rains trigger deadly landslide in Ecuador
Reuters -
Billionaire Jack Ma makes rare public appearance in China
CNN -
Two of Europe’s biggest economies are facing nationwide protests
CNN -
The next steps for Netanyahu’s government after delaying judicial overhaul plan
CNN
-
Drone Captures Rescue of Three Stuck on Flooded Waterway Drone footage shows three people and a dog being rescued from California floodwaters. Video Credit: TULARE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE - Must on-screen courtesy Tulare County Sheriff's Office / No Resale
Reuters
-
Mourners gather at memorial outside The Covenant School and in other Nashville churches Mourners gathered to light candles and pray for the six victims of the shootings at The Covenant School in Nashville. NBC News
-
Surveillance video shows shooting suspect inside The Covenant School Video released late Monday by Nashville police appears to show the suspect, Audrey Hale, shoot through glass doors to gain entrance and then walk through the hallways of The Covenant School with a raised rifle. NBC News
GOP Rep. Lee Zeldin, who came very close to upsetting Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul last month in the predominantly blue state of New York, announced on Wednesday that he’s holding off – for now – on running for Republican National Committee chair, in a direct challenge to current RNC chair Ronna McDaniel.
Zeldin, who’s been mulling an RNC chair bid for nearly a month, made his announcement on Twitter.
"RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel should not run for a 4th term. I won’t be running for RNC Chair at this time with McDaniel’s reelection pre-baked by design, but that doesn’t mean she should even be running again. It’s time the GOP elects new leadership! It’s time for fresh blood!" Zeldin wrote.
Zeldin’s decision comes as Republicans continue to lick their wounds from a disappointing showing in the midterm elections, having failed to win control of the Senate, securing only a razor-thin majority in the House of Representatives, and losing key governors races and control of a handful of state legislative chambers, in what was supposed to be a "Red Wave" election.
RNC CHAIR MCDANIEL SEEKING FOURTH TWO-YEAR TERM STEERING GOP
© AP
New York State Republican gubernatorial nominee Rep. Lee Zeldin addresses supporters at his election night party, just after midnight on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022, in New York. AP Photo/Jason DeCrow
And GOP Senate nominee Herschel Walker's defeat on Tuesday night to Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock in Georgia's high profile runoff election brought more criticism on the Republican Party and McDaniel.
The congressman, who emphasized the issue of crime in his campaign, lost to Hochul by six-points in the New York showdown. It was the best showing by a Republican gubernatorial nominee in the Empire State in 20 years, since GOP Gov. George Pataki won re-election.
Zeldin's performance is being credited with helping to boost Republicans to key victories in U.S. House races in New York state, flipping blue seats red -which was a key factor in the GOP’s capturing of the House majority.
WATCH: ZELDIN CALLS ON GOP TO ‘RETOOL, TRANSFORM,’ AHEAD OF 2024
An attorney and officer in the U.S. Army Reserve, Zeldin was first elected to the House in 2014, representing a congressional district in Suffolk County covering the eastern end of New York's Long Island. Zeldin was a strong supporter of former President Donald Trump during Trump's tenure in the White House.
© Fox News
Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel headlines the New Hampshire GOP's unity breakfast, on Sept. 15, 2022, in Concord, N.H. Fox News
Last month McDaniel announced that she would seek a fourth two-year term steering the national party committee, which is unprecedented in modern times.
Following the 2016 election, a newly elected Trump chose McDaniel – who at the time was the chair of the Michigan GOP – to steer the national party committee. She was re-elected in 2019 and 2021.
The full RNC membership of 168 committee members will vote on the next chair when the national party organization holds its winter meeting next month in southern California. Under party rules, the two top posts must be held by one man and one woman. McDaniel’s camp recently released a list of over 100 RNC committee members – well more than the number needed to secure re-election – that they said were supporting the incumbent chair.
McDaniel currently has two challengers.
WATCH: HARMEET DHILLON ANNOUNCES RNC BID ON FOX NEWS
Harmeet Dhillon, an attorney who is also an RNC committee member from California and who served as a Trump campaign legal adviser, announced her bid on the Fox News Channel on Monday night.
"Republicans are tired of losing, and I think that we really need to radically reshape our leadership in order to win," Dhillon said in an interview on Fox News’ "Tucker Carlson Tonight."
-
Drone Captures Rescue of Three Stuck on Flooded Waterway
Reuters -
Mourners gather at memorial outside The Covenant School and in other Nashville churches
NBC News -
Surveillance video shows shooting suspect inside The Covenant School
NBC News -
How Trains Derail, Explained by an NTSB Investigator
The Wall Street Journal -
Nashville police release photo of shooting suspect
Reuters -
Police Briefing After Man Found Shot Dead Next To 4-year-Old Child
Newsweek -
Labrador Doesn't Like Dry Shampoo
BuzzVideos -
U.S. bank regulators to face Congress after SVB collapse
CNN -
Netanyahu delays judicial overhaul after protests and strikes
CNN -
President of gun control organization discusses Nashville school shooting
CNN -
American Red Cross providing aid in tornado-raved Mississippi
CNN -
Rescuers search for missing people after deadly landslide in Ecuador
AFP -
Rains trigger deadly landslide in Ecuador
Reuters -
Billionaire Jack Ma makes rare public appearance in China
CNN -
Two of Europe’s biggest economies are facing nationwide protests
CNN -
The next steps for Netanyahu’s government after delaying judicial overhaul plan
CNN
-
-
-
Dhillon told host Tucker Carlson "we really have to modernize to compete with the Democrats dollar for dollar in the ways they fundraise, the way they deliver their ballots to the ballot boxes."
Last week MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, who’s a strong supporter of Trump’s unproven claims the 2020 presidential election was rigged and stolen, announced he would challenge McDaniel.
Another Trump ally, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, has also said she’s weighing a run for national party chair. And former Trump White House adviser Mercedes Schlapp, the wife of American Conservative Union leader Matt Schlapp, also mulled a bid for chair.
With McDaniel and her declared or potential challengers all having ties to the former president, sources in Trump’s political orbit tell Fox News that as of now, it’s likely the former president will remain neutral and not weigh in on the race for RNC chair.
FOX News
