{"id":1765872,"date":"2022-12-07T09:01:43","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T14:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1765872"},"modified":"2022-12-07T09:18:12","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T14:18:12","slug":"lee-zeldin-holding-off-on-running-against-ronna-mcdaniel-for-rnc-chair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lee-zeldin-holding-off-on-running-against-ronna-mcdaniel-for-rnc-chair\/","title":{"rendered":"Lee Zeldin Holding Off on Running Against Ronna McDaniel for RNC Chair"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flee-zeldin-holding-off-on-running-against-ronna-mcdaniel-for-rnc-chair%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1765872&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"speakable\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/person\/z\/rep-lee-zeldin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GOP Rep. Lee Zeldin<\/a>, 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\u2019s holding off \u2013 for now \u2013 on running for Republican National Committee chair, in what would be a direct challenge to current RNC chair Ronna McDaniel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Zeldin, who\u2019s been mulling an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/elections\/republicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RNC chair bid <\/a>for nearly a month, made his announcement on Twitter and in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel should not run for a 4th term. I won\u2019t be running for RNC Chair at this time with McDaniel\u2019s reelection pre-baked by design, but that doesn\u2019t mean she should even be running again. It\u2019s time the GOP elects new leadership! It\u2019s time for fresh blood!&#8221; Zeldin wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Zeldin\u2019s 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 &#8220;Red Wave&#8221; election.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/rnc-chair-ronna-mcdaniel-seek-fourth-term-steering-national-committee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>RNC CHAIR MCDANIEL SEEKING FOURTH TWO-YEAR TERM STEERING GOP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/640\/320\/Lee-Zeldin-Election-Night-NYC-NY-Nov-8-2022.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"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.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      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.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(AP Photo\/Jason DeCrow)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>And GOP Senate nominee Herschel Walker&#8217;s defeat on Tuesday night to Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock in Georgia&#8217;s high profile runoff election brought more criticism on the Republican Party and McDaniel.<\/p>\n<p>Zeldin, 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.<\/p>\n<p>Zeldin&#8217;s performance is being credited with helping to boost Republicans to key victories in U.S. House races in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/northeast\/new-york\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York state,<\/a> flipping blue seats red -which was a key factor in the GOP\u2019s capturing of the House majority.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/video\/6316620141112\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>WATCH: ZELDIN CALLS ON GOP TO \u2018RETOOL, TRANSFORM,\u2019 AHEAD OF 2024<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>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&#8217;s Long Island. Zeldin was a strong supporter of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">former President Donald Trump<\/a> during Trump&#8217;s tenure in the White House.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/640\/320\/Ronna-McDaniel-NHGOP-unity-breakfast-Concord-NH-Sept.-15-2022.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel headlines the New Hampshire GOP&#039;s unity breakfast, on Sept. 15, 2022, in Concord, N.H.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel headlines the New Hampshire GOP&#8217;s unity breakfast, on Sept. 15, 2022, in Concord, N.H.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Fox News)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Last month McDaniel announced that she would seek a fourth two-year term steering the national party committee, which is unprecedented in modern times.<\/p>\n<p>Following the 2016 election, a newly elected <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/person\/m\/ronna-mcdaniel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump chose McDaniel<\/a> \u2013 who at the time was the chair of the Michigan GOP \u2013 to steer the national party committee. She was re-elected in 2019 and 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The full <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/elections\/republicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RNC membership<\/a> 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\u2019s camp recently released a list of over 100 RNC committee members \u2013 well more than the number needed to secure re-election \u2013 that they said were supporting the incumbent chair.<\/p>\n<p>Zeldin argued in his statement that &#8220;change is desperately needed, and there are many leaders, myself included, ready and willing to step up to ensure our party retools and transforms as critical elections fast approach, namely the 2024 Presidential and Congressional races.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But he acknowledged that &#8220;the issue is Chairwoman McDaniel&#8217;s re-election appears to already be pre-baked, as if the disappointing results of every election during her tenure, including yesterday in Georgia, do not and should not even matter.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson with McDaniel\u2019s re-election bid pointed out to Fox News on Wednesday morning that Nebraska GOP chair Eric Underwood just endorsed McDaniel\u2019s campaign for another two-year term, bringing to what they say are 108 endorsements.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0&#8220;I am honored to offer my support for her election and look forward to working with Ronna over the next 2 years to achieve our American (and Nebraska) First goals,&#8221; Underwood wrote in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>But sources in Zeldin\u2019s world continue to question how firm that support may in a secret ballot vote and in the wake of Tuesday&#8217;s results in the Georgia Senate runoff election.<\/p>\n<p>McDaniel currently has two challengers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/video\/6316639181112\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>WATCH: HARMEET DHILLON ANNOUNCES RNC BID ON FOX NEWS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Republicans are tired of losing, and I think that we really need to radically reshape our leadership in order to win,&#8221; Dhillon said in an interview on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/video\/6316639181112\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News\u2019 &#8220;Tucker Carlson Tonight.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dhillon told host Tucker Carlson &#8220;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.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Last week MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, who\u2019s a strong supporter of Trump\u2019s unproven claims the 2020 presidential election was rigged and stolen, announced he would challenge McDaniel.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another Trump ally, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/mulling-rnc-chair-noem-says-gop-needs-see-what-we-can-do-better-wake-disappointing-election\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem<\/a>, has also said she\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p>With McDaniel and her declared or potential challengers all having ties to the former president, sources in Trump\u2019s political orbit tell Fox News that as of now, it\u2019s likely the former president will remain neutral and not weigh in on the race for RNC chair.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<p>Paul Steinhauser is a politics reporter based in New Hampshire.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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\u2019s holding<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1765875,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1765872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1765872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1765872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1765872\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1765875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1765872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1765872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1765872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}