{"id":1824527,"date":"2023-01-26T09:04:37","date_gmt":"2023-01-26T14:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1824527"},"modified":"2023-01-26T09:10:38","modified_gmt":"2023-01-26T14:10:38","slug":"ronna-mcdaniels-salary-more-than-doubled-as-chair-of-rnc-far-exceeds-predecessors-pay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ronna-mcdaniels-salary-more-than-doubled-as-chair-of-rnc-far-exceeds-predecessors-pay\/","title":{"rendered":"Ronna McDaniel\u2019s Salary More Than Doubled as Chair of RNC, Far Exceeds Predecessors\u2019 Pay"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fronna-mcdaniels-salary-more-than-doubled-as-chair-of-rnc-far-exceeds-predecessors-pay%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=1824527&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-->\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/social_media_share\/public\/2022-12\/GettyImages-1244634697.jpg?h=199d8c1f&#038;itok=s5eaTAwa\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Ronna McDaniel, Chair of the Republican National Committee (RNC), has seen her salary more than double since she started her tenure six-years ago.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>now far\u00a0exceeding the pay of any\u00a0of her predecessors as she seeks reelection this week.<\/p>\n<p>McDaniel was paid $122,582 for her first year. This increased to $146.048 in 2018 as well as $285,498 in 2019. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/disbursements\/?data_type=processed&#038;committee_id=C00003418&#038;recipient_name=MCDANIEL%2C+RONNA+R\">according to Federal Election Commission reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>McDaniel earned $410640 in 2020 after the GOP lost the Senate as well as the White House. McDaniel earned $358,431 for her first 11 months in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Reince Priebus was the RNC&#8217;s previous chair. His first year as RNC chair was in 2011. He earned $152,874 and his salary has fluctuated only slightly through 2014. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/disbursements\/?data_type=processed&#038;committee_id=C00003418&#038;recipient_name=Reince+Priebus\">FEC reports show<\/a>. In 2015, he received $201,619,\u00a0then $257,782 in 2016 and $57,232 in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Steele, who was RNC chair from 2009 to 2010, earned $114,839 before Priebus. In 2010 he earned $136,959, and in 2011 he earned $18,733. He lost reelection. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/disbursements\/?data_type=processed&#038;committee_id=C00003418&#038;recipient_name=Michael+Steele\">according to FEC reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>McDaniel, McDaniel&#8217;s spokesperson in her reelection campaign, did not reply to McDaniel&#8217;s request for comment. <a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/rnc-chief-salary-more-tripled-234151705.html\">told the Huffington Post<\/a>, &#8220;Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel has a base salary that is comparable to previous chairs, and any bonuses are voted upon by the Budget Committee based on metrics like fundraising.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Friday will see the election of the RNC chair. Harmeet Dhillon (RNC committee member) is running against McDaniel. Mike Lindell, MyPillow CEO, is also running.<\/p>\n<p>The RNC chairwoman is being called to resign after losing both the House of Representatives and the White House in 2018. She has also been underperforming expectations with only a slim majority of House votes and losing the Senate in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>McDaniel has been proud of her leadership in building party structures. 4 million more GOP votes than Democrats turned out nationally during the 2022 elections.\u00a0Dhillon, however,\u00a0has alleged that the RNC has overspent on consultants and &#8220;frivolous expenditures that don\u2019t win elections,&#8221;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/01\/24\/rnc-election-ronna-mcdaniel-harmeet-dhillon-00079264\">Politico reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Major endorsements have been given to McDaniel, Dhillon and the RNC chair.<\/p>\n<p>RNC&#8217;s 168 committee members vote in the election for the chair of the committee. To win, 85 must be present. McDaniel is <a href=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/politics-policy\/elections\/rnc-committee-members-say-mcdaniels-re-election-rnc-chair-not-done-deal\">circulated a letter<\/a> With signatures from 107 RNC Members supporting her for reelection. She was also <a href=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/politics-policy\/amid-surge-support-dhillon-rnc-chair-mcdaniel-nabs-major-endorsement\">endorsed by GOP megadonor<\/a> Elizabeth Uihlein has donated millions of dollars to the GOP and conservative causes over the years. Uihlein signed an endorsement letter for McDaniel by more than 150 GOP donors. <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/3815586-more-than-100-gop-donors-back-mcdaniel-for-another-term-as-rnc-leader\/\">according to The Hill<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Uihlein is married to a billionaire. <a href=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/politics-policy\/elections\/rnc-chair-candidate-harmeet-dhillon-scores-big-billionaire-endorsement\">GOP megadonor Dick Uihlein<\/a>, has endorsed Dhillon.<\/p>\n<p>Dhillon has also received endorsements of other major GOP donors including <a href=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/politics-policy\/elections\/dean-conservative-donor-base-ditches-ronna-mcdaniel-endorses-harmeet\">Home Depot cofounder Bernie Marcus<\/a>. Other 20 donors have also contributed at least $14 Million to the GOP since McDaniel assumed control of the RNC in 2017.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/politics-policy\/elections\/major-republican-donors-endorse-harmeet-dhillon-over-rnc-chair-ronna\">signed a letter supporting Dhillon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Both the Texas Republican Party and the\u00a0Arizona Republican Party have\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/politics-policy\/rnc-chair-race-heats-mcdaniel-challenger-dhillon-gains-endorsements\">expressed no confidence in McDaniel<\/a> Appelled for new leadership. <a href=\"https:\/\/mobile.twitter.com\/ARGOP\/status\/1613898868671881216\">Arkansas have endorsed Dhillon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/dhillonforrnc.com\/endorsements\/\">Dhillon&#8217;s RNC campaign website<\/a>A partial list shows that she received 29 endorsements by RNC committee members as well as state chairpersons.<\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump&#8217;s former president, who chose McDaniel as the RNC chair after he won 2016 the White House, declined to endorse the contest.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/politics-policy\/polling\/nearly-three-fourths-gop-voters-want-new-rnc-leadership\">According to a Convention of States Action survey<\/a> According to the Trafalgar Group, 73% of Republican voters voted for a new chair of the RNC. 21% of them were not sure and 6% said McDaniel should seek a fourth term.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ronna McDaniel, Chair of the Republican National Committee (RNC), has seen her salary more than double since she started her tenure six-years ago.\u00a0now far\u00a0exceeding the pay of any\u00a0of her predecessors as she seeks reelection this week. McDaniel was paid $122,582 for her first year. This increased to $146.048 in 2018 as well as $285,498 in &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1777245,"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":[5184,13754,16535,16536,5280,6686,6915,6917,11543],"class_list":["post-1824527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-chair","tag-doubled","tag-exceeds","tag-mcdaniels","tag-pay","tag-predecessors","tag-rnc","tag-ronna","tag-salary"],"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\/1824527","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=1824527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1824527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1777245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1824527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1824527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1824527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}