Ronna McDaniel pledged a neutral GOP primary for 2024. Trump will test her.
Ronna McDaniel, the chairwoman of the Republican National Committee, shared a warm moment onstage with her predecessor last week for an announcement that Milwau
CHICAGO — Ronna McDaniel, the chairwoman of the Republican National Committee, shared a warm moment onstage with her predecessor last week for an announcement that Milwaukee had been picked to host the 2024 GOP presidential convention.
“One thing Ronna and I are good at is raising a lot of money,” former Chairman Reince Priebus, the chair of the Milwaukee Host Committee, said on the final day of the RNC’s summer meeting. But she didn’t do it alone. Donald Trump put her in the job, and his name and celebrity bankrolled the committee.
RNC announces Milwaukee will host 2024 Republican National ConventionAug. 5, 202200:48McDaniel may soon face a fresh challenge: upholding her pledge that the national party will stay neutral in its coming presidential primary. McDaniel is preparing to run for a fourth consecutive term in January. If she wins, she would become the longest-serving RNC chair since the 1800s, refereeing a contested 2024 Republican presidential nomination fight in which her old boss is likely to be the front-runner.
“She has not announced anything and is focused on the November elections,” said John Hammond, an RNC member from Indiana. “That said, my conversations with her indicate she is open to running again and likely to do so, which I believe would be very popular within the RNC membership.”
It’s almost certain she’ll have the votes, several of the committee’s 168 members said in interviews, but what’s less certain is whether she can refrain from favoring the candidate who has been her political patron.
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