Republican State Leadership Committee
The Republican State Leadership Committee (RSLC) is a political organization designed to assist Republicans in capturing and holding control of state legislatures across the United States. The organization notably raised over $140 million from 2004 to 2014, working across the country. The RSLC's Democratic Party counterpart is the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (DLSC).[1]
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."[2]
The RSLC President position is currently held by Matt Walter. The RSLC has functioned since 2002,[2] while their rivals in the DLSC got started after the 1992 elections.
After Ed Gillespie was announced chairman in January 2010, the RSLC is reported to have laundered $1.5 million from the Poarch Band of Creek Indians to Alabama Speaker Mike Hubbard and a group associated with Jack Abramoff.[3] From January 2010 to January 2014 the RSLC paid Gilespie $654,000.[3]
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.[2] 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.[1]
The RSLC is also the sponsoring organization of the .gop top-level Internet domain.[4][5]
See also
- History of the United States Republican Party
- List of state parties of the Republican Party (United States)
- Political party strength in U.S. states
- Politics of the United States
- Republican Governors Association
References
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External links
- Official website
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- gop.com
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