Republican organizations have several party elections each year. County, district, and state levels elect leaders in various ways that are prescribed in the published rules.
It seems there is something afoul with the process of late. If you are one who would wish to run for one of these party leadership roles and there is either an incumbent or other “favored” candidate running for that office, you may or may not have the benefit of a list of the voting members for that particular position’s race.
How exactly is that determined and by who?
If there is an incumbent chairman, for example, regardless of which level in the organization, they surely have a listing of all voting members and their contact info, right?
Otherwise, how would the credentialing process for the election be performed properly? If that executive officer (seeking re-election or assisting his or her candidates of choice) has access to the list of all voting members and the other person running for that position is not allowed access to that list, does this seem right?
Well, in this most recent voting cycle that list has been denied by at least:
- The Chair of the RPA (no list of RPA Convention Delegates allowed for the Convention Chairwoman or Convention Secretary, thus making a recall of the State Convention impossible)
- The chair and secretary of the Washington County Republican Committee (with the chair still losing his bid for re-election)
- The chair and secretary of the 3rd District (both seeking re-election this Saturday)
- the secretary said she had no list to provide
We’ve all watched committees get bogged down by egos or spineless types who buckle under pressure, dilute our Republican Principles and Platform, or hide behind closed doors. Yet you show up, stay in the fight, you volunteer, and you keep this party alive. Don’t you deserve district officers who honor that and won’t squander your efforts? We need leaders with guts—ones who hold fast to conservative values, stand up to the elites, and refuse to trade away our core beliefs.
Because here’s the truth: nothing changes if nothing changes. If we keep picking the same weak links or settling for business as usual, we’ll stay stuck—same drama, same lack of transparency and accountability, same losses. Achieving this starts with us, right now — vote for district members who’ve got the record and the resolve to shake things up and deliver. That’s how we build committees that move the needle—not just more talk.
Over the next couple of weeks, we will follow and report on all four district committee meetings. As we mentioned, the 3rd Congressional District is holding their meeting Saturday, March 8, 2025.
The latest information for those running for positions in the upcoming 3rd District positions are:
Chairman:
** Ginny Lauren Dowden
Susan Gessler (seeking re-election)
1st Vice Chair:
**Joey Marrone
Dianna Lankford (seeking re-election)
2nd Vice Chair:
Mark Shaffer
Charlie Reece (seeking re-election)
Secretary/Treasurer:
Kelly Proctor Pierce (seeking re-election)
District Representative to the State Executive Committee:
** Melissa Koller
Barbara Tillman (seeking re-election)
The District Representative to the Appointee Recommendations Committee
Unknown
Representative to the State Committee (four open slots)
John Hendrick (seeking re-election)
unknown of others running
Minority Representative
Octavio Sanchez (seeking re-election)
**recommended candidate
