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RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel confirms she is stepping down

Critics have grown increasingly frustrated over the party’s lackluster fundraising and its preparations for the general election

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Updated February 26, 2024 at 8:25 a.m. EST|Published February 26, 2024 at 5:48 a.m. EST
Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif., last year. (Melina Mara/The Washington Post)
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The longtime leader of the Republican National Committee confirmed Monday that she is leaving her post before the 2024 election, as the party faces a cash crunch and people close to former president Donald Trump attempt to wrest control of the organization.

Ronna McDaniel, who was elected as chair in 2017 after running Trump’s successful 2016 campaign in Michigan, will step down on March 8, she said in a statement.