National Republican Senatorial Committee

The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) is the Republican Hill committee for the United States Senate, working to elect Republicans to that body. The NRSC was founded in 1916 as the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee. It was reorganized in 1948, and renamed the National Republican Senatorial Committee.

The NRSC helps elect Republican incumbents and challengers primarily through fundraising. Other services include campaign activities using media and communications, as well as research and strategy planning. Prior to the rise of the Tea Party, the NRSC seldom was involved in choosing sides between Republican candidates in primaries. In the 2014 Mississippi Senate primary runoff between incumbent Thad Cochran and challenger Chris McDaniel, for example, the NRSC helped Cochran defeat McDaniel.

List of Chairmen

Name	State	Term of Service
Styles Bridges	NH	1949–1951
Ralph Owen Brewster	ME	1951–1953
Everett Dirksen	IL	1953–1955
Barry Goldwater	AZ	1955–1957
Everett M. Dirksen	IL	1957–1959
Andrew Frank Schoeppel	KS	1959–1961
Barry Goldwater	AZ	1961–1963
Thruston Ballard Morton	KY	1963–1967
George Murphy	CA	1967–1969
John Tower	TX	1969–1971
Peter H. Dominick	CO	1971–1973
Bill Brock	TN	1973–1975
Ted Stevens	AK	1975–1977
Bob Packwood	OR	1977–1979
H. John Heinz III	PA	1979–1981
Bob Packwood	OR	1981–1983
Richard Lugar	IN	1983–1985
H. John Heinz III	PA	1985–1987
Rudy Boschwitz	MN	1987–1989
Don Nickles	OK	1989–1991
Phil Gramm	TX	1991–1995
Al D'Amato	NY	1995–1997
Mitch McConnell	KY	1997–2001
Bill Frist	TN	2001–2003
George Allen	VA	2003–2005
Elizabeth Dole	NC	2005–2007
John Ensign	NV	2007–2009
John Cornyn	TX	2009–2013
Jerry Moran	KS	2013–present

See also

• National Republican Congressional Committee
• Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
• Green Senatorial Campaign Committee

External links

• Official website