National Republican Senatorial Committee

The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) is a political committee established by Republican members of the United States Senate supposedly to help Republican candidates develop the campaign resources they need to gain seats in the United States Senate. The current chairman is Texas Senator John Cornyn.

While the NRSC raises money by claiming to support the election of Republican Senate candidates, in fact RINOs control how the money is spent and in 2012 they announced NRSC would withhold funds from the election of pro-life Todd Akin of Missouri.

Most of the recent leadership of the NRSC has been by Republicans unable or unwilling to win reelection themselves.

## History[edit]

The committee was established in 1916, in response to the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment to the constitution which provided for the direct election of Senators. The committee was reorganized and renamed to its current name in 1948.

## Chairmen[edit]

Years  |  Name  |  State

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2009–Present  | John Cornyn | Texas
2007-2008  | John Ensign | Nevada
2005-2006  | Elizabeth Dole | North Carolina
2003-2004  | George Allen | Virginia
2001-2002  | Bill Frist | Tennessee
1997-2000  | Donald Nickles | Oklahoma
1987-1988  | Rudolph Boschwitz | Minnesota
1985-1986  | Henry Heinz | Pennsylvania
1983-1984  | Richard Lugar | Indiana
1981-1982  | Robert Packwood | Oregon
1971-1972  | Peter Dominick | Colorado
1973-1974  | William Brock | Tennessee
1975-1976  | Theodore Stevens | Alaska
1977-1978  | Robert Packwood | Oregon
1979-1980  | Henry Hienz | Pennsylvania
1969-1970  | John Tower | Texas
1961-1962  | Barry Goldwater | Arizona
1967-1968  | George Murphy | California
1963-1966  | Thurston Morton | Kentucky
1959-1960  | Andrew Schoeppel | Kansas
1957-1958  | Everett Dirken | Illinois
1951-1952  | Ralph Brewster | Main
1955-1956  | Barry Goldwater | Arizona
1953-1954  | Everett Dirksen | Illinois
1949-1950  | Styles Bridges | New Hampshire

## External links[edit]

* National Republican Senatorial Committee

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Republican Establishment

Groups|

National Republican Senatorial Committee • National Republican Congressional Committee • Republican Main Street Partnership • Tuesday Group

Political Agenda|

Neoconservatism • Globalism • Centrism • Big government • Spending bills • Cronyism • Crony capitalism

People|

John Barrasso • Roy Blunt • Susan Brooks • Liz Cheney • Tom Emmer • Jaime Herrera Beutler • John Katko • Kevin McCarthy • Mitch McConnell • Paul Mitchell • Tom Rice • Marco Rubio • Paul Ryan • Ben Sasse • Rick Scott • Steve Stivers • John Thune • Fred Upton • David Valadao • Todd Young

Historical Figures|

Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller • Wendell Willkie • Alfred M. Landon • Prescott Bush • Thomas E. Dewey • George Romney • Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. • Hiram Fong • Jacob Javits • Thomas Kuchel • Joseph W. Martin, Jr. • John McCain • Winthrop Rockefeller

Backers|

Lamar Alexander • Richard Burr • Shelley Moore Capito • Bill Cassidy • Susan Collins • John Cornyn • Brian Fitzpatrick • Lindsey Graham • Will Hurd • James Lankford • Adam Kinzinger • Peter Meijer • Lisa Murkowski • Dan Newhouse • Mitt Romney • Pat Toomey • Thom Tillis • Roger Wicker • Don Young

Allies|

Senate Leadership Fund • Congressional Leadership Fund • Koch brothers • Big Pharma • RINOs • RINO Backers

Historical opponents|

Calvin Coolidge • Robert Taft • John W. Bricker • Barry Goldwater • Everett Dirksen • Ronald Reagan

Conservative opponents|

Todd Akin • Michele Bachmann • Ben Carson • Doug Collins • Steve King • Roy Moore • Richard Mourdock • Donald Trump • Rand Paul • Allen West