Ronna McDaniel on glide path to victory for some reason

Ronna McDaniel is set to glide to a fourth term as chair of the Republican National Committee next month — an unprecedented vote of confidence for a leader who has thus far failed to preside over a single positive election cycle.

Why it matters: With a civil war engulfing the GOP ahead of the 2024 presidential election, the RNC’s membership is doubling down on a Trump-allied chair with serious fundraising prowess — but a dismal record when it comes to winning.

The big picture: Since McDaniel’s election in 2017, the party has suffered through a Democratic landslide in 2018, former President Trump’s defeat and a Democratic Senate takeover in 2020, and a “red wave” that failed to materialize in 2022.

The Texas GOP’s executive committee voted unanimously this weekend to call for McDaniel to be replaced as RNC chair but did not endorse a challenger.
“If she were an SEC football coach, she would have been out a long time ago,” conservative commentator Erick Erickson told Axios.