June 26, 2013 

Republican Committees Launch "Women on the Right UNITE" on Friday

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Leadership and elected officials from six of Washington's Republican committees will hold a press conference Friday, June 28th, at 12:00 pm EST to launch "Women on the Right UNITE": a joint project to promote the recruitment of and support for Republican women and women candidates. Each committee will announce new initiatives designed to advance the role of women within our party.

Participating committees include: Republican National Committee, Republican Governors Association, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican State Leadership Committee, and College Republican National Committee.

The press conference will immediately follow a strategy session at the RNC with all six committees and elected officials to discuss how to better engage and support Republican women.

WHAT:
Press Conference to launch “Women on the Right UNITE”

WHEN:
Friday, June 28th, at 12:00 pm EST

WHERE:
Republican National Committee
310 First Street SE
Washington, DC 20003

WHO:
RNC Chairman Reince Priebus
RNC Co-Chair Sharon Day
West Virginia Senate Candidate Rep. Shelley Moore Capito (WV-2)
NRCC Chairman Greg Walden (OR-2)
Representative Diane Black (TN-6)
Representative Marsha Blackburn (TN-7)
Representative Susan Brooks (IN-5)
Representative Renee Ellmers (NC-2)
Representative Lynn Jenkins (KS-2)
Representative Cynthia Lummis (WY At-Large)
Representative Ann Wagner (MO-2)
Representative Jackie Walorski (IN-2)
RSLC Chairman Ed Gillespie
RSLC President Chris Jankowski
Hawaii State Representative Beth Fukumoto
New Hampshire State Representative Marilinda Garcia
Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor Rebecca Kleefisch
Washington Secretary of State Kim Wyman
CRNC Chairman Alex Smith
CRNC National Secretary Katie Thompson
CRNC DC State Chair Maggie Cleary
 
RSVP: Ellie Wallace or Johanna Persing.


GOP Surrogate Availability for "Women on the Right UNITE" Friday Launch

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This Friday, six Republican committees will come together to launch “Women on the Right UNITE” – a joint project to promote the recruitment of and support for Republican women and women candidates – at a press conference in Washington. The committees include the Republican National Committee, Republican Governors Association, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican State Leadership Committee, and College Republican National Committee. Each committee will announce substantive plans to promote the role of women within the party and encourage more women to get involved and run for office.

The following committee leaders and elected officials are available Friday and next week to speak about “Women on the Right UNITE.”
 
GOP Surrogates:
  • Lizbeth Benacquisto, Florida Senate Majority Leader
  • Marsha Blackburn, U.S. Representative (TN-7)
  • Pam Bondi, Florida Attorney General
  • Susan Brooks, U.S. Representative (IN-5)
  • Maggie Cleary, CRNC DC State Chair
  • Barbara Comstock, Virginia Delegate
  • Connie Conway, California Assembly Republican Leader
  • Sharon Day, RNC Co-Chair
  • Renee Ellmers, U.S. Representative (NC-2)
  • Beth Fukumoto, Hawaii State Representative
  • Marilinda Garcia, New Hampshire State Representative
  • Cathy Gillespie, Chair of Constituting America
  • Ed Gillespie, RSLC Chairman
  • Beth Harwell, Tennessee Speaker of the House
  • Chris Jankowski, RSLC President
  • Lynn Jenkins, U.S. Representative (KS-2)
  • Rebecca Kleefisch, Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor
  • Becky Lockhart, Utah Speaker of the House
  • Cynthia Lummis, U.S. Representative (WY At-Large)
  • Carole Murray, Colorado State Representative
  • Reince Priebus, RNC Chairman
  • Kim Reynolds, Iowa Lieutenant Governor
  • Alex Smith, CRNC Chairman
  • Katie Thompson, CRNC National Secretary
  • Sher Valenzuela, Delaware Business Owner
  • Ann Wagner, U.S. Representative (MO-2)
  • Greg Walden, NRCC Chairman (OR-2)
  • Jackie Walorski, U.S. Representative (IN-2)
  • Kim Wyman, Washington Secretary of State
  • Monica Youngblood, New Mexico State Representative