Lara Trump, the newly elected RNC co-chair, holds up a donation check during the general session of the organization's spring meeting on Friday, March 8, 2024, in Houston. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke)
Michael Whatley, a North Carolina Republican, was elected the party’s new national chairman in a vote Friday morning in Houston.
Lara Trump, who is married to the former president's son Eric Trump, was voted in as co-chair.
"The RNC is going to be the vanguard of a movement that will work tirelessly every single day to elect our nominee, Donald J. Trump, as the 47th president of the United States," Whatley told RNC members in a speech after being elected.
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Ronna McDaniel gives her last speech as RNC chairwoman during the spring meeting on Friday, March 8, 2024, in Houston. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke)
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She also told the party that it needs to engage independent and swing voters, warning: "We don’t win if we only talk to each other."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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