The insular GOP fight will take place in Dana Point this week as the party tries to regroup after three disappointing elections.
Mounting frustration over GOP electoral losses has incited a contentious leadership battle that pits a prominent California Republican against the party’s national leader.
A surprise victory by Dhillon also would breathe life into a moribund California Republican Party that in recent decades has dwindled into political irrelevance, and would follow closely behind Bakersfield Republican Kevin McCarthy’s narrow victory to become speaker of the House. The ascension of California Republicans to the pinnacle of the national political universe would go a long way toward salving the sting of the party’s failure to win any statewide election since 2006.
“There are a lot of changes that need to be made for us to be in fighting shape to win in ’24,” Dhillon said. “I’m tired of Republicans losing elections.” “Harmeet’s tough, she has not been afraid of challenging incumbents,” said Ron Nehring, a former state party chair. “She’s very action-oriented and it has worked to her benefit.”, at which point she joined her husband, Sarvjit Randhawa, as a Trump delegate and vocal supporter of the developer turned reality-television star.
Trump chose McDaniel to be RNC chair after he was elected in 2016 and endorsed her for reelection twice. But he has publicly stayed neutral in the contest between McDaniel and Dhillon. The attacks on Dhillon’s faith echo those lobbed against her when she successfully ran for vice chair of the California Republican Party in 2013 — the convention hall was strewn with fliers that called Dhillon a “Taj Mahal princess,” and rivals whispered that she wouldMcDaniel, whose representatives did not respond to requests for comment, has denounced the slurs. She noted that she is Mormon, also a faith that has long been attacked.
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