Join The 19th’s Amanda Becker on Friday, May 22, at 1 pm ET (Noon CT) for a live conversation with Ronna McDaniel, chair of the Republican National Committee since 2017 and the second woman to hold that post. McDaniel has been a prolific fundraiser at the RNC, with President Donald Trump and the RNC having more than $250 million on hand at the end of April. As the party's chair, McDaniel has pushed back against the idea that suburban, college-educated women are leaving the Republican Party, pointing to the record number of female House candidates the party has recruited this year.

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Ronna McDaniel (@GOPChairwoman) is the second woman ever elected as chair of the Republican National Committee. Prior to her tenure at the RNC, McDaniel served as chair of the Michigan Republican Party, where she helped deliver the state for President Donald J. Trump and the Republican Party for the first time since 1988. She began her career in politics as a grassroots activist, serving as precinct delegate, a district committee executive member, a state party committeewoman in Michigan, an RNC committeewoman and as a national delegate to the 2012 Republican National Convention representing Michigan’s 11th District. She served as a Trump delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention, where she chaired the Michigan delegation. McDaniel is the third of seven children, received her Bachelor of Arts in English from Brigham Young University, and is married to Patrick McDaniel. Together they have two children, Abigail and Nash.

Amanda Becker (@amandabecker) is The 19th’s Washington correspondent. Prior to joining The 19th, Amanda was a national political correspondent, a congressional correspondent and a labor correspondent for Reuters. Before that, she was at CQ Roll Call. She’s an Ohio native. As The 19th’s Washington correspondent, Becker covers Congress, the Capitol and all the players in that world. You can reach Amanda at abecker@19thnews.org.

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