Republican Governance Group | |
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Chair | David Valadao |
Founded | 1995 |
Preceded by | Wednesday Group (1961–2001) [1] Tuesday Lunch Bunch (1995–1997) [2] Tuesday Group (1997–2020) |
Ideology | |
Political position | Center-right [4] to right-wing [5] Historical: Center [6] to center-right [6] |
National affiliation | Republican Party |
Seats in House Republican Conference | 46 / 219 [a] |
Seats in the House | 46 / 435 [a] |
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The Republican Governance Group, originally the Tuesday Lunch Bunch and then the Tuesday Group until 2020, is a group of moderate Republicans in the United States House of Representatives. [7] It was founded in 1994 in the wake of the Republican takeover of the House; the Republican House caucus came to be dominated by conservatives. [8] It has historically been considered a center [6] [4] [9] to center-right congressional caucus, with its members primarily from competitive House districts. [8] [10] However, it has shifted further to the right in recent years under Trumpism. In January 2025, member Carlos A. Giménez stated "Our goals are the same as President Trump’s goals." [11]
In 2007, the Tuesday Group founded its own political action committee. [12] The name of the PAC was "Tuesday Group Political Action Committee" but has since changed to "Republican Governance Group/Tuesday Group Political Action Committee". It is based in Tampa, Florida. [13]
Another major group of Republican moderates in Congress is the Republican Main Street Caucus, which existed briefly from 2017 to 2019 and was re-formed in 2021. [14]
Members of its predecessor, the Wednesday Group, first founded in the House between 1961 and 1963 and then in the Senate around 1969. [15] [16] [17]
The caucus and its predecessors have never published membership lists, unlike the associated PAC, which openly presents its roster of congressional members. Most (but not all) are from competitive House districts.
Start | End | Co-Chair | Co-Chair | Co-Chair | Ref(s) |
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1995 | 2005 | Mike Castle (DE) | Nancy Johnson (CT) | Fred Upton (MI) | [42] [8] [43] [44] |
2005 | 2007 | Charlie Bass (NH) | – | [8] | |
2007 | 2010 | [8] [45] | |||
2010 | 2011 | [46] | |||
2011 | 2013 | – | |||
2013 | 2015 | Adam Kinzinger (IL) | Erik Paulsen (MN) | [47] | |
2015 | 2017 | Bob Dold (IL) | [7] | ||
2017 | 2019 | Elise Stefanik (NY) | [48] [49] | ||
[50] | |||||
2019 | 2021 | Susan Brooks (IN) | Fred Upton (MI) | [51] | |
2021 | 2022 | – | – | [52] | |
2022 | 2025 | [53] | |||
2025 | present | David Valadao (CA) | [54] |
Rep. Mike Castle (R-Del.), a longtime member and former co-chairman of the Tuesday Group, said lawmakers launched the PAC to help vulnerable centrists as well as liberal-leaning Republicans running for open congressional seats.