The United States secretary of transportation is the head of the United States Department of Transportation. The secretary serves as the principal advisor to the president of the United States on all matters relating to transportation. The secretary is a statutory member of the Cabinet of the United States,and is fourteenth in the presidential line of succession.
Norman Yoshio Mineta was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party,Mineta served in the United States Cabinet for Presidents Bill Clinton,a Democrat,and George W. Bush,a Republican.
The Republican National Committee (RNC) is a U.S. political committee that is the governing body of the Republican Party of the United States. It is responsible for developing and promoting the Republican brand and political platform,as well as assisting in fundraising and election strategy. It is also responsible for organizing and running the Republican National Convention. When a Republican is president,the White House controls the committee. According to Boris Heersink,"political scientists have traditionally described the parties' national committees as inconsequential but impartial service providers."
Michael Stephen Steele is an American political commentator,attorney,and Republican Party politician. Steele served as the seventh lieutenant governor of Maryland from 2003 to 2007;he was the first African-American elected to statewide office in Maryland. As lieutenant governor,Steele chaired the Minority Business Enterprise task force,actively promoting an expansion of affirmative action in the corporate world. Steele also served as chairperson of the Republican National Committee (RNC) from January 2009 until January 2011;he was the first African-American to serve in that capacity.
The Michigan Republican Party is the state affiliate of the national Republican Party in Michigan,sometimes referred to as MIGOP. Ronald Weiser was elected chairman in 2021.
Ann Louise Wagner is an American politician and former diplomat serving as the U.S. representative for Missouri's 2nd congressional district. A member of the Republican Party,she was the United States ambassador to Luxembourg from 2005 to 2009.
Kelly D. Johnston is a former Secretary of the United States Senate. He served as the 28th Secretary of the Senate and was nominated by Bob Dole,who was Senate Majority Leader at the time. He was the first Secretary of the Senate from Oklahoma and the second youngest ever chosen.
The 2012 Republican National Convention was a gathering held by the U.S. Republican Party during which delegates officially nominated former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin for president and vice president,respectively,for the 2012 election. Prominent members of the party delivered speeches and discussed the convention theme,"A Better Future." The convention was held during the week of August 27,2012,in Tampa,Florida at the Tampa Bay Times Forum. The city,which expected demonstrations and possible vandalism,used a federal grant to bolster its police force in preparation. Due to the approach of Hurricane Isaac,convention officials changed the convention schedule on August 26,2012;the convention came to order on August 27,2012 and then immediately recessed until the following afternoon because of the risk of Isaac hitting Tampa.
Barack Obama assumed office as President of the United States on January 20,2009,and his term ended on January 20,2017. The president has the authority to nominate members of his Cabinet to the United States Senate for confirmation under the Appointments Clause of the United States Constitution.
The 2011 Republican National Committee (RNC) chairmanship election was held on January 14,2011,to determine the next chairman of the RNC,to serve a two-year term ending in 2013 and will lead the party through the 2012 general elections. After seven rounds of balloting,Reince Priebus was elected chairman over incumbent chair Michael Steele,Saul Anuzis,Ann Wagner and Maria Cino.
Reinhold Richard Priebus is an American lawyer and politician who served as White House Chief of Staff for President Donald Trump from January 20,2017,until July 31,2017. He also served as the chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC) from 2011 to 2017.
Alec L. Poitevint II is a Georgia businessman and longtime official of the U.S. Republican Party (GOP). In February 2011,he was named by GOP Chairman Reince Priebus to manage the 2012 Republican National Convention,to be held in Tampa beginning on August 27,2012. Poitevint replaces the team appointed by former RNC Chair Michael Steele,who Priebus fired immediately after his election as chairman in January 2011. Poitevint's official title of chairman of the Committee on Arrangements.
Mark Willis is an American businessman,politician,and former United States Army counterintelligence agent from Dennysville,Maine. Running as a Republican,he ran for Republican National Committee Chair in 2013,losing to Reince Priebus.
Karan Krishna Bhatia is an American attorney and former senior official in the Bush administration. He currently leads public policy and government relations for Google. He served as the deputy U.S. Trade Representative from 2005 to 2007,credited with leading the negotiation of the United States–Korea Free Trade Agreement. Additional appointments include Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Aviation and International Affairs where he served from 2003 to 2005 and deputy under secretary of commerce for industry and security from 2001 to 2003. He served a total of six years in the Bush Administration before returning to the private sector in 2008 to lead government affairs for General Electric.
Donald Trump assumed office as President of the United States on January 20,2017,and his term ended on January 20,2021. The president has the authority to nominate members of his Cabinet to the United States Senate for confirmation under the Appointments Clause of the United States Constitution.
Ronna McDaniel is an American politician and political strategist serving as chairwoman of the Republican National Committee (RNC) since 2017. A member of the Republican Party and the Romney family,she was chairwoman of the Michigan Republican Party from 2015 to 2017. Since McDaniel's election as chairwoman of the RNC,the Republican Party has had a net loss of seven governorships,three seats in the United States Senate,19 seats in the House of Representatives,and the presidency. In December 2022,Axios wrote that McDaniel "has thus far failed to preside over a single positive election cycle."
Katherine Marie Walsh is an American Republican political operative who served as White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Implementation in the Donald Trump administration. She also worked with the Trump-aligned 501(c)(4) advocacy organization America First Policies.
Raj Shah is an American political aide who served as the White House Deputy Press Secretary and Deputy Assistant to the President from 2017 to 2019. Prior to joining the Trump Administration,Shah was in charge of opposition research at the Republican National Committee. In July 2019,Fox Corporation announced he had joined the company as a senior vice president.
Stephen B. King is an American businessman and political activist who served as the United States Ambassador to the Czech Republic from 2017 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party,he is the founder of King Capital LLC,an equity investment and real estate company. He previously worked at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) as an agent and campaigned unsuccessfully in 1988 for his party's nomination for the U.S. Senate in Wisconsin. During the Nixon administration,while working for the Committee for the Re-Election of the President,King was involved in the kidnapping of Martha Mitchell,the wife of the then-Attorney General.
The 2016 Alaska Republican presidential caucuses took place on March 1,2016 as part of "Super Tuesday." Senator Cruz won the state's caucuses by less than 1,000 votes,despite Mr. Trump enjoying the support of former Governor and 2008 Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin,the 9th Governor of Alaska.
