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It’s Election Day at the Republican National Committee.
Incumbent RNC chairwoman Ronna McDaniel is favored to win a fourth term in Friday’s election but has faced contentious challenges as the party wrestles with its future in the shadow of former president and current presidential candidate Donald Trump.
California attorney Harmeet Dhillon, seeking McDaniel’s job, has racked up endorsements from prominent Republicans, including Florida governor and potential 2024 presidential candidate Ron DeSantis. Trump himself has stayed neutral in the race.
Meanwhile, more than 100 of the 168 actual GOP committee members have expressed support for McDaniel, more than enough to give her a victory and another two-year term.
The committee will hold its secret-ballot election during a general session on Friday, capping their three-day winter meeting at Dana Point, Calif.
Here’s what else is happening in politics:
President Joe Biden called for “peaceful protests” after five former Memphis police officers were charged Thursday in the Tyre Nichols case.
The California state bar seeks to revoke the law license of Donald Trump lawyer John Eastman.
House Democrats look to reverse the Hyde Amendment, a provision that bans federal funding for most abortions.
