Republican Leadership Council

The Republic Leadership Council (RLC-PAC) is a political action committee with a mission of "supporting fiscally conservative, socially inclusive Republican candidates at all levels of government." It advocates for "fiscal responsibility and personal freedom," and allows "diverse opinions on social issues."

Controversy
In an article about election day "phone jamming" in New Hampshire and New Jersey, Josh Marshall noted that Allen Raymond, the president of the phone banking company GOP Marketplace, may have been involved in both cases. At the time, Raymond was the Executive Director of RLC-PAC.

"The RLC is made up of a bunch of high-profile Republicans who you would normally never expect to see connected with such low-rent election dirty tricks," wrote Marshall. "And the RLC, it turns out, hired GOP Marketplace to place calls for them too. The day before the election, the RLC paid GOP Marketplace $28,983.62 for 'phone bank' work."

Personnel
From their website:

Co-chairs

 * John Danforth
 * Michael Steele
 * Christine Todd Whitman

Board of directors

 * Trammell S. Crow - Texas
 * David Eisenhower - Pennsylvania
 * Julie Nixon Eisenhower - Pennsylvania
 * Michael Huffington - California
 * Nancy Johnson - Connecticut
 * David Lack - California
 * James B. Nicholson - Michigan
 * Tom Ridge - Pennsylvania
 * Joe Schwarz - Michigan
 * Rob Simmons - Connecticut
 * Candace Straight - New Jersey
 * Jane Swift - Massachusetts

Organizational partners
From their website:
 * Alliance of Black Republicans
 * GreenGOP.org
 * Log Cabin Republicans
 * Main Street Coalition
 * National Republican Senatorial Committee
 * New America Foundation
 * Piscataway Republican Organization
 * Planned Parenthood Republicans for Choice
 * Overseas Vote Foundation
 * Republicans for Choice
 * Republican Governors Association
 * Republicans for Environmental Protection
 * Republican Majority for Choice
 * The Whitman Series
 * The WISH List

Campaign contributions

 * Republican Leadership Council Top Contributors, 2004 Cycle, Open Secrets.

Contact information
Website: http://www.republican-leadership.com

Washington, DC office
Republican Leadership Council Union Station Ten G Street NE, Suite 710 Washington, DC 20002

Phone: 202-248-5010 Fax: 202-248-5099

New Jersey office
Republican Leadership Council P.O. Box 427 Oldwick, NJ 08858

Related SourceWatch articles

 * Christine Todd Whitman
 * GOP Marketplace
 * soft money

External articles

 * Penny Starr, "Q&A with Michael Steele, Candidate for RNC Chairman," CNSNews.com, December 16, 2008.