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“MAGA McClain” makes her move

Rep. Lisa McClain (R., Mich.), the House GOP’s current Secretary, is gunning for a promotion this week: she announced that she is running to be the party’s conference chair — a position that will be vacated with Rep. Elise Stefanik (R., N.Y.) ascending to be ambassador of the United Nations. 

A top House Republican staffer described McClain as “MAGA McClain”to the Washington Reporter; she had a busy 2024 campaign schedule, which her team shared with the Reporter that went well beyond her home state of Michigan, which flipped back to President Donald Trump in last week’s elections.

The Michigan Republican donated over $1 million directly to the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), as well as to dozens of House Republican incumbents and challengers across the country, including to returning Reps. Ken Calvert (R., Calif.), Tom Cole (R., Okla.), Mike Ezell (R., Miss.).

In addition to routing massive sums to Republican candidates, McClain also built her own small dollar fundraising program that has thousands of recurring donors, her team noted. 

McClain and her team fanned out across the country, visiting 12 states for candidates in 21 districts, including for her returning colleagues including Rep. Don Bacon (R., Neb.), Tom Kean (R., N.J.), John James (R., Mich.),  Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R., Iowa), and incoming Reps. Tom Barrett, Brian Jack, Jeff Hurd, and Gabe Evans.

McClain also sent her staff to campaign in-district for Reps. Ryan Zinke (R., Mont.) and Mike Lawler (R., N.Y.) as well as for incoming Reps. Barrett and Rob Bresnahan, among other races, her team told the Reporter. 

Washington Reporter

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