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In accordance with party rules, first there must be a vote of no confidence. If that is agreed to, a second set of votes is required to select the eventual leader. To nominate, candidates must forward nomination to the Party Whip, or if the Whip is a nominee, then the Deputy Party Whip, by the vote of no confidence occurring. Thereafter, rounds of voting are held until the lowest placing candidates are defeated, and members revote until a leader is chosen with over half of caucus-wide support. | In accordance with party rules, first there must be a vote of no confidence. If that is agreed to, a second set of votes is required to select the eventual leader. To nominate, candidates must forward nomination to the Party Whip, or if the Whip is a nominee, then the Deputy Party Whip, by the vote of no confidence occurring. Thereafter, rounds of voting are held until the lowest placing candidates are defeated, and members revote until a leader is chosen with over half of caucus-wide support. | ||
==Candidates== | ==Candidates== | ||
=== | ===Nominees=== | ||
* Nikki Haley, MC for Columbia West, SC | * Nikki Haley, MC for Columbia West, SC | ||
* Rand Paul, MC for Arnow, KY | * Rand Paul, MC for Arnow, KY | ||
* Josh Hawley, MC for Missouri at-Large | * Josh Hawley, MC for Missouri at-Large | ||
* Charlie Dent, MC for Pennsylvania at-Large | * Charlie Dent, MC for Pennsylvania at-Large | ||
* | * Lisa Murkowski, MC for Fulton, AK | ||
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|File:Nikki Haley official photo.jpg|{{center|'''Nikki Haley'''<br/>MC for<br/>Columbia West, SC}} | |File:Nikki Haley official photo.jpg|{{center|'''Nikki Haley'''<br/>MC for<br/>Columbia West, SC}} | ||
|File:Rand Paul, official portrait, 112th Congress alternate.jpg|{{center|'''Rand Paul'''<br/>MC for<br/>Arnow, KY}} | |File:Rand Paul, official portrait, 112th Congress alternate.jpg|{{center|'''Rand Paul'''<br/>MC for<br/>Arnow, KY}} | ||
|File:Josh Hawley, official portrait, 116th congress.jpg|{{center|'''Josh Hawley'''<br/>MC for<br/>Missouri at-Large}} | |File:Josh Hawley, official portrait, 116th congress.jpg|{{center|'''Josh Hawley'''<br/>MC for<br/>Missouri at-Large}} | ||
|File:Charlie Dent official photo.jpg|{{center|'''Charlie Dent'''<br/>MC for<br/>Pennsylvania at-Large}} | |File:Charlie Dent official photo.jpg|{{center|'''Charlie Dent'''<br/>MC for<br/>Pennsylvania at-Large}} | ||
|File: | |File:Lisa Murkowski official photo.jpg|{{center|'''Lisa Murkowski'''<br/>MC for<br/>Fulton, AK}} | ||
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=== | ===Defeated=== | ||
* | * Asa Hutchinson, MC for Ameringer, AR ''(Ballot 1)'' | ||
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|File: | |File:Asa Hutchinson crop.jpg|{{center|'''Asa Hutchinson'''<br/>MC for<br/>Ameringer, AR}} | ||
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===Withdrew=== | |||
* Joni Ernst, MC for Ankeny, IA | |||
===Declined=== | ===Declined=== | ||
* Ron Paul, MC for Texas at-Large ''(Endorsed Rand Paul)'' | * Ron Paul, MC for Texas at-Large ''(Endorsed Rand Paul)'' | ||
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In accordance with party rules, the first balloting for a replacement occurs on December 7, 2021. | In accordance with party rules, the first balloting for a replacement occurs on December 7, 2021. | ||
===First Balloting=== | ===First Balloting=== | ||
Italics indicate the last-placing candidate after each ballot. A balloting refers to a day on which as many as three ballots are undertaken, the maximum allowable by the DRP Charter. | |||
{| class="wikitable". | |||
! colspan=4 | Democratic Republican leadership election 2021, Ballot 1 | |||
|- | |||
! colspan=2 | Candidate | |||
! Votes | |||
! % | |||
|- | |||
| style="background-color:#0087DC" | | |||
| style="text-align:right;" | Nikki Haley | |||
| style="text-align:right;" | 214 | |||
| style="text-align:right;" | 34.62 | |||
|- | |||
| style="background-color:#0087DC" | | |||
| style="text-align:right;" | Rand Paul | |||
| style="text-align:right;" | 118 | |||
| style="text-align:right;" |19.09 | |||
|- | |||
| style="background-color:#0087DC" | | |||
| style="text-align:right;" | Josh Hawley | |||
| style="text-align:right;" | 116 | |||
| style="text-align:right;" | 18.77 | |||
|- | |||
| style="background-color:#0087DC" | | |||
| style="text-align:right;" | Charlie Dent | |||
| style="text-align:right;" | 86 | |||
| style="text-align:right;" | 13.91 | |||
|- | |||
| style="background-color:#0087DC" | | |||
| style="text-align:right;" | Lisa Murkowski | |||
| style="text-align:right;" | 50 | |||
| style="text-align:right;" | 8.09 | |||
|- | |||
! colspan=4 | | |||
|- | |||
| style="background-color:#0087DC" | | |||
| style="text-align:right;" | ''Asa Hutchinson'' | |||
| style="text-align:right;" | ''34'' | |||
| style="text-align:right;" | ''5.50'' | |||
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The 2021 Democratic Republican Leadership election is an election to be held in December, 2021. Triggered by a myriad of concerns surrounding the ongoing leadership of incumbent DRP Leader, Mitt Romney, frontbench MC, Nikki Haley resigned on November 22, 2021. On November 28, she expressed her desire to place a motion of no confidence into the party room meeting scheduled for forty-eight hours after.
In accordance with party rules, first there must be a vote of no confidence. If that is agreed to, a second set of votes is required to select the eventual leader. To nominate, candidates must forward nomination to the Party Whip, or if the Whip is a nominee, then the Deputy Party Whip, by the vote of no confidence occurring. Thereafter, rounds of voting are held until the lowest placing candidates are defeated, and members revote until a leader is chosen with over half of caucus-wide support.
Candidates
Nominees
- Nikki Haley, MC for Columbia West, SC
- Rand Paul, MC for Arnow, KY
- Josh Hawley, MC for Missouri at-Large
- Charlie Dent, MC for Pennsylvania at-Large
- Lisa Murkowski, MC for Fulton, AK
Nikki Haley
MC for
Columbia West, SC
Rand Paul
MC for
Arnow, KY
Josh Hawley
MC for
Missouri at-Large
Charlie Dent
MC for
Pennsylvania at-Large
Lisa Murkowski
MC for
Fulton, AK
Defeated
- Asa Hutchinson, MC for Ameringer, AR (Ballot 1)
Asa Hutchinson
MC for
Ameringer, AR
Withdrew
- Joni Ernst, MC for Ankeny, IA
Declined
- Ron Paul, MC for Texas at-Large (Endorsed Rand Paul)
- Susan Collins, MC for Maine at-Large (Endorsed Lisa Murkowski)
- Elizabeth Cheney, MC for Knapp, WY (Endorsed Nikki Haley)
- John Boehner, MC for Butler, OH (Endorsed Nikki Haley)
- Nicole Malliotakis, MC for Staten Island, NY (Endorsed Nikki Haley)
- Marco Rubio, MC for Miami West, FL (Endorsed Nikki Haley)
- Kevin Stitt, MC for Elmer, OK (Endorsed Rand Paul)
- Mike Garcia, MC for Santa Clarita, CA (Endorsed Rand Paul)
- Adam Kinzinger, MC for Sabath, IL (Endorsed Nikki Haley)
- Pat Toomey, MC for McKenna, PA (Endorsed Charlie Dent)
Order of votes
On December 1, 2021, Mitt Romney was removed as Opposition Leader by a 378-240 vote.
In accordance with party rules, the first balloting for a replacement occurs on December 7, 2021.
First Balloting
Italics indicate the last-placing candidate after each ballot. A balloting refers to a day on which as many as three ballots are undertaken, the maximum allowable by the DRP Charter.
| Democratic Republican leadership election 2021, Ballot 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Nikki Haley | 214 | 34.62 | |
| Rand Paul | 118 | 19.09 | |
| Josh Hawley | 116 | 18.77 | |
| Charlie Dent | 86 | 13.91 | |
| Lisa Murkowski | 50 | 8.09 | |
| Asa Hutchinson | 34 | 5.50 | |