2021 Democratic Republican leadership election

2021 Democratic-Republican Party leadership election

December 1, 2021

Candidate No Confidence Mitt Romney Votes 378 240 Percentage 61.16% 38.84

Incumbent Leader Mitt Romney

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

Nominated

• Nikki Haley, MC for Columbia West, SC
• Lisa Murkowski, MC for Fulton, AK
• Rand Paul, MC for Arnow, KY
• Josh Hawley, MC for Missouri at-Large
• Charlie Dent, MC for Pennsylvania at-Large
• Asa Hutchinson, MC for Ameringer, AR

• 

  Nikki Haley
  MC for
  Columbia West, SC
• 

  Lisa Murkowski
  MC for
  Fulton, AK
• 

  Rand Paul
  MC for
  Arnow, KY
• 

  Josh Hawley
  MC for
  Missouri at-Large
• 

  Charlie Dent
  MC for
  Pennsylvania at-Large
• 

  Asa Hutchinson
  MC for
  Ameringer, AR

Withdrew

• Joni Ernst, MC for Ankeny, IA

• 

  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.