The Republican Main Street Partnership (RMSP) is a group of moderate

Moderate

In politics and religion, a moderate is an individual who is not extreme, partisan or radical. In recent years, political moderates has gained traction as a buzzword....

 members of the United States Republican Party

Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

. They tend away from the dominant social conservatism

Social conservatism

Social Conservatism is primarily a political, and usually morally influenced, ideology that focuses on the preservation of what are seen as traditional values. Social conservatism is a form of authoritarianism often associated with the position that the federal government should have a greater role...

 of many Republicans and towards a moderate fiscal conservatism

Fiscal conservatism

Fiscal conservatism is a political term used to describe a fiscal policy that advocates avoiding deficit spending. Fiscal conservatives often consider reduction of overall government spending and national debt as well as ensuring balanced budget of paramount importance...

 and limited government

Limited government

Limited government is a government which anything more than minimal governmental intervention in personal liberties and the economy is generally disallowed by law, usually in a written constitution. It is written in the United States Constitution in Article 1, Section 8...

 to a degree. The group is the rough equivalent of the Blue Dog Democrats.

History

The Republican Main Street Partnership was formed following the 1994 House elections, in which conservative Republicans were swept into power. An informal discussion group formed by Representatives Nancy Johnson, Steve Gunderson

Steve Gunderson

Steven Craig "Steve" Gunderson is the President and CEO of the Council on Foundations and a former Republican congressman from Wisconsin.-Early years:Gunderson grew up near Whitehall, Wisconsin...

, and Fred Upton

Fred Upton

Frederick Stephen Upton is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1987. He is a member of the Republican Party and Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce. The district, based in Kalamazoo, stretches along the Michigan-Indiana border in the southwestern part of the state.-Early life,...

 later became somewhat of an organized bloc intent on representing the moderate wing of the Republican Party. The partnership is currently composed of moderates such as Susan Collins

Susan Collins

Susan Margaret Collins is the junior United States Senator from Maine and a member of the Republican Party. First elected to the Senate in 1996, she is the ranking member of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs...

 and Olympia Snowe

Olympia Snowe

Olympia Jean Snowe , née Bouchles, is the senior United States Senator from Maine and a member of the Republican Party. Snowe has become widely known for her ability to influence the outcome of close votes, including whether to end filibusters. She and her fellow Senator from Maine, Susan Collins,...

; some members would fit most of the criteria of a conservative, such as Thad McCotter

Thad McCotter

Thaddeus George "Thad" McCotter is the U.S. Representative to , serving since 2003. He is a member of the Republican Party...

 and Brian Bilbray

Brian Bilbray

Brian Phillip Bilbray is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2006, and previously for the 49th district from 1995 to 2001. He is a member of the Republican Party. Bilbray is Chairman of the House Immigration Reform Caucus and a member of the influential...

. Members of the group are often labeled as RINO

Rino

Rino may refer to:* Republican In Name Only, a pejorative term for a person believed to not be a true Republican* Rino, a singer-songwriter that performs under CooRie* Rino Romano , Canadian voice actor...

s by conservatives and are often challenged in Republican primaries by the Club for Growth

Club for Growth

The Club for Growth is a politically conservative 527 organization active in the United States of America, with an agenda focussed on taxation and other economic issues, and with an affiliated political action committee . The Club advocates lower taxes, limited government, less government spending,...

.

The Republican Main Street Partnership has allied with other moderate Republican groups, including Christine Todd Whitman's

Christine Todd Whitman

Christine Todd "Christie" Whitman is an American Republican politician and author who served as the 50th Governor of New Jersey from 1994 to 2001, and was the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency in the administration of President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2003. She was New...

 It's My Party Too, Ann Stone's

Roger Stone

Roger J. Stone, Jr. is an American political consultant and lobbyist who specializes in opposition research for the Republican National Committee in the United States....

 Republicans for Choice

Republicans for Choice

Republicans for Choice, an organization based in the Washington, D.C. area is a political action committee composed of members of the United States Republican Party who support legalized abortion.-History of Republicans for Choice:Republicans for Choice was founded in 1989 by Ann Stone...

, the Log Cabin Republicans

Log Cabin Republicans

The Log Cabin Republicans is an organization that works within the Republican Party to advocate equal rights for all Americans, including gays and lesbians in the United States with state chapters and a national office in Washington, D.C...

, the Republican Majority For Choice

Republican Majority for Choice

The Republican Majority for Choice is a Republican organization in the United States dedicated to preserving legal access to abortion. The group also supports federal funding for all kinds of stem cell research, including Embryonic stem cell research.....

, The Wish List

The Wish List (political organization)

The Wish List is a political action committee devoted to electing pro-choice Republican women to the House of Representatives and Senate. The Wish List was founded in 1992. The acronym "WISH" stands for Women In the Senate and House. It can be considered a counterpart to another organization:...

, Republicans for Environmental Protection, and the Kansas Traditional Republican Majority

Kansas Traditional Republican Majority

The Kansas Traditional Republican Majority is a political action committee founded in 2005 that supports center-right economics and moderate social policies. It is connected to the Republican Main Street Partnership...

.

In May 2005, the Republican Main Street Partnership helped pass the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act

Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act

Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act was the name of two similar bills that both passed through the United States House of Representatives and Senate, but were both vetoed by President George W. Bush and were not enacted into law...

 in the House Of Representatives; 50 Republicans voted in support of the bill, which passed 238-194.

Board of directors

• Tom Davis
  Thomas M. Davis
  Thomas Milburn "Tom" Davis III was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Virginia's 11th congressional district in Northern Virginia. Davis was considering a run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by five-term incumbent and fellow Republican John...
  
   - President and CEO, former Representative from Virginia
• Amo Houghton
  Amo Houghton
  Amory "Amo" Houghton Jr. is a politician from the state of New York, a retired member of the House of Representatives, and member of one of upstate New York's most prominent families in business, the Houghton family.-Early life:...
  
   - chairman and founder, former Representative from New York
• John Danforth
  John Danforth
  John Claggett "Jack" Danforth is a former United States Ambassador to the United Nations and former Republican United States Senator from Missouri. He is an ordained Episcopal priest. Danforth is married to Sally D. Danforth and has five adult children.-Education and early career:Danforth was born...
  
   - former Senator from Missouri, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
• Warren Rudman
  Warren Rudman
  Warren Bruce Rudman is an American attorney and Republican politician who served as United States Senator from New Hampshire between 1980 and 1993...
  
   - former Senator from New Hampshire
• Sherwood Boehlert
  Sherwood Boehlert
  Sherwood "Sherry" Louis Boehlert is a retired American politician from New York. He represented upstate New York in the United States House of Representatives from 1983 until 2007. Boehlert, a Republican, was considered to be a member of the party's moderate wing. In 2003, Utica Union Station was...
  
   - former Representative from New York
• Nancy Johnson - former Representative from Connecticut
• Doug Ose
  Doug Ose
  Douglas Arlo "Doug" Ose is a former California congressman who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1999 to 2005, representing California's 3rd Congressional District...
  
   - former Representative from California
• David Thomas - Executive Director

Senators

• Susan Collins
  Susan Collins
  Susan Margaret Collins is the junior United States Senator from Maine and a member of the Republican Party. First elected to the Senate in 1996, she is the ranking member of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs...
  
  , Maine
• Mark Kirk
  Mark Kirk
  Mark Steven Kirk is the junior United States Senator from Illinois and a member of the Republican Party. Previously, Kirk was a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Illinois's 10th congressional district....
  
  , Illinois
• John McCain
  John McCain
  John Sidney McCain III is the senior United States Senator from Arizona. He was the Republican nominee for president in the 2008 United States election....
  
  , Arizona
• Olympia Snowe
  Olympia Snowe
  Olympia Jean Snowe , née Bouchles, is the senior United States Senator from Maine and a member of the Republican Party. Snowe has become widely known for her ability to influence the outcome of close votes, including whether to end filibusters. She and her fellow Senator from Maine, Susan Collins,...
  
  , Maine

Representatives

• Steve Austria
  Steve Austria
  Stephen Clement "Steve" Austria is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2009. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district stretches from Springfield to the southern suburbs of Columbus....
  
   (OH-7)
• Roscoe Bartlett
  Roscoe Bartlett
  Roscoe Gardner Bartlett, Ph.D. is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1993. He is a member of the Republican Party, and a member of the Tea Party Caucus...
  
   (MD-6)
• Charles Bass (NH-2)
• Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA-3)
• Judy Biggert
  Judy Biggert
  Judith Borg "Judy" Biggert is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1999. She is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life, education and career:...
  
   (IL-13)
• Brian Bilbray
  Brian Bilbray
  Brian Phillip Bilbray is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2006, and previously for the 49th district from 1995 to 2001. He is a member of the Republican Party. Bilbray is Chairman of the House Immigration Reform Caucus and a member of the influential...
  
   (CA-50)
• Mary Bono Mack (CA-45)
• Ken Calvert
  Ken Calvert
  Kenneth Stanton "Ken" Calvert is the U.S. Representative for , and previously the 43rd, serving since 1993. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district is part of the Inland Empire and south Orange County areas of Southern California.-Early life, education and career:Calvert was born in...
  
   (CA-44)
• Dave Camp
  David Lee Camp
  David Lee "Dave" Camp is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1991. He is a member of the Republican Party and the current Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means.-Early life, education and career:...
  
   (MI-4)
• Shelley Moore Capito
  Shelley Moore Capito
  Shelley Moore Capito is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2001. She is a member of the Republican Party...
  
   (WV-2)
• Charlie Dent
  Charlie Dent
  Charles "Charlie" Dent is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2005. He is a member of the Republican Party.The district includes all of Northampton County, most of Lehigh County, and small parts of Berks and Montgomery Counties....
  
   (PA-15)
• Mario Diaz-Balart
  Mario Diaz-Balart
  Mario Rafael Diaz-Balart Caballero is the current U.S. Representative for , serving since 2011. A member of the Republican Party, he was elected in 2010 to succeed his brother, Lincoln Diaz-Balart. The district includes the city of Hialeah, along with several of Miami's southwestern suburbs...
  
   (FL-21)
• Robert Dold (IL-10)
• David Dreier
  David Dreier
  David Timothy Dreier is the U.S. Representative for , serving in Congress since 1981. He is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life, education, and business career:...
  
   (CA-26)
• Jo Ann Emerson
  Jo Ann Emerson
  Jo Ann Emerson is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1996. The district consists of Southeast and South Central Missouri and includes the Bootheel, the Lead Belt and the Ozarks. Emerson is a member of the Republican Party....
  
   (MO-8)
• Mike Fitzpatrick
  Mike Fitzpatrick
  Michael G. "Mike" Fitzpatrick is the U.S. Representative for . He is a member of the Republican Party. He was reelected to Congress in 2010, and previously represented the district from 2005 to 2007, but lost to Patrick Murphy in 2006....
  
   (PA-8)
• Jeff Fortenberry
  Jeff Fortenberry
  Jeffrey Lane "Jeff" Fortenberry, born December 27, 1960) is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2005. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district is based in Lincoln and includes most of the eastern third of the state outside the immediate Omaha area.-Early life, education and...
  
   (NE-1)
• Rodney Frelinghuysen
  Rodney Frelinghuysen
  Rodney P. Frelinghuysen is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1995. He is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life, education and career:...
  
   (NJ-11)
• Jim Gerlach
  Jim Gerlach
  James "Jim" Gerlach is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2003. He is a member of the Republican Party.- Early life, education and career :...
  
   (PA-6)
• Chris Gibson (NY-20)
• Michael Grimm
  Michael Grimm (politician)
  Michael Gerard Grimm is the U.S. Representative for , which consists of Staten Island and parts of Brooklyn. He is a member of the Republican Party. He is a former FBI agent, businessman, and U.S. Marine, having served in the Gulf War....
  
   (NY-13)
• Richard Hanna
  Richard L. Hanna
  Richard L. Hanna is the U.S. Representative for . He is a member of the Republican Party.- Early life, education, and business career :...
  
   (NY-24)
• Nan Hayworth
  Nan Hayworth
  Nan Alison Sutter Hayworth is the U.S. Representative for . She is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life, education, and nursing career:...
  
   (NY-19)
• Lynn Jenkins
  Lynn Jenkins
  Lynn Jenkins is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2009. She is a member of the Republican Party. As of the 112th Congress, she is the senior member of Kansas' House delegation...
  
   (KS-2)
• Bill Johnson
  Bill Johnson (Ohio politician)
  William Leslie "Bill" Johnson is the U.S. Representative for . He is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life, education, and career:...
  
   (OH-6)
• Adam Kinzinger
  Adam Kinzinger
  Adam Daniel Kinzinger is the U.S. Representative for . He is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life, education and career:...
  
   (IL-11)
• Leonard Lance
  Leonard Lance
  Leonard Lance is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2009. He is a member of the Republican Party. He previously served in the New Jersey Senate and the New Jersey General Assembly....
  
   (NJ-7)
• Steve LaTourette
  Steve LaTourette
  Steven C. "Steve" LaTourette is the U.S. House of Representative for , serving since 1995. He is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life, education and career:...
  
   (OH-14)
• Jerry Lewis (CA-41)
• Frank LoBiondo
  Frank LoBiondo
  Frank A. LoBiondo is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1995. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district is at the southern end of New Jersey, and by far the biggest Congressional District in the state...
  
   (NJ-2)
• Thad McCotter
  Thad McCotter
  Thaddeus George "Thad" McCotter is the U.S. Representative to , serving since 2003. He is a member of the Republican Party...
  
   (MI-11)
• David McKinley
  David McKinley
  David B. McKinley is the U.S. Representative for . He is a member of the Republican Party. He is a former member of the West Virginia House of Delegates and Chairman of the West Virginia Republican Party....
  
   (WV-1)
• Pat Meehan
  Pat Meehan
  Patrick Leo "Pat" Meehan is a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing since January 3, 2011. The district includes most of Delaware County and parts of Chester and Montgomery Counties...
  
   (PA-7)
• Tim Murphy (PA-18)
• Erik Paulsen
  Erik Paulsen
  Erik Paulsen is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2009. He is a member of the Republican Party. He previously served in the Minnesota House of Representatives...
  
   (MN-3)
• Tom Petri
  Tom Petri
  Thomas Evert Petri is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1979. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district includes most of the east-central part of the state.-Early life, education, and early career:...
  
   (WI-6)
• Todd Platts
  Todd Russell Platts
  Todd Russell Platts is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2001. He is a member of the Republican Party.The district is located in south-central Pennsylvania, encompassing all of York and Adams Counties, and a large portion of Cumberland County...
  
   (PA-19)
• Tom Reed (NY-29)
• Dave Reichert
  Dave Reichert
  David George Reichert is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2005. He is a member of the Republican Party. He previously served as Sheriff of King County, Washington.-Early life, education and career:...
  
   (WA-8)
• Jim Renacci
  Jim Renacci
  James B. "Jim" Renacci is the U.S. Representative for . He is a member of the Republican Party. He is an Ohio entrepreneur and former mayor of Wadsworth, Ohio.-Early life and education:...
  
   (OH-16)
• Jon Runyan
  Jon Runyan
  Jon Daniel Runyan is the U.S. Representative for . He is a member of the Republican Party. He is a former American football offensive tackle in the National Football League, where he played for fourteen seasons. He was a participant in the 2003 Pro Bowl following the 2002 NFL season...
  
   (NJ-3)
• Bobby Schilling
  Bobby Schilling
  Robert Todd "Bobby" Schilling is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2011. Schilling is a member of the Republican Party and was backed by the Tea Party movement in the November 2010 election...
  
   (IL-17)
• Aaron Schock
  Aaron Schock
  Aaron Schock is the United States Representative for , serving since 2009. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district is based in Peoria and includes part of Springfield. At the age of , Schock is currently the youngest U.S. representative and the first member of the U.S. Congress born...
  
   (IL-18)
• Mike Simpson
  Mike Simpson
  Michael Keith "Mike" Simpson, D.M.D. , is the member of the U.S. House of Representatives representing , serving since 1999. He is a member of the Republican Party. He previously served in the Idaho House of Representatives....
  
   (ID-2)
• Steve Stivers
  Steve Stivers
  Steve Stivers is the U.S. Representative for He is a member of the Republican Party. Stivers previously served in the Ohio Senate, representing the 16th district...
  
   (OH-15)
• Lee Terry
  Lee Terry
  Lee Raymond Terry is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1999. He is a member of the Republican Party.A lifelong Nebraskan, Congressman Lee Terry has worked continually to empower the people of the Second District. Terry has been a leader for Nebraska, advocating American energy...
  
   (NE-2)
• Pat Tiberi
  Pat Tiberi
  Patrick Joseph "Pat" Tiberi is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2001. He is a member of the Republican Party...
  
   (OH-12)
• Bob Turner
  Bob Turner (politician)
  Robert L. "Bob" Turner is the United States Representative for New York's 9th congressional district which straddles parts of Brooklyn and Queens. He is a member of the Republican Party, holding his first public office. He was elected in September 2011 to complete the term of Democrat Anthony...
  
   (NY-9)
• Mike Turner
  Mike Turner
  Michael R. Turner is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2003. He is a member of the Republican Party.The district covers most of the city of Dayton and includes most of Montgomery County, much of Warren County, and is home to all of Highland and Clinton Counties.-Early life, education...
  
   (OH-3)
• Fred Upton
  Fred Upton
  Frederick Stephen Upton is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1987. He is a member of the Republican Party and Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce. The district, based in Kalamazoo, stretches along the Michigan-Indiana border in the southwestern part of the state.-Early life,...
  
   (MI-6)
• Greg Walden
  Greg Walden
  Gregory Paul Walden is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1999. He is a member of the Republican Party.The district covers more than two-thirds of the state . He is the son of Paul E...
  
   (OR-2)
• Ed Whitfield
  Ed Whitfield
  Wayne Edward "Ed" Whitfield is the U.S. Representative of , serving since 1995. He is a member of the Republican Party.The district covers much of the western part of the state, including Hopkinsville, Paducah, Henderson and Kentucky's share of Fort Campbell.-Early life, education and...
  
   (KY-1)
• Frank Wolf (VA-10)

Representatives

• Doug Bereuter
  Doug Bereuter
  Douglas Kent "Doug" Bereuter is a retired Republican politician from Nebraska. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1979 until 2004.-Early life:Bereuter was born in York, Nebraska and reared in Utica, Nebraska...
  
  , Nebraska
• Sherwood Boehlert
  Sherwood Boehlert
  Sherwood "Sherry" Louis Boehlert is a retired American politician from New York. He represented upstate New York in the United States House of Representatives from 1983 until 2007. Boehlert, a Republican, was considered to be a member of the party's moderate wing. In 2003, Utica Union Station was...
  
  , New York
• Jeb Bradley
  Jeb Bradley
  Joseph E. "Jeb" Bradley is a Republican member of the New Hampshire State Senate, currently serving as Senate Majority Leader. He represents his hometown of Wolfeboro, New Hampshire and 16 other towns in east-central New Hampshire. He was formerly a U.S...
  
  , New Hampshire
• Joseph Cao
  Joseph Cao
  Anh "Joseph" Quang Cao is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 2009 until 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party. In April 2011, he announced he will be a candidate for Attorney General of Louisiana in 2011, however in September 2011 he pulled out of the race.He was the first...
  
  , Louisiana
• Mike Castle
  Michael N. Castle
  Michael "Mike" Newbold Castle is a former Governor and former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1993 until 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party....
  
  , Delaware
• Tom Davis
  Thomas M. Davis
  Thomas Milburn "Tom" Davis III was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Virginia's 11th congressional district in Northern Virginia. Davis was considering a run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by five-term incumbent and fellow Republican John...
  
  , Virginia
• Lincoln Diaz-Balart
  Lincoln Diaz-Balart
  Lincoln Rafael Díaz-Balart was the U.S. Representative for from 1993 to 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party. He previously served in the Florida House of Representatives and the Florida Senate...
  
  , Florida
• Charles Djou
  Charles Djou
  Charles Kong Djou is the former U.S. Representative for Hawaii's 1st congressional district...
  
  , Hawaii
• Vern Ehlers
  Vern Ehlers
  Vernon James "Vern" Ehlers is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1993 until 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party....
  
  , Michigan
• Phil English
  Phil English
  Philip Sheridan "Phil" English served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 - 2009 from the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, representing the state's 3rd Congressional district....
  
  , Pennsylvania
• Mark Foley
  Mark Foley
  Mark Adam Foley is a former member of the United States House of Representatives. He served from 1995 until 2006, representing the 16th District of Florida as a member of the Republican Party....
  
  , Florida
• Greg Ganske
  Greg Ganske
  John Greg Ganske is a politician from Iowa. He began a career as a plastic surgeon, but went on to serve as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 2003....
  
  , Iowa
• Wayne Gilchrest
  Wayne Gilchrest
  Wayne Thomas Gilchrest is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives who represented . In 2008, the moderate Gilchrest was defeated in the Republican primary by State Senator Andy Harris....
  
  , Maryland
• Ben Gilman
  Benjamin A. Gilman
  Benjamin Arthur "Ben" Gilman is a former Republican United States Representative from New York. Born in Poughkeepsie, New York, Gilman graduated from Middletown High School in Middletown, New York in 1941 and received a B.S. from the Wharton School Finance at the University of Pennsylvania in...
  
  , New York
• Paul Gillmor
  Paul Gillmor
  Paul Eugene Gillmor was an American politician of the Republican Party who served as the U.S. Representative from the 5th congressional district of Ohio from 1989 until his death....
  
  , Ohio, died in 2007
• Porter Goss, Florida
• Jim Greenwood
  James C. Greenwood
  James Charles "Jim" Greenwood is an American politician in the Republican Party. He represented Pennsylvania's Eighth Congressional District for six terms in the United States House of Representatives....
  
  , Pennsylvania
• Melissa Hart, Pennsylvania
• Dave Hobson
  Dave Hobson
  David Lee Hobson is an American politician of the Republican Party who served as a U.S. representative from the seventh congressional district of Ohio.Hobson was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and graduated from Withrow High School in 1954...
  
  , Ohio
• Steve Horn, California
• Amo Houghton
  Amo Houghton
  Amory "Amo" Houghton Jr. is a politician from the state of New York, a retired member of the House of Representatives, and member of one of upstate New York's most prominent families in business, the Houghton family.-Early life:...
  
  , New York
• Nancy Johnson, Connecticut
• Sue Kelly
  Sue W. Kelly
  Sue Weisenbarger Kelly was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 2007, representing New York's 19th District. She is a Republican. She took over fellow Republican Hamilton Fish IV's seat after he dropped out of the 1994 race due to prostate cancer...
  
  , New York
• Jim Kolbe
  Jim Kolbe
  James Thomas "Jim" Kolbe is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for Arizona's 8th congressional district, serving 11 terms from 1985 to 2007.-Early life:...
  
  , Arizona
• Randy Kuhl
  Randy Kuhl
  John R. "Randy" Kuhl, Jr. is an American Republican politician, and former member of the United States House of Representatives from New York. He represented New York's 29th congressional district for two terms before being defeated for reelection by Eric Massa on November 4, 2008 by margin of...
  
  , New York
• Ray LaHood
  Ray LaHood
  Raymond H. "Ray" LaHood is a Republican politician from Illinois who is currently the United States Secretary of Transportation, having served since 2009. Previously, he represented the Illinois's 18th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives for seven terms .-Early life and...
  
  , Illinois
• Jim Leach
  Jim Leach
  James Albert Smith "Jim" Leach is a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa. In August 2009, he became Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities ....
  
  , Iowa
• Jim McCrery
  Jim McCrery
  James Otis "Jim" McCrery, III , is an American lawyer who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1988 to 2009; he represented the 4th District of Louisiana, based in the northwestern quadrant of the state.McCrery was a ranking member on the House Ways and...
  
  , Louisiana
• Connie Morella
  Connie Morella
  Constance Albanese "Connie" Morella is a Republican United States politician who represented in the United States House of Representatives from 1987 to 2003. She also served as Permanent Representative to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development from 2003 to 2007. She...
  
  , Maryland
• George Nethercutt
  George Nethercutt
  George R. Nethercutt, Jr. is an American politician, and is the founder and chairman of The George Nethercutt Foundation. He was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 2005, representing ....
  
  , Washington
• Doug Ose
  Doug Ose
  Douglas Arlo "Doug" Ose is a former California congressman who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1999 to 2005, representing California's 3rd Congressional District...
  
  , California
• Jon Porter
  Jon Porter
  Jonathan Christopher "Jon" Porter , an American politician, was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, the first representative elected from the new 3rd Congressional District of Nevada....
  
  , Nevada
• Deborah Pryce
  Deborah Pryce
  Deborah D. Pryce is an American politician from Ohio and former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for Ohio's 15th congressional district, which includes the western half of Columbus and the surrounding suburbs.She is divorced from Randy Walker and now lives in Upper...
  
  , Ohio
• Jack Quinn, New York
• Jim Ramstad
  Jim Ramstad
  James Marvin "Jim" Ramstad is a United States politician from the state of Minnesota.-Early life:Ramstad was born in Jamestown, North Dakota, was educated at the University of Minnesota and the George Washington University Law School. He was an officer in the United States National Guard from 1968...
  
  , Minnesota
• Ralph Regula
  Ralph Regula
  Ralph Straus Regula was a Representative in the United States Congress from the 16th District of the State of Ohio. He retired in January 2009 after 18 consecutive terms. He is a member of the Republican Party. In the 110th Congress , he was the second longest serving Republican member of the U.S...
  
  , Ohio
• Marge Roukema
  Marge Roukema
  Margaret Scafati "Marge" Roukema represented New Jersey in the U.S. House of Representatives for twenty-two years as a Republican. No woman has served in Congress from New Jersey since Roukema left office....
  
  , New Jersey
• Jim Saxton
  Jim Saxton
  Hugh James "Jim" Saxton is an American Republican Party politician. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives. He represented from 1984 to 1993. From 1993 to 2009, he represented .-Life:...
  
  , New Jersey
• Joe Schwarz
  Joe Schwarz
  John J. H. "Joe" Schwarz, M.D. , an independent politician from Michigan, was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 2004 as a moderate Republican...
  
  , Michigan
• E. Clay Shaw, Jr., Florida
• Chris Shays, Connecticut
• Rob Simmons
  Rob Simmons
  Robert Ruhl "Rob" Simmons is a retired U.S. Army Colonel and former U.S. Congressman from Connecticut. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 2001 to 2007, representing Connecticut's Second Congressional District as a Republican.Simmons ran as a candidate for the...
  
  , Connecticut
• Jim Walsh
  James T. Walsh
  James Thomas "Jim" Walsh is an American Republican politician from Syracuse, New York. In 2009, he retired after representing a portion of Central New York, that is now known as the state's 25th Congressional District, in the United States House of Representatives for twenty years.-Early...
  
  , New York
• Jerry Weller
  Jerry Weller
  Gerald C. "Jerry" Weller is an American politician who was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing .- Early life:...
  
  , Illinois
• Heather Wilson
  Heather Wilson
  Heather A. Wilson , is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives representing from 1998 to 2009...
  
  , New Mexico

Senators

• Lincoln Chafee
  Lincoln Chafee
  Lincoln Davenport Chafee is an American politician who has been the 74th Governor of Rhode Island since January 2011. Prior to his election as governor, Chafee served in the United States Senate as a Republican from 1999 until losing his Senate re-election bid in 2006 to Democrat Sheldon...
  
  , Rhode Island, left GOP in 2007 after being defeated for reelection.
• Norm Coleman
  Norm Coleman
  Norman Bertram Coleman, Jr. is an American attorney and politician. He was a United States senator from Minnesota from 2003 to 2009. Coleman was elected in 2002 and served in the 108th, 109th, and 110th Congresses. Before becoming a senator, he was mayor of Saint Paul, Minnesota, from 1994 to 2002...
  
  , Minnesota, defeated for reelection
• John Danforth
  John Danforth
  John Claggett "Jack" Danforth is a former United States Ambassador to the United Nations and former Republican United States Senator from Missouri. He is an ordained Episcopal priest. Danforth is married to Sally D. Danforth and has five adult children.-Education and early career:Danforth was born...
  
  , Missouri, retired
• Jim Jeffords
  Jim Jeffords
  James Merrill "Jim" Jeffords is a former U.S. Senator from Vermont. He served as a Republican until 2001, when he left the party to become an independent. He retired from the Senate in 2006.-Background:...
  
  , Vermont, left GOP in 2001
• Warren Rudman
  Warren Rudman
  Warren Bruce Rudman is an American attorney and Republican politician who served as United States Senator from New Hampshire between 1980 and 1993...
  
  , New Hampshire, retired
• Gordon Smith, Oregon, defeated for reelection
• Arlen Specter
  Arlen Specter
  Arlen Specter is a former United States Senator from Pennsylvania. Specter is a Democrat, but was a Republican from 1965 until switching to the Democratic Party in 2009...
  
  , Pennsylvania, left GOP 2009, defeated for reelection
• Ted Stevens
  Ted Stevens
  Theodore Fulton "Ted" Stevens, Sr. was a United States Senator from Alaska, serving from December 24, 1968, until January 3, 2009, and thus the longest-serving Republican senator in history...
  
  , Alaska, defeated for reelection
• George Voinovich
  George Voinovich
  George Victor Voinovich is a former United States Senator from the state of Ohio, and a member of the Republican Party. Previously, he served as the 65th Governor of Ohio from 1991 to 1998, and as the 54th mayor of Cleveland from 1980 to 1989.-Personal life:Born in Cleveland, Ohio, his father was...
  
  , Ohio, retired

Former Governors

• Jim Geringer
  Jim Geringer
  James Edward "Jim" Geringer was the 30th Governor of Wyoming.-Early life and education:Geringer was raised on a farm in Wheatland, Wyoming. He attended Kansas State University and was a member of Triangle Fraternity, earning a degree in mechanical engineering. He served for ten years in the...
  
  , Wyoming
• Bill Graves
  Bill Graves
  William Preston "Bill" Graves , was the 43rd Governor of Kansas from 1995 until 2003.Graves was born in Salina, Kansas in 1953 to parents who owned a trucking firm...
  
  , Kansas
• Linda Lingle
  Linda Lingle
  Linda Lingle was the sixth Governor of Hawaii. Lingle holds a number of distinctions: first Republican elected governor of Hawaii since the departure of William F...
  
  , Hawaii
• George Pataki
  George Pataki
  George Elmer Pataki is an American politician who was the 53rd Governor of New York. A member of the Republican Party, Pataki served three consecutive four-year terms from January 1, 1995 until December 31, 2006.- Early life :...
  
  , New York
• John G. Rowland
  John G. Rowland
  John Grosvenor Rowland was the 86th Governor of Connecticut from 1995 to 2004; he is a member of the Republican Party. He is married to Patty Rowland, his second wife, and the couple have five children between them...
  
  , Connecticut
• Arnold Schwarzenegger
  Arnold Schwarzenegger
  Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger is an Austrian-American former professional bodybuilder, actor, businessman, investor, and politician. Schwarzenegger served as the 38th Governor of California from 2003 until 2011....
  
  , California

External links

• Official website
• http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/30/washington/30mainstreet.html?pagewanted=all
• http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D00E4DD1739F93AA25756C0A9639C8B63
• http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-8704953_ITM
• http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/washington/stories/010706dnnatdelay.219b67b6.html
• http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4864591/
• http://www.businessweek.com/1998/35/b3593062.htm
• http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/27/us/politics/27web-hulse.html
• http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0131/p03s01-uspo.html
• http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9905E1D91F3AF937A15757C0A9659C8B63
• http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/situation.room/blog/2006/07/dont-call-me-moderate-im-centrist.html
• http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/blogs/politicalticker/2006/11/gop-pac-begins-blame-game.html
• http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/24921.php
• http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1000444,00.html