Members Headline List of Republican Convention Officials

By Lauren W. Whittington

Posted August 6, 2008 at 1:10pm

The Republican National Committee announced Wednesday that the following Members of Congress will serve as officers for the Republican National Convention, which will be held Sept. 1-4 in St. Paul, Minn.:

House Minority Leader John Boehner (Ohio), permanent chairman

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.), temporary chairman

Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (Fla.), deputy permanent co-chair

Rep. David Dreier (Calif.), parliamentarian

Rep. Kevin McCarthy (Calif.), Platform Committee chairman

Sen. Richard Burr (N.C.), Platform Committee co-chairman

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