North Carolina Republican Party
North Carolina Republican Party | |
|---|---|
| Chairman | Jason Simmons |
| Senate President (pro tempore) | Phil Berger |
| House Speaker | Destin Hall |
| Founded | 1867 |
| Headquarters | 1506 Hillsborough St, Raleigh, NC 27605 |
| Student wing | North Carolina Federation of College Republicans |
| Youth wing | North Carolina Federation of Young Republicans North Carolina Teenage Republicans |
| Membership (2025) | 2,325,833 |
| Ideology | Conservatism |
| National affiliation | Republican Party |
| Colors | Red |
| Council of State | 5 / 10 |
| Seats in the North Carolina Senate | 30 / 50 |
| Seats in the North Carolina House of Representatives | 71 / 120 |
| U.S. Senate | 2 / 2 |
| U.S. House of Representatives | 10 / 14 |
| State Supreme Court | 5 / 7 |
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The North Carolina Republican Party (NCGOP) is the affiliate of the Republican Party in North Carolina. Michael Whatley was the chair from 2019 until his election as national chair in March 2024. It is currently the state's dominant party, controlling 10 of North Carolina's 14 U.S. House seats, both U.S. Senate seats, majorities in both of its state legislative chambers (3/5 supermajority in the North Carolina Senate), and a majority on the state supreme court.
The party was established in 1867, in the aftermath of the American Civil War. Gaining support from the newly enfranchised freedmen, Republicans were briefly successful in state politics, dominating the convention that wrote the Constitution of North Carolina of 1868 and electing several governors. After Reconstruction, Democrats returned to power, often suppressing the black vote by violence and electoral fraud. Republicans had success in the 1890s when they joined forces with the Populist party in an "electoral fusion." They gained enough seats in the legislature to control it in 1896, and elected Daniel L. Russell as governor in 1896.