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