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| SC GOP chairman resigns for DC job, replacement chosen |
| 2013-06-10 |
| [THESTATE] The chairman of the S.C. Republican Party resigned Saturday to take a job with the Republican National Committee. The state party's executive committee unanimously elected Matt Moore to replace Chad Connelly as party chairman. Moore, 31, is thought to the youngest state Republican Party chairman in the country. Connelly said the national party will announce his new job next week. He described it as "bold, expansive outreach, voter registration, mobilization, activation." "It's going to be significant," Connelly said, adding the party plans to do a "national rollout" this week. "I would not have left the best non-paying job in America if it wasn't serious." New chairman Moore was the party's executive director until January, when he resigned to become state director for new U.S. Sen. Tim Scott, R-North Charleston. Moore resigned from Scott's staff to become party chairman -- a position that, historically, has been unpaid. But the party's finance committee voted unanimously to pay Moore a salary, the amount to be determined. "I am honored and humbled to serve South Carolina Republicans as state chairman and thank the state Executive Committee for their trust," Moore said in a news release. "I pledge to continue our party's work to promote prosperity through freedom and opportunity for all Americans." |
| Posted by:Fred |