Former New Hampshire House Speaker Bill O’Brien has been elected chairman of the Republican National Committee’s powerful Rules Committee, placing the veteran GOP leader at the center of the party’s preparations for the next presidential election.

O’Brien, who serves as New Hampshire’s Republican National Committeeman, was chosen by his colleagues to lead the panel through the end of the next Republican National Convention. The Rules Committee oversees the party’s governing framework, including convention procedures, delegate selection, and the presidential nomination calendar — a process that directly affects New Hampshire’s prized First-in-the-Nation (FITN) primary.

“I’m honored by the confidence of my colleagues on the Rules Committee and by the trust of New Hampshire Republicans who

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