ATLANTA — Joe Gruters, a Florida state senator and longtime ally of President Donald Trump, was officially elected Friday to serve as chairman of the Republican National Committee during the party’s summer meeting in Atlanta. Gruters won the post without opposition after Trump endorsed him to replace outgoing RNC Chair Michael Whatley, who is running for the Senate in North Carolina next year. Gruters, 48, has long been one of Trump’s biggest supporters. He not only co-chaired
Florida state Sen. Joe Gruters, a longtime Trump ally, elected as RNC chair

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