ATLANTA — Joe Gruters, a Florida state senator and current treasurer of the Republican National Committee, has been elected to serve as the RNC's new chairman.

At Friday's RNC summer meeting in downtown Atlanta, Gruters was unanimously elected by members to replace Michael Whatley, who is running with President Trump's endorsement for the open U.S. Senate race in North Carolina.

"Today is not about one person," Gruters said. "It is about our mission. The midterms are ahead where we must expand our majority in the House and Senate and continue electing Republicans nationwide, and then we march more towards the presidential election, where the stakes could not be higher."

Gruters has served in virtually every type of role in Republican politics for the last two decades, from local volun

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