Ronna McDaniel expected to coast to re-election as RNC chair

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RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel reacts to her uncle Mitt Romney's anti-Trump op-ed: Let's take on Democrats, not the president

Speaking on 'Fox & Friends,' the Republican National Committee chairwoman reveals the conversations she's had with incoming Sen. Mitt Romney about his attack on the president and says the party needs to come together and support Trump if they want to be successful.

BERNALILLO, N.M. –  The chairwoman of the Republican Party is expected to win another two-year term in office Friday during the closing day of the Republican National Committee’s winter meeting.

Ronna McDaniel took command of the party’s leadership in 2017 and members gathered at a New Mexico resort this week are set to keep her in charge.

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“I think there’s no sunlight [between] any member of this committee and the chairman,” Harmeet Dhillon of California told Fox News on Thursday morning. “We all think she’s done an amazing job and is going to be unanimously elected tomorrow.”

Earlier this week, McDaniel wrote an op-ed on FoxNews.com marking the two-year mark of the Trump administration. “President Trump will not be deterred from doing what is right for the American people,” she wrote. “As he enters the third year of his presidency, there is much more success still to come, and many more promises to be fulfilled for our future.”

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“The president trusts her implicitly,” says longtime Massachusetts RNC member Ron Kaufman, who has known McDaniel all of her life.  “This president did not know her that well [before his election. Now] he relies on her every day. They talk all of the time.”

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Another area that’s been highlighted by supporters is the money raised during McDaniel’s tenure. More than $300 million in the last cycle. That’s significantly more than DNC raised during the same timeframe.

“Job #1 of a political party is raising the money that we need to elect our candidates and she’s overperformed,” Dhillon said.