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Balloons drop at the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., where presidential hopeful John McCain and running mate Sarah Palin accepted their nominations.
(Associated Press file)
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- National GOP Chairman Reince Priebus on Thursday announced more leadership behind the effort to organize the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland.
In a news release, Priebus announced the appointments of 57 GOP officials from across the country, as well as from overseas American territories, to the Committee on Arrangements, the GOP's official convention-organizing arm.
Most of the officials are national GOP committee members, with a few state party chairs sprinkled in.
Ohio is the only state on the list with more than one official representative on the convention-organizing committee.
Ohio GOP Chairman Matt Borges and Jim Dicke, a western Ohio businessman and GOP national committeeman, both will serve on the Committee on Arrangements. They join Jo Ann Davidson, Ohio's state committeewoman who previously was named the co-chair of the committee.
"Together, these individuals will implement a plan for the event that will make our entire party proud," Priebus said in a written statement. "I am also grateful for the support of the community of Cleveland and look forward to working with everyone toward an outstanding convention experience."
The party previously has named Jeff Larson as the Committee on Arrangements' CEO and Steve King, a former Wisconsin GOP chairman, as the committee's co-chair.
Here is the complete list of the 57 members of the Committee on Arrangements:
Vicki Drummond, National Committeewoman, Alabama
Ralph Seekins, National Committeeman, Alaska
Amata Radewagen, National Committeewoman, American Samoa
Sharon Giese, National Committeewoman, Arizona
Jonathan Barnett, National Committeeman, Arkansas
Linda Ackerman, National Committeewoman, California
Lilly Nunez, National Committeewoman, Colorado
John Frey, National Committeeman, Connecticut
Laird Stabler, National Committeeman, Delaware
Jill Homan, National Committeewoman, District of Columbia
Blaise Ingoglia, State Chairman, Florida
Linda Herren, National Committeewoman, Georgia
Margaret Metcalfe, National Committeewoman, Guam
Miriam Hellreich, National Committeewoman, Hawaii
Damond Watkins, National Committeeman, Idaho
Demetra DeMonte, National Committeewoman, Illinois
John Hammond, National Committeeman, Indiana
Steve Scheffler, National Committeeman, Iowa
Kelly Arnold, State Chairman, Kansas
Steve Robertson, State Chairman, Kentucky
Ross Little, National Committeeman, Louisiana
Alex Willette, National Committeeman, Maine
Louis Pope, National Committeeman, Maryland
Ron Kaufman, National Committeeman, Massachusetts
Ronna Romney McDaniel, State Chairman, Michigan
Janet Beihoffer, National Committeewoman, Minnesota
Jeanne Luckey, National Committeewoman, Mississippi
Lance Beshore, National Committeeman, Missouri
Betti Hill, National Committeewoman, Montana
Joyce Simmons, National Committeewoman, Nebraska
Michael McDonald, State Chairman, Nevada
Steve Duprey, National Committeeman, New Hampshire
Bill Palatucci, National Committeeman, New Jersey
Rosie Tripp, National Committeewoman, New Mexico
Ed Cox, State Chairman, New York
David Lewis, National Committeeman, North Carolina
Sandy Boehler, National Committeewoman, North Dakota
James Ada, State Chairman, Northern Mariana Islands
Jim Dicke, National Committeeman, Ohio
Matt Borges, State Chairman, Ohio
Steve Fair, National Committeeman, Oklahoma
Donna Cain, National Committeewoman, Oregon
Christine Toretti, National Committeewoman, Pennsylvania
Zori Fonalledas, National Committeewoman, Puerto Rico
Lee Ann Sennick, National Committeewoman, Rhode Island
Cindy Costa, National Committeewoman, South Carolina
Dana Randall, National Committeeman, South Dakota
Peggy Lambert, National Committeewoman, Tennessee
Toni Anne Dashiell, National Committeewoman, Texas
Bruce Hough, National Committeeman, Utah
Jay Shepard, National Committeeman, Vermont
Lilliana Belardo de O'Neal, National Committeewoman, Virgin Islands
Kathy Hayden, National Committeewoman, Virginia
Fredi Simpson, National Committeewoman, Washington
Kris Warner, National Committeeman, West Virginia
Mary Buestrin, National Committeewoman, Wisconsin
Greg Schaefer, National Committeeman, Wyoming