College Republicans
College Republicans
National Chairman
Charlie Smith
Executive Director
Ethan Eilon
Political Director
Blake Harris
Finance Director
John Swanson
Treasurer
Esther Clark
Secretary
Dan Carlson
Field Director
Will Crosswell
Founded
1892
Headquarters
Washington, D.C.
Mother party
Republican Party
Website
www.crnc.org
The College Republicans is a national or-
ganization for college and university students
who support the Republican Party of the Un-
ited States. [1] The organization is known as
an active recruiting tool for the Republican
Party and has produced many prominent Re-
publican and conservative activists and intro-
duced more party members to the Republic-
an party than any other organization in the
nation.[2]
The organizational structure of the Col-
lege Republicans has changed significantly
since its founding in 1892. Originally founded
as an auxiliary of the Republican National
Committee and later the Young Republican
National Federation, the College Republicans
now operate as an independent 527 group,
allowing it to raise unlimited sums of money.
Governance
College Republican National
Committee
The College Republican National Committee
(CRNC), is the national steering organization
and oversight body for all 50 state federa-
tions, 1,800 campus chapters, and 250,000
rank and file College Republicans in the
country.[3][4] The CRNC National Chairman
and his or her national leadership team, in-
cluding an executive director, political direct-
or, finance director, national field director,
national treasurer, national secretary, and 4
regional vice-presidents, are elected at the
bi-annual College Republican Convention and
are assisted by a full-time office staff.[4]
State federations
There are 51 College Republican state feder-
ations, each administering the College Re-
publican activities at the state level. The
state federation leadership team, which in-
cludes a state chairperson and other officers,
serve as the primary link between local uni-
versity chapters and the national College Re