RSLC President Dee Duncan Joins Newsmax to Discuss Historic 2021 Victories
“It’s a strategy that can be replicated. If we talk about the issues that voters care about, they are going to turn out.”
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Republican State Leadership Committee (RSLC) President Dee Duncan joined Newsmax on Friday night to discuss the historic success state Republicans had in last week’s elections. During the interview, Duncan noted how state Republicans will also be outspent in 2022, but can overcome the national liberal money machine by again focusing on recruiting diverse candidates who best reflect their communities, as well as continuing to run on issues like lowering the cost of living, making communities safer, and empowering parents.
The RSLC led the effort last week to flip the House of Delegates and the lieutenant governor’s office in Virginia, net six seats in the New Jersey Assembly and one seat in the New Jersey Senate, flip a Texas House seat that Joe Biden won by 14 points in 2020, and retain a seat on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
Watch the full interview HERE.
HIGHLIGHTS
Duncan on how the RSLC’s 2021 victories offer a playbook for overcoming the national liberal money machine again in 2022.
“We were outspent 2:1 in Virginia. But we focused on candidates. We focused on message. We had a message that our voters cared about - crime, safety, the economy - and that worked. And that’s going to be the playbook we focus on heading into 2022 and we are confident that that’s going to be successful again. They are always going to more money than us. They said after last cycle where they spent $500 million to flip everything and flip nothing that that $500 million wasn’t enough. And they raised $46 million in Virginia and came up short, losing seven seats.
Duncan on how the RSLC’s 2021 strategy can be replicated across the country in 2022.
“I think it’s a strategy that can be replicated. If we talk about the issues that voters care about, they are going to turn out. I think we saw that in Virginia and New Jersey… Voters stood up and said that’s not going to work. We are going to have a voice. We are going to show up. And they made a change in Richmond. They were tired of seeing what was going on in Washington, D.C. going to Richmond and going to Trenton, and they stood up and they said enough is enough and I believe that is going to be the same thing in 2022.
Duncan on how the RSLC will continue to prioritize recruiting and training women and minority candidates.
“It was so great to be able to support Winsome Sears, the first woman of color to be elected to a statewide office in Virginia… In the seven seats we flipped (in Virginia), four of those seven were women and minorities. That’s a great sign of what’s to come. Two weeks ago the RSLC rolled out our ‘Right Leaders Network,’ which is a doubling down of our recruitment and training efforts of minorities and women and veterans. And we’re committed to that. And we’re going to continue to grow that because we know that’s the only way forward for the Republican Party.
Additional coverage from the weekend on the RSLC’s victories can be found below.
·WDBJ-Roanoke: 2021 Election Takeaways (Featuring interviews with RSLC President Dee Duncan and Communications Director Andrew Romeo)
·Epoch Times: Down-Ballot Successes in Virginia and New Jersey Give Republicans Confidence Heading Into 2022
·Politico: Rural Democrats stare into the abyss after Virginia
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