BREAKING: Mullins to seek re-election in 2012

By JR Hoeft | Friday, December 2nd, 2011 | Politics

Republican Party of Virginia Chairman Pat Mullins will seek another 4 year term in 2012. The venerable party chairman made his intentions known to RPV State Central Committee members via email:

State Central Committee Members-

Over the past few days I have started calling folks to let them know that I intend to seek re-election as Chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia at the 2012 State Convention and to serve a full 4 year term. I hope to talk to you directly in the next few days or chat with you at the Advance about this decision.

When you first elected me Chairman in the spring of 2009 our party was deeply divided and reeling, as we had just come off our worse electoral defeat in a generation. Barack Obama had just won our electoral votes, the Democrats had just taken a 6-5 Congressional delegation majority, they held the Governor’s mansion, a state Senate majority, and both of our U.S. Senate seats.

I believe that because of this adversity, we all came together and worked together to change the direction of not only our party, but the Commonwealth of Virginia. We did it together.

In 2009, with your help and those of thousands of other grassroots activists, we elected Bob McDonnell, Bill Bolling, and Ken Cuccinelli and added six seats to our majority in the House of Delegates.

In 2010 we defeated three incumbent Democratic Members of Congress and came within a few hundred votes of defeating a fourth. We flipped the Democrat’s 6-5 Congressional majority to an 8-3 Republican majority which helped elect Congressman Eric Cantor as U.S. Majority Leader.

In 2011 we added seven additional seats to our majority in the House of Delegates and defeated two incumbent Democratic state Senators to gain control of the Virginia Senate.

And while the past three years have been some of the most successful our party has had, we cannot rest on our laurels. The elections of 2012, 2013, 2014 and beyond are critical for our party and our nation.

I am seeking to serve as Chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia for another four years to keep the momentum going and to continue to elect Republicans who will stand strong for our shared principles.

My goals for the next four years are pretty simple:

In 2012, reclaim our Electoral College votes for our Republican Presidential candidate, win the open U.S. Senate seat, re-elect all eight of our incumbent Congressmen, and defeat the three remaining Democratic Congressmen.

In 2013, elect, for only the third time in Virginia history, a Republican Governor, Lt. Governor, Attorney General and increase our majority in the House of Delegates.

In 2014, defeat U.S. Senator Mark Warner.

In 2015, expand our majority in the state Senate and increase our majority in the House of Delegates.

I believe we will continue to be successful if our party is united and working to elect candidates who share our conservative principles and values.

I thank you for the support you have given me and our party over the past three years and I humbly ask for your continued support. I hope we will get the chance to talk in person at the Advance this weekend and I ask for your support as I seek another term as Chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia.

Yours in Republican Victory,

Pat

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