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Bob Paduchik
Chair of the Ohio Republican Party
In office
February 26, 2021 – January 6, 2023
Preceded byBryan C. Williams (Acting)
Succeeded byAlex Triantafilou
Personal details
Born
Robert Anthony Paduchik
Political partyRepublican
Children2
EducationUniversity of Akron (BA)

Robert Anthony Paduchik is an American political advisor who served as the co-chairman of the Republican National Committee from 2017 to 2019. He was also a senior advisor for the Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign. He was also the campaign's Ohio state director in 2016.

Early life and education

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A native of Tallmadge, Ohio, Paduchik earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the University of Akron in 1989, where he was a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity.[1][2][3] He also earned a certificate from the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics.[4]

Career

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Paduchik started his professional career at Ohio Department of Transportation during the tenure of Governor George Voinovich. In 1994, Paduchik was the coordinator for Northeast Ohio during the senate campaign of Mike DeWine and then served on the Senator's staff. He became political director in Bob Taft’s campaign to become governor of Ohio in 1998. After the successful campaign, he was appointed Director of Constituent Affairs responsible for minority, veterans, and cultural affairs.[5] In the year 2000, he was executive director of the George W. Bush 2000 presidential campaign in Ohio,[6] on leave from his usual job as Governor Taft's political director.[7]

After the election, Paduchik was a member of the United States Department of Defense Transition Team and was later appointed by George W. Bush as deputy assistant secretary for intergovernmental affairs at the United States Department of Energy. He served in this capacity between October 2001 and January 2003.[8] During this time, he was a driving force in the so-called Yucca Mountain Project.[9]

Paduchik afterwards founded his own company, Agincourt Consultants.[10] Shortly thereafter, he was asked to run Bush's reelection efforts in Ohio in 2004 and succeeded through a grassroots campaign which included the help of about 85,000 volunteers to motivate up to 175,000 new voters, most of whom where presumably Republican, to cast their votes.[11][12]

He then again moved to the private sector, where he became vice-president of client services at the public affairs firm DCI Group before joining Rob Portman's, who ran for a seat in the U.S. Senate in February 2009.[1] In February 2011, Paduchik became senior vice president of American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity for state affairs and outreach.[13]

During the 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries, Paduchik became Ohio director of the Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign and was later described as "the architect of President-elect Donald Trump’s wildly successful campaign in Ohio".[14] Four weeks before Paduchik joined the campaign, the Ohio organization had a relatively small operation in the state.[15][16] Another burden the campaign had to overcome was a certain opposition by Ohio GOP leaders against candidate Trump, which in fact kept on until late in the campaign and led to a public exchange between Paduchik and Matt Borges, the chair of the Ohio Republican Party.[17][18] In December 2016, Borges announced his support for Paduchik's upcoming election as deputy chair of the RNC.[19]

In December 2016, President-elect Donald Trump announced Paduchik as next RNC deputy co-chairman,[20] poised to become co-chairman of the RNC in 2017.[21] Indeed, Paduchik's as well as his superior Ronna McDaniel’s election by the Republican National Committee which took place in January 2017 were unanimous.[22]

In February 2018, Trump praised Paduchik during an RNC dinner for his handling of the campaign in the swing state of Ohio.[23]

Personal life

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Paduchik lives in Genoa Township with his wife and two daughters. He is a member of the St. Gregory of Nyssa Orthodox Church. He is a member of the board of the Fraternal Order of Police of Ohio Foundation as well as a certified coach for the United States Soccer Federation.[10]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Portman hires political veteran Bob Paduchik as campaign manager". Advance Digital. 3 February 2009. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  2. ^ "National party leadership comes once again from UA". University of Akron. 15 December 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Distinguished Alumni". Tau Kappa Epsilon. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  4. ^ "Robert Paduchik" (PDF). Bloomberg News. 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  5. ^ "President George W. Bush-Campaign Organization, Ohio". Race for the White House. 5 March 2004. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  6. ^ "Little Wheels Roll Against GOP Machine". The Washington Post. 7 March 2000. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  7. ^ "THE 2000 CAMPAIGN: THE ORGANIZATION; G.O.P. Ambassadors for Bush Blanket Ohio as McCain Presses On". The New York Times. 7 March 2000. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  8. ^ "National GOP Leadership". GOP. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  9. ^ "House panel votes to advance Yucca Mountain nuclear waste project". The Hill. 28 June 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  10. ^ a b "About Robert Paduchik". Agincourt Consultants. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  11. ^ "Boasts and Bluster in the Ground War". The Washington Post. 4 October 2004. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  12. ^ "GOP Won With Accent On Rural and Traditional". The Washington Post. 4 November 2004. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  13. ^ "Paduchik Named ACCCE Senior Vice President, State Affairs and Outreach". BusinessWire. 9 February 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  14. ^ "Donald Trump Ohio campaign director Bob Paduchik tapped for national Republican Party leadership post". Advance Digital. 14 December 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  15. ^ "Donald Trump finally hires Ohio campaign manager". Cincinnati. 23 June 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  16. ^ "Donald Trump's Feud With John Kasich May Haunt Him in Ohio". The New York Times. 6 September 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  17. ^ "Trump's Ohio state director says campaign has severed ties with state Republican Party chairman". The Washington Post. 15 October 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  18. ^ "Donald Trump and Republican party at war in Ohio". Financial Times. 16 October 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  19. ^ "Trump's Ohio campaign chair named to RNC post". The Blade. 14 December 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  20. ^ "The full transcript from the Trump transition team's Thursday call to reporters". The Washington Post. 15 December 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  21. ^ "Donald Trump Names Top Michigan Official to Senior G.O.P. Committee Post". The New York Times. 14 December 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  22. ^ "RNC Elects Ronna McDaniel Chairwoman, Bob Paduchik Elected Co-Chair". GOP. 9 January 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  23. ^ "Trump rips into Kasich at RNC dinner". Politico. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
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Preceded by Chair of the Ohio Republican Party
2021–2023 		Succeeded by
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